{"id":20132,"date":"2013-06-03T21:29:24","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T19:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/belton-erdelyi-win-howick-mountain-bike-classic\/"},"modified":"2013-06-03T21:29:24","modified_gmt":"2013-06-03T19:29:24","slug":"belton-erdelyi-win-howick-mountain-bike-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/belton-erdelyi-win-howick-mountain-bike-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Belton, Erdelyi win Howick mountain bike classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=3865\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3865\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3865 \" alt=\"Team jeep's Patrick Belton prepares for the Sappi Howick MTB Classic. Photo: Anthony Grote\/ Gameplan Media\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/513ad_2013PatrickBeltonHS.jpg\" width=\"274\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Team jeep\u2019s Patrick Belton prepares for the Sappi Howick MTB Classic.<br \/>Photo: Anthony Grote\/Gameplan Media<\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s Sappi Howick MTB Classic saw Team Jeep\u2019s Patrick Belton reign supreme over fellow young star Alan Hatherly (BMC-SA) while Eszter Erdelyi powered her way to victory in the women\u2019s race despite Mother Nature causing havoc throughout the 40km shootout.<\/p>\n<p>With exceptionally dry conditions and a gale force wind, fears of the event\u2019s possible cancellation due to fire dangers rumbled through the car park in the early morning KZN Midlands chill. Fortunately these were quickly dispelled and the action got underway as planned.<\/p>\n<p>However as participants set off on what has become known as one of the most rewarding events in the region, riders aplenty \u2013 including the likes of pre-race favourite and defending men\u2019s champion <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Luke Roberts\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luke_Roberts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Luke Roberts<\/a> (BMC-SA) \u2013 headed off on a host of impromptu course variations due to the wind wreaking havoc with route markings along the technical and challenging course, leaving both spectators and riders initially unsure of who had actually claimed the title.<\/p>\n<p>Through his local knowledge of the route and sharp eye, it was however Karkloof local Belton who crossed the line over eight minutes ahead of his nearest rival to take the overall spoils.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an awesome course with some incredible single track and it was really fun out there,\u201d explained Belton afterwards. \u201cThere aren\u2019t too many classics with that amount of single track so it really is a special race!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More information can be found at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howickmountainbiking.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.howickmountainbiking.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/knox-bell-hold-on-to-claim-sani2c-title\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/513ad_170181545_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/knox-bell-hold-on-to-claim-sani2c-title\/\" target=\"_blank\">Knox, Bell hold on to claim sani2c title<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/croeser-adds-spice-to-karkloof-classic\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/902d5_160867953_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/croeser-adds-spice-to-karkloof-classic\/\" target=\"_blank\">Croeser adds spice to Karkloof Classic<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/902d5_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team jeep\u2019s Patrick Belton prepares for the Sappi Howick MTB Classic.Photo: Anthony Grote\/Gameplan Media Sunday\u2019s Sappi Howick MTB Classic saw Team Jeep\u2019s Patrick Belton reign supreme over fellow young star Alan Hatherly (BMC-SA) while Eszter Erdelyi powered her way to victory in the women\u2019s race despite Mother Nature causing havoc throughout the 40km shootout. 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