Freyer and Greeff maintain unstoppable form

Gravel bike racing
Andrew Poolman
  • 4 Hours Ago
The Hollard Gravel & Dirt mountain biking series event for 2025 concluded with the fourth of four events last Saturday – the Okajo MTB Challenge held at Okajo Lodge near Wilhelmstal.

In the men’s 77 km race, Martin Freyer broke away for a comfortable win. The 30-year-old Freyer has won each of the three series races in which he participated (Friedenau, Vaalgras and Okajo) after missing the opener at Vegas.

In the women’s marathon series, Anri Greeff sailed through the four races with a clean record of four wins.



SATURDAY’s leading results

Men 77 km

1 Martin Freyer (elite), 2:18:09

2 Theuns van der Westhuizen (elite), 2:35:35

3 Danzel de Koe (sub-veteran), 2:24:54

4 Adrian Key (elite), 2:32:02

5 Xavier Papo (veteran), 2:32:02

Women 77 km

1 Anri Greeff (elite), 2:42:51

2 Melissa Hinz (veteran), 2:50:47

3 Lelani Swart (sub-veteran), 2:50:48

4 Louise Breed (elite), 3:00:46

5 Michelle Döman (veteran), 3:03:12



• With Drikus Coetzee, Jaques Hanekom and Hester Prins not present at last weekend’s Okajo Lodge MTB, the final points leaders at the conclusion of the series are:

(minimum three races completed / three best results to count for ranking)



MEN

1 Martin Freyer 750 points

2 Drikus Coetzee 480

3 Adrian Key 450

4 Theuns van der Westhuizen 400

5 Danzel de Koe 390

6 Xavier Papo 340

7 Horst Neumann 310

8 Jaques Hanekom 280

9 Therald Murch 260

10 Marcel Henle 250



WOMEN

1 Anri Greeff 750

2 Melissa Hinz 520

3 Lelani Swart 510

=4 Louise Breed 420

=4 Hester Prins 420

6 Elanor Grassow 380

7 Michelle Döman 370

8 Maike Bochert 260

9 Anneke Steenkamp 197

10 Marion Schonecke 180

• Races in the Hollard Gravel & Dirt series are meticulously crafted to cater to participants of all ages and experience levels. Riders can choose between the full marathons covering approximately 80 km, or the half-marathons spanning 40 km.