March 18, 2012 (Pietermaritzburg, RSA) – Here are the results from the U23 and Junior Men’s and Women’s XC competitions held this weekend in Pietermaritzburg. All races were held yesterday except for the Junior Men held this morning – no Canadians competed.

Junior Women
1. Hayley Smith (RSA) South Africa-B 59:11:00
2. Nicole Erasmus (RSA) South Africa-B  4:19
3. Savannah Vosloo (RSA) South Africa-B 6:23
4. Mikayla Olivier (RSA) South Africa-B 12:16
5. Marie-Christin Kempf (RSA) South Africa-B 16:20
6. Linda van Wyk (RSA) South Africa-B 18:06
7. Tayla Odendaal (RSA) South Africa-B 21:27

Junior Men
1. Anton Cooper (Nzl) Trek World Racing 1:09:48
2. Victor Koretzky (Fra) Bikepark.Ch Scott 4:29
3. Nicolas Sessler (Bra) Brazilian National Team 5:54
4. Manuel Fasnacht (Sui) Fischer Junior MTB Team 6:50
5. Boris Cara (Bel) Houffalize-Granville Team 6:59
6. Enea Vetsch (Sui) Bskgraf Rollmat-Koba MTB Team 7:49
7. Fredrik Fang Liland (Nor) Merida NTG 8:00
8. Edvard Vea Iversen (Nor) Merida NTG 9:06
9. Patrick Belton (RSA) South Africa-B 9:52
10. Connor Bell (USA) Team USA 10:42
11. Paul Rodenbach (RSA) South Africa-B 11:30
12. Ben Bradley (Aus) Australian National Team 13:03
13. Dylan Hattingh (RSA) South Africa-B 13:32
14. Evan Van Der Spuy (RSA) South Africa-B 13:45
15. Dominik Banyai (Hun) National Team Hungary 14:48
16. Casey Williams (USA) Team USA 15:25
17. Richardt Ferreira (RSA) South Africa-B 16:56
18. Werner Van Heerden (RSA) South Africa-B 19:25
19. Edward Best (RSA) South Africa-B -1 lap
20. Gareth Andrews (RSA) South Africa-B -1 lap
21. Frans Grotepass (RSA) South Africa-B -1 lap
22. Jaco Pelser (RSA) South Africa-B -1 lap
23. Lichaba West (Les) National Team Lesotho -2 laps
DNF Kyle Dorkin (RSA) South Africa-B
DNF Matthew Schofield (RSA) South Africa-B
DNF Bercel Meggyesi (Hun) National Team Hungary
DNF Alex Baker (Gbr) Orange Monkey-Cannondale

U23 Women
1. Ekaterina Anoshina (Rus) Team Protek 1:10:29
2. Yana Belomoyna (Ukr) Bi&Esse-Infotre Protek  1:15
3. Lisa Mitterbauer (Aut) Bikepark.Ch Scott 1:59
4. Barbara Benko (Hun) Focus Mig Team 4:51
5. Kajsa Snihs (Swe) 5:55
6. Rebecca Henderson (Aus) 6:07
7. Vivienne Meyer (Sui) Colnago Sudtirol 6:12
8. Julie Berteaux (Fra) GT Skoda Chamonix 6:34
9. Michelle Hediger (Sui) Fischer-Bmc 6:46
10. Mona Eiberweiser (Ger) Ghost Factory Racing Team 8:34
11. Candice Neethling (RSA) 9:31
12. Virginie Pointet (Sui) Jb Felt Team 11:24
13. Marta Tereshchuk (Ukr) Bi&Esse-Infotre Protek 11:27
14. Ashleigh Parker-Moffatt (RSA) 22:29
15. Angela Egeland (RSA) 29:10:00
16. Simone Vosloo (RSA) -1 lap
DNF Paula Gorycka (Pol) 4F E-Vive Racing Team
DNF Lorraine Truong (Sui) BH-SR Suntour-Peisey Vallandry

U23 Men
1. Alexander Gehbauer (Aut) 1:21:52
2. Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Ita) TX Active Bianchi 0:06
3. Markus Schulte-Luenzum (Ger) Focus Mig Team 0:38
4. James Reid (RSA) Feenstra Stevens Bike Team 1:13
5. Ondrej Cink (Cze) Merida Biking Team 1:43
6. Michiel Van Der Heijden (Ned) Rabobank Giant Offroad Team 1:47
7. Ruben Scheire (Bel) BH-SR Suntour-Peisey Vallandry 2:10
8. Jeff Luyten (Bel) Versluys Team 2:25
9. Daniele Braidot (Ita) 3:09
10. Zsolt Juhasz (Hun) Euroone-Waberer’s MTB Team 4:05
11. Nicholas Pettina (Ita) 4:13
12. Gregor Raggl (Aut) 4:19
13. Marek Rauchfuss (Cze) S&H Superior MTB Team 4:24
14. Maxime Urruty (Fra) Bikepark.Ch Scott 4:38
15. Kenta Gallagher (Gbr) 4:38
16. Roger Walder (Sui) 5:05
17. Rourke Croeser (RSA) Orange Monkey-Cannondale 5:12
18. Martin Gluth (Ger) 5:13
19. Christian Pfäffle (Ger) 5:25
20. Matthias Stirnemann (Sui) Thoemus Racing Team 5:43
21. Hugo Drechou (Fra) 5:45
22. Luke Roberts (RSA) Giant Swiss SR-Suntour 5:45
23. Jordan Sarrou (Fra) lapierre International 6:00
24. Pavel Priadein (Rus) 6:00
25. Julien Trarieux (Fra) Team Newcycling 6:31
26. Lukas Loretz (Sui) 7:04
27. Grant Ferguson (Gbr) 7:16
28. Rens De Bruin (Ned) MTB Kader Zentralschweiz 7:54
29. Sebastian Batchelor (Gbr) GT Skoda Chamonix 8:09
30. Mirco Widmer (Sui) 8:42
31. Thomas lapeyrie (Fra) Feenstra Stevens Bike Team 8:56
32. David Simon (Ger) lapierre International 9:24
33. Ivan Smirnov (Rus) Team Protek 9:28
34. Arno Du Toit (RSA) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing Team 10:59
35. Erik Groen (Ned) 11:46
36. Gert Heyns (RSA) 11:55
37. Lourens Luus (RSA) 13:20
38. Travis Walker (RSA) Giant Swiss Sr-Suntour 13:41
39. Severin Sagesser (Sui) Fischer Junior MTB Team 14:20
40. Shaun Craig Silver (RSA) 16:40
41. Luca Braidot (Ita) -1 lap
42. Jens Schuermans (Bel) Versluys Team -1 lap
43. Mike Schuler (Sui) -1 lap
DNF Timofei Ivanov (Rus) Team Primorskiy District
DNF Stefan Peter (Sui)
DNF Sascha Bleher (Ger)
DNF Thijs Zuurbier (Ned) Feenstra Stevens Bike Team
DNF Marc Stutzmann (Sui)
DSQ Simon Stiebjahn (Ger) MTB Kader Zentralschweiz