{"id":5407,"date":"2011-11-15T16:59:25","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T14:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/11\/viljoen-and-pheiffer-to-meet-in-rematch\/"},"modified":"2011-11-15T16:59:25","modified_gmt":"2011-11-15T14:59:25","slug":"viljoen-and-pheiffer-to-meet-in-rematch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/viljoen-and-pheiffer-to-meet-in-rematch\/","title":{"rendered":"Viljoen and Pheiffer to Meet in Rematch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It will be sprinter versus climber as defending champion Roger Pheiffer and two-time winner Conrad Viljoen go head-to-head in the sixth edition of the Mecer-NMMU<\/a> Cycle Race in Port Elizabeth on Sunday, November 20.<\/p>\n

Pheiffer (Walmer Cycling Club) narrowly beat Viljoen (Mecer-NMMU) in a thrilling sprint last year to take his first major victory following a decade-long absence from the sport.<\/p>\n

He said he was looking forward to a rematch with the 27-year-old former Eastern Province and national student champion.<\/p>\n

\u201cConrad\u2019s also been off the bike for a while and is making his comeback, so I\u2019m sure he\u2019s going to come out with all guns blazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also in the mix, said Pheiffer, would be Viljoen\u2019s new team-mate and former U\/23 national champion Clinton Barrow, who rode professionally for the now-defunct DCM team.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re both strong riders and better climbers than I am. Plus they\u2019ve got youth on their side.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 34-year-old said Viljoen had dropped him on the two major climbs at Maitlands and Three Sisters last year, but he managed to catch up again.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe climbs are about halfway into the race. It makes it interesting because there\u2019s a long road to the end with lots of time to make up lost ground.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pheiffer said the 100-kilometre route was always challenging and that it would be anyone\u2019s race on the day.<\/p>\n

Getting underway at 7am, the event starts and finishes at the Xerox-NMMU Stadium on the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University\u2019s South Campus in Summerstrand.<\/p>\n

NMMU sports manager Theresa le Roux said there would also be a 45km race and criterium events for children between the ages of two and 10.<\/p>\n

Originally scheduled for October 2, she said the organisers had decided to postpone the event due to dangerously wet and windy conditions on the day.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough the new closing date for entries is November 17, there will be no penalties for late entries because of the postponement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Registration, where late entries will be accepted, is at the stadium clubhouse on Saturday, November 19, between 1pm and 3pm.<\/p>\n

Prize money and lucky draw prizes are up for grabs.<\/p>\n

Entry forms are available from cycle shops in Port Elizabeth<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Conrad<\/a><\/p>\n

Conrad Viljoen and Roger Pheiffer<\/p>\n

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It will be sprinter versus climber as defending champion Roger Pheiffer and two-time winner Conrad Viljoen go head-to-head in the sixth edition of the Mecer-NMMU Cycle Race in Port Elizabeth on Sunday, November 20. Pheiffer (Walmer Cycling Club) narrowly beat Viljoen (Mecer-NMMU) in a thrilling sprint last year to take his first major victory following […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[1289,5],"class_list":{"0":"post-5407","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-mype","8":"tag-port-elizabeth-2","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5407\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}