Winner of the 2016 MTB XC Race

Billy Stelling wins 80 km MTB XC Race at the Giant Pumpkin Festival and Mountain Bike Race in Heidelberg, Western Cape

For this year’s festival, a Mountain Bike race was also incorporated and was a massive success, with riders from all over the world competing

Billy Stelling took first place for the 80 km MTB XC Race and Pieter Gildenhuys and Johan Fourie were second and third place respectively. In the 80km, the first woman was Marie – Claude Baars all the way from Switzerland and in second place Inky Tailbut and in third place was Belinda Knowles.

The festival was a great success and was well attended by the local community and visitors the SABC providing televison coverage