Giro del Capo 2009 – Stage 3 Results

Day 3 of the Giro del Capo saw Team Barloworld’s Brit, Stephen Cummings sprint over the finish line to take his third win of his professional cycling career in the blazing heat of Paarl. Second place went to Johann Rabie (Neotel), while Dennis van Niekerk of Konica-Minolta took third.After just 35km in the first climb up Franschoek Pass, David George from MTN escaped and formed the first breakaway which included John-Lee Augustyn, Robert Hunter, Chris Froome and Felix Cardenas. They were able to gain a 2 minute lead time up the climb.

Team Barloworld’s Daryl Impey remained behind in the second break which was just a few seconds in front of the third breakaway holding Stephen Cummings.

The 60km mark approached, just after Villiers, when George realized he was about to get caught – he did, when a few minutes later a bunch of 40 attacked and a new group was formed. The fragmented breakaways from Worcester took a short time to catch up and from there the peloton swelled to 100 riders. Team Barloworld’s Robert Hunter controlled the race at this stage, leading the peloton at a slow pace prior to reaching the bottom of Du Toits Kloof.

Day 2 race winner Chris Froome attacked and went over the top of the climb with David George and Kevin Evans from MTN. A group of 30 were hot on their heels. The team continued to work hard to pave a clear way for Team Barloworld’s Cummings.

Just 5kms to the finish line, the group of 30 again split into 17 of the top riders all gunning for the finish line, but it was Team Barloworld’s Cummings that managed to stay ahead of the group to claim his victory on Day 3 of the Giro del Capo and Barloworld’s third win. Felix “the mountain cat” Cardenas finished in fourth position, just a few seconds behind Cummings.

Asked what he thought of the race, Barloworld team manager Claudio Corti said: “It was very hot again today. The team took strain and worked from the start, but they gave me results. Cummings is in good shape and he deserved to win. Of course I am happy”.

Since the race has changed to a 1.2 category, there will be no race day tomorrow. Teams will recover after a 3 grueling, hot, successful race days to get ready for the big one on Sunday, The Argus.

Full Results:

1 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Team Barloworld                4.34.17 (37.41 km/h)
2 Johann Rabie (RSA) Neotel                                0.03
3 Dennis van Niekerk (RSA) Konica Minolta                  0.06
4 Felix Cardenas (Col) Team Barloworld
5 Bjorn Glasner (Ger) Team Kuota-Indeland
6 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Rapha Condor
7 Waylon Woolcock (RSA) Team Medscheme
8 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Barloworld
9 Travis Allen (RSA) House of Paint
10 Arno Viljoen (Nam) Team Namibia
11 David George (RSA) MTN
12 Kevin Evans (RSA) MTN
13 Max Knox (RSA) Team DCM Chrome
14 Jaques J v. Rensburg (RSA) Trek-Marco Polo DCM
15 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Neotel
16 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Belgian National Team
17 Simon Richardson (GBr) Rapha Condor                     0.15
18 Roger Kluge (Ger) German National Team                  0.46
19 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Kuota-Indeland
20 Erik Kleinhans (RSA) GT SUSPI Maties
21 Tiaan Swart (RSA) Konica Minolta
22 James Perry (RSA) Neotel
23 Mannie Heymans (Nam) Team Namibia
24 Pieter Henning (RSA) Computer-Smith
25 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Barloworld
26 Timothy Don (GBr) Team DCM Chrome
27 James Spragg (GBr) Trek-Marco Polo DCM
28 Brent Cunningham (RSA) Queens                           2.09
29 Henning Bommel (Ger) German National Team
30 Jaco Ferreira (RSA) Computer-Smith
31 Peter Lambert (RSA) Southern Cape Regional team
32 Casey Munro (Aus) Konica Minolta
33 Nico Bell (RSA) NDT Inspection Svs/Mpumul
34 Dylan Girdlestone (RSA) Toyota Supercycling Academy
35 Michael Christensen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens
36 Phillip Fourie (RSA) Computer-Smith
37 Brand du Plessis (RSA) Computer-Smith
38 Luthando Kaka (RSA) Glud & Marstrand Horsens
39 Rodney Green (RSA) Team DCM Chrome
40 Songezo Jim (RSA) Team Velokhaya
41 Christoph Sauser (Swi) Team DCM Chrome
42 Koos Loubscher (RSA) Konica Minolta                     2.17
43 Ingmar De Poortere (Bel) Belgian National Team
44 Christo Swartz (Nam) Team Namibia                       2.23
45 Jaco Venter (RSA) Trek-Marco Polo DCM                   2.26
46 Shaun Dawel (RSA) Konica Minolta                        2.40
47 Ryan Kemp (RSA) Superwatt                               3.50
48 James Tennent (RSA) Superwatt
49 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens            4.01
50 Robert Bartko (Ger) German National Team
51 Robert Bengsch (Ger) Bioracer
52 Dan Craven (Nam) Rapha Condor                           4.26
53 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Danish Cycling Federation          4.52
54 Armand Snyman (RSA) Foto Marketing SA
55 Mathew Evans (RSA) Olympic Cycles
56 Fabian Schaar (Ger) Bioracer
57 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) German National Team
58 Jeremy Maartins (RSA) House of Paint
59 Forenz Knauer (Ger) Team Kuota-Indeland
60 Kurt Arendse (RSA) Team Velokhaya
61 Carl Pasio (RSA) GT SUSPI Maties                        4.59
62 Tim Mertens (Bel) Belgian National Team                 5.08
63 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Belgian National Team
64 Ricky Jorgensen (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens
65 Johan Scheepers (RSA) Foto Marketing SA                 6.00
66 Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha Condor
67 Emmanuel v Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Kuota-Indeland         6.10
68 Marc Bassingthwaighte (Nam) Team Namibia                6.30
69 Henning Jooste (RSA) Queens                             7.05
70 Chanjae Jang (Kor) Neotel                               8.23
71 Sithembele Xuza (RSA) Team Velokhaya                    8.50
72 Christopher Wolhuter (RSA) GT SUSPI Maties
73 Ignatius Strydom (RSA) Foto Marketing SA
74 Jozua Le Roux (RSA) Superwatt
75 CM Muller (RSA) GT SUSPI Maties
76 Mathias Jelitto (Ger) Team Kuota-Indeland               9.36
77 David Brown (RSA) Toyota Supercycling Academy          11.34
78 Christian Ranneries (Den) Danish Cycling Federation    12.41
79 Jens Madsen (Den) Danish Cycling Federation
80 Robert Hunter (RSA) Team Barloworld
81 Daryl Impey (RSA) Team Barloworld
82 Nick White (RSA) Team Medscheme
83 Michael Berling (Den) Glud & Marstrand Horsens
84 Christoff van Heerden (RSA) MTN
85 Gary Rabie (RSA) South Africa National Track
86 Eric van de Meent (Ned) Trek-Marco Polo DCM
87 Neil MacDonald (RSA) Team Medscheme
88 James Louter (RSA) South Africa National Track
89 Johann Esterhuyzen (RSA) South Africa National Track
90 Jeroen Lepla (Bel) Belgian National Team
91 Bryce van Zyl (RSA) Toyota Supercycling Academy
92 Prince W Maluleke (RSA) Team Velokhaya
93 Piotr Kasperkiewicz (Pol) Poland National Team.
94 Neal Corbett (RSA) South Africa National Track         13.33

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