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GARDEN ROUTE NEWS & VIDEO - The annual 7 Passes MTB Race came and went this past weekend, with the sixth edition of the race taking the old 7 Passes Route between Wilderness and Knysna by storm on Saturday 28 November.
The event was split into two distances – 38km and 76km – and both set off in staggered starts to decrease the size of the starting bunches, with the 38km distance beginning in Karatara and the 76km opposite the Wilderness Hotel.
Both distances followed their own routes along the Seven Passes road, winding its way through the Outeniqua Mountains before coming out on the Phantom Pass Road from which riders crossed Knysna's famous Red Bridge.
Photo gallery: 7 Passes MTB Race end November 2020
Thereafter they crossed onto the N2, and made their way to the finish at the The Farm on Old Cape Road.
Watch a video below:
In the 38km race, the various winners were:
Lighty
1. Jaco Jacobs (Boys) – 1:19:53
1. Mianette Theron (Girls) – 1:37:51
Junior
1. Zandre Gerber (Boys) – 1:11:58
1. Anya du Plessis (Girls) – 1:30:45
Open
1. Richard Madden (Men's) – 1:31:21
1. Lardi Meyer (Women's) – 1:18:36
Ebike
1. Andre Fechter (Men's) – 1:28:26
1. Deirdre Marcus (Women's) – 1:20:16
In the 76km race, the various winners were:
Open
1. Renay Groustra (Men's) – 2:28:32
1. Bridget Theunissen (Women's) – 3:01:13
Bullet
1. Will Wertheim Aymes (Men's) – 2:50:41
Ebike
1. Karsten Dittrich (Men's) – 2:21:08
1. Mandi Mosterd (Women's) – 2:53:56
Photos: Blake Linder
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