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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 12-05-2026 07:52
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 [C1] Tour of South Africa
Report by Imladrik
| | | | | | | | | | | | Stage 1 | HIL | Roma > Maseru | 163,0 KM | | | | | | | | | Stage 2 | HIL | Maseru > Upington | 187,9 KM | | | | | | | | | Stage 3 | HIL | Maseru > Quthing | 178,9 KM | | | | | | | | | Stage 4 | TTT | Whales Rock > Knysna (TTT) | 34,6 KM | | | | | | | | | Stage 5 | HIL | Knysna > Knysna | 217,0 KM | | | | | | | | | Stage 6 | HIL | Port Elizabeth > Port Elizabeth | 165,9 KM | | | | | | | |
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third | | | | | | | | | 2024 | KINOSHITA Tomohiro | SCHIR Thery | BARBIO Antonio | | | | | | | | | 2023 | IZAGIRRE Ion | NARVAEZ Jhonatan | CHAVES Johan Esteban | | | | | | | | | 2022 | BORGES Bruno | ARANBURU Alex | VAN NIEKERK Aidan | | | | | | | | | 2021 | STAKE LAENGEN Vegard | BOBRIDGE Jack | KELDERMAN Wilco | | | | | | | | | 2020 | BORGES Bruno | HOULE Hugo | KONIG Leopold | | | | | | | | | 2019 | BELLIS Jonathan | GAUTIER Cyril | FLÃœGEL Aleksandar | | | | | | | | | 2018 | ULISSI Diego | PICHON Laurent | SCHREURS Maurice | | | | | | | | | 2017 | VAN GARDEREN Tejay | FROOME Chris | DI MAGGIO Cesare | | | | | | | | | 2016 | ULISSI Diego | BEN NASSER Hassen | ROCHE Nicolas | | | | | | | | | 2015 | MONFORT Maxime | BEN NASSER Hassen | KLEMME Domenik | | | | | | | | | 2014 | BEN NASSER Hassen | SKUJINS Toms | GAUTIER Cyril | | | | | | | | | 2013 | HOFFMAN Nolan | FLÃœGEL Aleksandar | ROCHE Nicolas | | | | | | | | | 2012 | BELLIS Jonathan | MONFORT Maxime | MORI Manuele | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Tomohiro Kinoshita | Minions | 22h53'49 | | | | | | | | | 2 | Thery Schir | Team UBS | 23" | | | | | | | | | 3 | Antonio Barbio | Team UBS | 26" | | | | | | | | | 4 | Fausto Masnada | Kraftwerk Man Machine | 28" | | | | | | | | | 5 | Aurelien Paret-Peintre | Ekoi - Le Creuset | 31" | | | | | | | | | 6 | Andrea Bagioli | Indosat Ooredoo | 35" | | | | | | | | | 7 | Jhonatan Narvaez | McCormick Pro Cycling | 36" | | | | | | | | | 8 | Rui Oliveira | Ekoi - Le Creuset | 37" | | | | | | | | | 9 | Sasu Helme | Kraftwerk Man Machine | 49" | | | | | | | | | 10 | Juan Osorio | ISA - Hexacta | + 1'06 | | | | | | | |
S1:Â Arnaud Demare (Tryg - Eni)Â S2:Â Muhamad Zawawi Azman (Sauber Petronas Racing)Â S3:Â Arnaud Demare (Tryg - Eni)Â S4:Â Team UBSÂ S5:Â Tomohiro Kinoshita (Minions)Â S6:Â Christophe Lagane (Podium Ambition) Pts: Arnaud Demare (Tryg - Eni) Mtn: Metkel Kiflay (Simba Cement - Tanga Fresh) Yth: Andrea Bagioli (Indosat Ooredoo)
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | MM | HL | TT | ST | RS | SP | AC |  Storer | Michael | AUS | 28 | 77 | 79 | 69 | 72 | 73 | 64 | 74 |  Rodriguez | Oscar | ESP | 30 | 76 | 75 | 70 | 71 | 74 | 64 | 73 |
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | MM | HL | TT | ST | RS | SP | AC |  Narvaez | Jhonatan | ECU | 28 | 75 | 77 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 73 | 74 | | Conci | Nicola | ITA | 28 | 76 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 75 | 63 | 68 |  Meintjes | Louis | RSA | 33 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 60 | 68 | | Choi | Ki Ho | HKG | 34 | 76 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 73 | 57 | 65 |  Sheehan | Riley | USA | 25 | 72 | 74 | 75 | 73 | 74 | 66 | 76 |  Paret-Peintre | Aurelien | FRA | 29 | 77 | 77 | 72 | 73 | 75 | 72 | 74 |
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | MM | HL | TT | ST | RS | SP | AC |  Errazkin | Xuban | ESP | 29 | 77 | 78 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 63 | 73 |  Masnada | Fausto | ITA | 32 | 77 | 76 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 63 | 73 |  Montenegro | Santiago | ECU | 27 | 74 | 77 | 64 | 71 | 73 | 64 | 74 | | Sleen | Torjus | NOR | 28 | 73 | 72 | 75 | 70 | 73 | 63 | 69 | | Demare | Arnaud | FRA | 34 | 72 | 78 | 59 | 72 | 69 | 80 | 78 |
Other leaders
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | MM | HL | TT | ST | RS | SP | AC |  Drizners | Jarrad | AUS | 26 | 69 | 75 | 63 | 73 | 73 | 73 | 78 |  Korosec | Rok | SLO | 32 | 72 | 75 | 68 | 74 | 71 | 75 | 78 |  Sagan | Peter | SVK | 35 | 75 | 79 | 64 | 72 | 68 | 69 | 70 |  Eaton | Daniel | USA | 32 | 66 | 69 | 77 | 74 | 76 | 62 | 68 |  Cerny | Josef | CZE | 32 | 73 | 76 | 68 | 75 | 67 | 75 | 79 |  Paez | Andres | ARG | 30 | 75 | 77 | 68 | 74 | 70 | 73 | 76 |  Grossschartner | Felix | AUT | 32 | 76 | 77 | 67 | 72 | 73 | 62 | 72 |  Helme | Sasu | FIN | 29 | 75 | 74 | 69 | 71 | 72 | 60 | 76 |  Velasco | Simone | ITA | 30 | 74 | 76 | 60 | 75 | 71 | 69 | 76 |  Mayer | Alexandre | MRI | 27 | 73 | 77 | 70 | 65 | 72 | 72 | 77 |  Eriksson | Lucas | SWD | 29 | 73 | 79 | 61 | 78 | 74 | 65 | 76 |  Carr | Simon | GBR | 27 | 74 | 77 | 57 | 74 | 71 | 59 | 72 |  Gaspar | Joao | BRA | 33 | 74 | 74 | 65 | 71 | 70 | 60 | 65 |
TTT
| Team | | | | TT | TT | TT | TT | TT | | | | ZARA - Irizar | | | 78 | 78 | 78 | 76 | 76 | | | | Simba Cement - Tanga Fresh | | | 79 | 77 | 77 | 77 | 74 | | | | McCormick Pro Cycling | | | 77 | 76 | 76 | 75 | 75 | | | | SEE Turtles | | | 77 | 77 | 77 | 74 | 73 | | | | Glanbia | | | 78 | 77 | 75 | 74 | 72 | | | | Tryg - Eni | | | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 73 | | |
