This the tour's first mando day from Safaga to Police Station camp includes a 35 km 3% climb en route to lunch. It came down to 2 sprints to the finish line flag with Paul and Emma edging out Rupert and Katja respectively to take home the 30 minute time bonuses. (On mando days 2nd place men & women earn 20 minute bonuses, 3rd places get 10 minutes deducted off their times.) Egyptian racer Mohamed Gamal also put in a solid performance but could not hang onto the top 4 competitors coming down the home stretch.
Men
Rank Name Plate Flag Time
1 Paul Taylor 205 05:07:00
2 Rupert Dixon 105 05:17:01
3 Mohamed Gamal 304 05:27:38
4 Mike Voisin 117 06:23:00
5 Graham Whelan 118 06:34:00
6 Douwe Cunningham 102 06:57:00
7 Jason Metcalfe 111 07:19:00
8 Cohen Hocking 202 08:45:00
9 Clive Smith 203 12:00:00
Women
Rank Name Plate Flag Time
1 Emma Houterman 108 05:07:16
2 Katja Steenkamp 113 05:17:18
3 Jean Brown 101 08:37:00
4 Stephanie Thornton 115 08:50:00
5 Sally-Anne Dunn 204 09:17:00 Sluiten