Exciting end to the 2024 Nedbank Windhoek Pedal Power Series Season
Conrad Marais and Benita Windisch emerged victorious in the last Nedbank Windhoek Pedal Power (WPP6) Series, held last week Sunday at Tony Rust Racing Track on the outskirts of Windhoek.
In the men’s competition, Marais clocked twenty-one minutes forty-five seconds (00:21:45) to win the first-ever WPP criterion race (crit race), ahead of Frank Klosta, who clocked 00:22:21 in second place, and Jan Louis Mostert, who was third in a time of 00:23:09.
Windisch won the women’s competition in a time of 00:26:34, with Corné Van Wyk coming in second with a time of 00:23:48, and Maike Bochert coming in third with a time of 00:24:53.
In the team’s competition, Hollard Insurance, comprised of Drikus Coetzee, Jaques Hanekom, Ingram Cuff, Adrian Key, Gerhard Breed, and Horst Neumann, continued their dominance as they came first ahead of Cymot Racing Team of Murray Koch, JG van der Westhuizen, Kai Pritzen, and Gino Chiappini in second. Team Hollard Life, consisting of Martin Freyer, Danzel De Koe, Nicolaas Swart, Andre Vermeulen, Theo Steenkamp, and Clinton Hilfiker, secured third place.
The team classifications are complete after six races, with Hollard Insurance (men) coming out on top after scoring 106 points this season.
Cymot Racing Team follows them in second with 105 points in second place, while MBM is third with 94 points. In the women’s competition, Hollard Ladies came first with 72 points, followed by Cymot Ladies Racing Team in second, who scored 43 points, ahead of third-placed MBM Ladies with 41 points.
One of the organisers from WPP, Stefanus Feris, said they were happy with this year’s proceedings as everything went smoothly.
“Firstly, I would like to pay tribute to our main sponsor, Nedbank Namibia, whose support cannot be over-emphasised. Thank you, all our partners and our mother body, Namibia Cycling, for your unwavering support throughout the year. To the cyclists, their families, friends, and our incredible fans—thank you for your passion and commitment, which truly brought each race to life,” he said.
He added that they are looking forward to next year when they plan to introduce new competitive and innovative competitive elements to the Nedbank Namibia WPP races.