Capetonian David George pulled out all the stops on the 5.5km
individual time trial hill climb on Friday to not only break his
own course record but also leapfrog two places in the overnight
rankings to win the overall honours for a fourth Pick n Pay Cape
Argus Giro del Capo title.

Day three of the Giro del Capo is a big one in any one’s book, but after 171km and two category 1 mountains, only a few centimeters separated the first two riders over the line, with Hanco Kachelhoffer (Team Medscheme) just getting the better of race leader Burry Stander (Specialized). The race boiled down to a group sprint of just over 20 riders, and this is how the stage from Paarl unfolded:

Kevin Evans (MTN-Energade) is out on a quest to achieve what no other mountain biker has ever been able to do. He will do his utmost to win the Giro del Capo road-cycling tour.

Today Burry Stander claimed today’s stage victory with Evans in third. Evans is now also leading the King of the mountains competition.

Mountain bike wunderkind Burry Stander from Team Specialized took first place at the second day of the Pick n Pay Giro del Capo. Today’s three laps started and finished in Durbanville.

David George (Safindit.co.za Invitation) just managed to hold off Kevin Evans (MTN Energade) in the sprint, and they finished second and third respectively.

Austrian Rene Haselbacher from Team Safindit.co.za Invitation was the first cyclist across the finish line at the Pick n Pay Cape Argus Giro del Capo, which kicked off in Wellington yesterday.

Malcolm Lange (Team Medscheme) and Burry Stander (Team Specialized) came second and third respectively.

Following an announcement by David Bellairs, co-director of the Cape Town Cycle Tour Trust, that there will be no Giro in 2010, supermarket chain Pick n Pay offered to help.

“The Giro has been cast a lifeline by Pick n Pay. They will provide some of the financial support required in order to ensure this much-loved event remains on the 2010 cycling calendar,” Bellairs said.