McGregor bags world surfski series title in France

It was an epic weekend for Jeep Team athletes across the globe after eight times World Champion, Hank McGregor, bagged the 7^th edition of the French Breizh Ocean Race, a World Surfski Series Race in Morbihan, France, on the 22^nd and 23^rd October.

On local shores, Triathlete star, Michael Lord, successfully defended his title at the Slanghoek Triathlon outside Rawsonville in the Western Cape on Saturday 22nd October, 2016.

McGregor claimed his outstanding victory in a time of 1:04:41, a massive 3 minutes ahead of French athletes, Yannick Laousse (1:07:18) and Noe Pelizza (1:07:26), who battled it out for second and third position in the 16.7 km downwind race in the Bay of Quiberon, France, in freezing conditions and 25-knot winds.

Said a stocked McGregor: “I am super stoked with this win at the Breizh Surfski Race in France after coming second the previous year. I am at peak fitness after the World Champs and Hansa River but mixing up my races up definitely helped. It was absolutely freezing at around 9 degrees, and the wind was howling but this served me very well. I loved every minute of it. As always, in this type of downward race, tactics rule. I am ready for Hong Kong’s Dragon Run in Kowloon from 12-13 November. This International Surfski Championships is a 24km course starting at Clearwater Bay and finishing at Stanley Main Beach.”

Though the weather conditions in Hong Kong in November provide excellent downward paddling conditions, the course will present paddlers with highly technical conditions for the majority of the race, testing the best of the best in the world.

BREIZH SURFSKI RACE RESULTS

FULL RACE RESULTS: CLICK HERE:

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In other Jeep Team news:

OCR

Jeep Team OCR athletes took part in the seventh edition of the Jeep Warrior Series race held at Meerendal over the weekend.

In the Men’s division in the Black Ops Elite, Thomas van Tonder finished a 2^nd place in 1:28:55, just 9 seconds behind winner, Claude Eksteen in 01:28:46. Joshua Masudi placed eighth (01:54:49).

In the Women’s division in the Black Ops Elite, Carina Marx finished second (02:00:25) with Hanneke Dannhauser winning in a time of 01:53:45.

Watch out for Jeep Team’s Joshua Masudi who finished 8^th in the Black Ops Elite. Masudi is improving with every race and will soon be contending podium. Watch this space.

Multisport

Triathlon

Closer to home, Jeep Team Triathlete Michael Lord (20) successfully defended his title in the Slanghoek Triathlon, which took place over the weekend, winning with a 12-minute lead in a time of 2:13:45, ahead of second-placed Matt Daneel (2:25:09), and Douglas Burger in 3^rd place in 2:27:02.

Said Michael Lord: “I gained time in the transition after the 1.3 km swim. The bike course was awesome, starting off with rocky, sandy farm roads in the valley and ending with an amazing traverse along the mountain. The course included some fantastic single-track sections towards the end, proper rocks and really rugged. While the run was flat and sandy, I managed to hold a decent pace to push through to a win.”

Triathlon

In KwaZulu-Natal, Jeep Team athlete, Mikaela Jonsson, raced in the Tinman Tri-Series, which took place at Suncoast Beach in Durban on the 23 October 2016.

Jonsson raced in the main event, the TinMan Challenge, a 1km swim / 30km Cycle / 10km Run, and placed second overall and first in her age category finishing in a time of 2:10:40. Multiple SA Elite Champion, Carlyn Fisher, claimed the win in a time of 01:58:26, with Tracy Dennis 3^rd in a time of 02:13:45.

Said Mikaela Jonsson: “Stoked to place second woman today at the awesome Tin Man Tri-Series. Congratulations to Carlyn Fischer for the win. It was an honour to share the podium with this multiple SA elite champion – someone I really admire.”

Surfski

Jeep Team athlete, Barry Lewin, finished third in the Da-Real 50-km challenge held in Durban over the weekend in a time of 3:04:21, with Luke Nisbet (3:00:44) in in 1^st place and Wade Krieger 2^nd. (3:02:21).

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