Should be an interesting one! Meintjes is the favorite, but young Van Niekerk has had a terrific season and might be ready to cap it off with a title here.
Startlist
Spoiler
van Zyl
Johann
Air France - KLM
Meintjes
Louis
cycleYorkshire
Visser
Louis
Desigual
De Bod
Stefan
Farfetch Pro Cycling
Van Niekerk
Aidan
Festina - OAKA
Dlamini
Nicholas
ISA - Hexacta
Gibbons
Ryan
Isostar - Specialized
Janse van Rensburg
Reinhardt
Minions
Janse van Rensburg
Jacques
Team Europcar
Bester
Shaun Nick
Xero Racing
Van Niekerk
Morne
Xero Racing
Van Niekerk attacks on the penultimate hill, Meintjes follows immediately. Knowing this could be the decisive move, van Zyl tries to catch up.
Meintjes uses his superior downhill skills to create a gap. Further behind, Visser joins van Zyl in the pursuit.
The four unite on the flat and enter the final climb together. The peloton is 35 seconds behind and out of contention.
van Zyl and Van Niekerk move to the front on the left, we have yet to see an acceleration from Meintjes here.
There it is! But Van Niekerk still holds a small adavantage. van Zyl is gone, Visser holds on but can’t come around.
Van Niekerk held a small lead for the longest time, but on the final maybe 50 meters, Louis Meintjes had one final kick in him to secure the championship!
Result
1
Louis Meintjes
cycleYorkshire
1h27'06
2
Aidan Van Niekerk
Festina - OAKA
s.t.
3
Louis Visser
Desigual
s.t.
4
Johann van Zyl
Air France - KLM
+ 14
5
Shaun Nick Bester
Xero Racing
+ 31
6
Nicholas Dlamini
ISA - Hexacta
s.t.
7
Ryan Gibbons
Isostar - Specialized
s.t.
8
Jacques Janse van Rensburg
Team Europcar
s.t.
9
Stefan De Bod
Farfetch Pro Cycling
+ 46
10
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg
Minions
s.t.
11
Morne Van Niekerk
Xero Racing
+ 56
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South African Championships - ITT
Morne Van Niekerk and Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg are the top favorites, it would be a surprise if anyone else could interfere in the title fight.
The man who comes closest, and thus takes bronze, is expectedly De Bod, beating Dlamini by 40 seconds. But looking over his shoulder, he can already see the two top favorites incoming.
Van Niekerk is first. Compared to other time trials, his time of 1h19’57 is terrible, but there are really strong headwinds here today. He beats De Bod by 1’19.
But that’s not enough to keep Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg behind him. The Minion takes the title by more than half a minute!
South African Championships - RR 
