South Africa's premier rider Robert Hunter won the 109-km Cape
Argus Pick Pay Cycle tour on Sunday in Cape Town timing two hours,
32 minutes and 36 seconds.
His victory also brought the curtain down on a clean sweep week
for the Barloworld team who took hold of the week-long Cape Argus
Pick Pay Giro del Capo on the second day of the event, the SAPA
news agency reported on Sunday.
In close tow to hunt was last year's Sunday stage winner Steffen
Radochia, of the Weisenhof-Felt team, with Regiostrom Senges'
Malaya Van Ruitenbeek taking the final podium spot while MTN
Microsoft's Malcolm Lange and Davitamon-Win for Life-Long Vlaanders
Jurgen Oelandts finished fourth and fifth, respectively.
The only other South African rider to join Hunter and Lange in
the top 10 was MTN Microsoft's Daryl Impey who finished in a
credible seventh place.
In the women's race, Duravit Anke Erlank Moore came first with
17-year-old Cherissa Taylor of Konica Minolta coming in second and
Proline's Marissa van der Merwe completing the top three.
Cape Argus Pick Pay Cycle Tour, the world's largest individually
timed cycle race, sees over 35,000 cyclists tackling a 109-km route
around Cape Town. The one-day race is traditionally staged on the
second Sunday of March, which falls on March 11 this year.
This year also marks the 30th anniversary of the
competition.
(Xinhua News Agency March 12, 2007)