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 12-05-2026 08:08
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As alwayst the TTT are going to break our hopes here. But we'll take our chances on the hilly stages 
Thanks Laurens for the great preview. Lots of exciting names on the start line |
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 12-05-2026 08:30
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Very weak side for us as Korosec had spare races and we'd run out of anything else so a lot of development guys maybe he can get some stage results but unlikely for anything more
Hoping to see the Turtles go well again here think Montenegro could have a big chance if the hills aren't selective |
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 12-05-2026 08:35
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GC is out of the question given our TTT set up but looking at the startlist we could definitely be in the mix for some good stage placings. Looks like it could be a rretty open race, excited to see how it goes.
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| Caspi |
Posted on 12-05-2026 11:04
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Kind of hope that we will fail due to upcoming wage negotiations...
Thanks for the preview, Laurens
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 12-05-2026 11:21
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Thanks for the preview, Laurens!
If we can get just part of the Pais Vasco magic here as well that could seal the division title. APP should be well suited for this race anyway, so let's hope for the best!
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 12-05-2026 12:19
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Very interesting start list as it feels some of the better puncheurs have avoided this done due to the TTT.
A great opportunity for Storer to win a race which would be huge for us! He has a great TTT set-up around him and some very solid support in the likes of Conci and Cosnefroy who may well be up there in the GC themselves.
Thank you for the preview and would love a great result following a bitterly disappointing Maroc.
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Posted on 13-05-2026 11:49
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 12-05-2026 16:27
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Masnada 4th last year, would be happy with a top 10.
Thanks for the preview Laurens.
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| seancoll |
Posted on 12-05-2026 17:43
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The Turtles need a huge result here in order to give us some room between ourselves and PA for that top 5 come Zuri. Montenegro has had some great results on finishes like 1, 3, and 6 - while Barta might be able to hold on for the stage 5 and TTT
I'm scared and excited all at the same time!
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 12-05-2026 19:09
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Very much a C-tier unit dispatched for this one. We'd need an all-timer over performance from Mayer to get many points, but we could snag a handful via stage results and maybe a lucky jersey.
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 12-05-2026 23:08
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Big race for us need, to be at the upper end of the expected to have a shot at promotion. The key challenge is to keep a strong TTT result without dropping Narvaez. If we can do that and he is competitive in the stage finishes then a third straight GC top 10 should be doable, hopefully on the upper end.
Daniel and Cabrera Could also be competitive. To be honest a little worried we will ride for Cabrera and just ditch Narvaez and then the Chilean will get dropped in one of the hilly stages.
Looking forward to it. Thanks for the preview.
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 13-05-2026 09:04
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Unc Sagan in the form of his life! (Or at least later career  ). Shame he couldn't hold on for the win but 2nd and 5th on the stage is a great result here. Congrats to podium ambition, really exciting fight for promotion playing out here!
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 13-05-2026 09:33
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Congrats TMM, Mayer doing his best for the demanded over-performance! Also cool to see the CT teams dominating the stage.
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 13-05-2026 10:44
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Don't love how much time Conci lost but good to see Storer in the Top 10 and Cosnefroy finishing in the leading group also. Similar stages like this all the way until the TTT would be fine by me!
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| Jajajasper |
Posted on 13-05-2026 11:40
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Thanks for reporting!
A jersey on day one is always nice. |
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