Smith wins Kopong cycling event

Smith won the tough 90km race on Saturday finishing ahead of Jabu Tabolane also from GCC. The physically draining race took riders from Kopong Filling Station towards Molepolole main road, then back past Kopong to Lentsweletau before passing through the village of Kopong to the finish point at the filling station.

Smith took his opening day form to the 60km mountain bike race yesterday where he managed to withstand stiff competition from Victor Potgeiter and Keith Marais who finished seconds after him. Smith was in charge for the first 30km loop of the race but Potgeiter and Marais closed in the final loop and almost overtook him but the experienced cyclist maintained his pace just seconds ahead of them to finish first. Smith won the race with a time of 2:24:00, while Potgeiter and Marais came two seconds close with 2:26:00.