The Elite men’s group went out very fast and the peloton stayed together for the first 20 kilometres. James Louter took a brief lead and opened up a 35 second gap. The peloton soon closed the gap. A break away group with representatives from the House of Paints, DEM, MTN and EMG teams managed to create a gap of almost a minute.

At the big hills of Heidelberg the peloton again closed the gap with MTN dominating the bunch. House of Paints controlled the last 2km of the race, setting up the race for their sprinter Dean Edwards. With the finish in sight MTN moved in and a fast sprint finish saw Christoff van Heerden take line honours from his team mate Juan van Heerden in an excellent time of 2:37:18. Van Heerden, fresh from his win at the SA Champs, thanked the organisers for an excellent event and his team for a magnificent ride.

Ladies winner Jennie Stenerhag, the current Swedish ladies champ, took the honours in the ladies event. Riding without the support of a team, she had to work extremely hard to win. The second lady home was Carla Swart .

All proceeds from the event go directly to Retina South Africa’s research project to fight Blindness caused by Retinal conditions such as Macular Degeneration and Retinitis Pigmentosa.

Top placings were:
Mens Elite:
1 Christoff van Heerden (MTN) 02:37:18
2 Juan van Heerden (MTN)
3 Hanco Kackelhoffer (Medscheme)
4 Dean Edwards (House of Paints)

Licensed Ladies:
1 Jennie Stenerhag
2 Carla Swart
3 Jennifer Hohl
4 Catherine Williamson
Vets (30 – 40):
? Craig Harvey
Vets (35 – 39):
? Hansie Joubert
Vets (40 – 44):
? Stefano Madies
Vets (45 – 49)
? Jackie van Eeden
Vets (50 – 54):
? Duncan James Bowman
Vets (55+):
? Johan Spies
Ladies Vets:
? Lisa Vermaak
Licensed Juniors:
? Myles van Musschenbroek
Mixed Tandem:
? Carmen du Plooy and Dylan Joseph
Mens Tandem:
? Ian Visser and Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
63km Juveniles:
? U16 Male – Daniel Jacobus Stroebel
? U16 Female – Michelle de Jager
? U14 Male – Neil Bester
? U14 Female – Micaela Tantum