XTERRA News
New DUESOUTH XTERRA South Africa Champion Crowned
Grabouw Country Club was a tense battleground on Saturday, 19 April 2008, when a strong field of local and international XTERRA athletes gathered to contest the adrenaline pumping 2007/2008 DUESOUTH XTERRA South African finals presented by Nissan.
Pre-race expectations predicted a tough challenge and action-packed competition. At just over 900 entries, this year saw the biggest number of competitors in the event's history and both the individual men's and ladies division of the event caused a huge upset. Dan Hugo and Eszter Erdelyi (Hungary) successfully stole the coveted DUESOUTH XTERRA South African Champion title from three-times World Champion Conrad Stoltz and defending ladies champion Michelle Lombardi respectively.
Dan Hugo, Felix Schumann from Germany and Conrad Stoltz were under the top five men to exit the water. It was during the mountain-bike leg, however, that Hugo and Stoltz made a break from Schumann, who comes from a road-bike background and is not yet comfortable with technical mountain-bike routes. Stoltz unfortunately punctured the front tire of his mountain-bike, putting Hugo in the lead. Hugo made a blistering transition into the running leg, knowing that this is where Schumann's strength was. He, however, managed to maintain his lead crossing the finish line in 02hours 05minutes 54seconds.
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