VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF STAGE THREE OF GRAVEL BURN RACE IN SOUTH AFRICA RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: GRAAF REINET TO BLAAUWATER, SOUTH AFRICA (OCTOBER 28, 2025) (QUATTRO MEDIA – Editorial use only. No monetisation. No resales) 1. VARIOUS OF SCHOOLGIRLS PLAYING XYLOPHONES 2. MEN'S OVERALL LEADER, MATT BEERS, IN ORANGE JERSEY 3. MEN'S STAGE THREE WINNER, SIMON PELLAUD, AHEAD OF RACE START 4. RACE START 5. VARIOUS OF BEERS WITH PELOTON 6. LUKAS POESTELBERGER OUT IN FRONT 7. TRISTAN NORTJE CATCHING UP WITH POESTELBERGER 8. ORANGE JERSEY GROUP 9. PELLAUD BATTLING MARCO JOUBERT FOR THE LEAD 10. ORANGE JERSEY GROUP 11. PELLAUD BATTLING HUGO DRECHOU 12. PELLAUD CROSSING FINISH LINE SECONDS AHEAD OF DRECHOU WITH TRAVIS STEDMAN THIRD AND BEERS FOURTH 13. PELLAUD DRINKING WATER 14. VARIOUS OF WOMEN'S OVERALL LEADER, AXELLE DUBAU-PREVOT, IN ORANGE JERSEY 15. STAGE THREE START 16. VARIOUS OF ORANGE JERSEY GROUP 17. HAYLEY PREEN LOSING TIME AFTER A PIECE OF WIRE GOT STUCK IN HER WHEEL 18. LAUREN STEPHENS OUT IN FRONT 19. STEPHENS CROSSING FINISH LINE FIRST FOLLOWED BY ASHLEIGH MOOLMAN-PASIO IN SECOND AND HAYLEY SMITH IN THIRD WITH DUBAU-PREVOT FOURTH 20. RIDERS CONGRATULATING EACH OTHER STORY: Matt Beers and Axelle Dubau-Prevot retained their orange jerseys in the men and women's categories after stage three of the inaugural Gravel Burn. Setting off from Graaff Reinet, the so-called Gem of the Karoo and South Africa’s fourth oldest town, Tuesday's action (October 28) saw riders brave the semi-desert region's high temperatures and tough climbs across a 90km route. Switzerland's Simon Pellaud improved on his third place finish on Monday, topping the podium with a winning time of two hours, 43 minutes and 35 seconds. Three seconds behind him was French gravel champion Hugo Drechou who pipped Travis Stedman to second with his South African compatriot Beers eight seconds back in fourth. American Lauren Stephens, meanwhile, edged an even closer women's race with just one second separating her, South Africa's Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio in second and Hayley Preen of Canada in third. Like Beers, France's Dubau-Prevot also finished fourth, two seconds off the winning pace to ensure she stays in orange. The 800-kilometre (500-mile) seven-day gravel bike race across South Africa continues on Wednesday in Blaauwater. (Production: Conal Quinn)
(The article has been published through a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has been published verbatim. Liability lies with original publisher.)
