Mauritian champion and Tour de France Femmes stage winner, Kim le Court, and South African mountain biking talent Jaedon Terlouw won the 2025 Ride Joburg on Sunday, 26 October.
Le Court played the patience game, allowing early attacks to go before using the climbs in the second half of the 97-kilometre course to exert her dominance over the elite women’s field. The AG Insurance Soudal star attacked from a select group of 10 on Jan Smuts Avenue and passed the lone breakaway rider, Magda Nieuwoudt, to seize the lead with 15 kilometres remaining. Once in the front, Le Court never looked back and took a commanding victory ahead of Lucy Young and Nieuwoudt.
Kim le Court proved herself the strongest woman in the field, climbing away from her rivals to take the Ride Joburg victory by a 79-second margin. Photo by Dominic Barnardt.
Terlouw, meanwhile, found himself in an elite selection comprising of two former Ride Joburg winners heading into the finale. The PYGA Euro Steel rider had climbed powerfully alongside defending champion Ryan Gibbons, and two-time winner Marc Pritzen, distancing the Kent Main and a handful of other leading contenders heading into the final 10 kilometres. The trio worked well together until the new technical final 500 metres, when Terlouw dove down the inside of Gibbons on a tight corner. This proved to be the winning move and even gained the young mountain biker the time to sit up and soak up the victory as he crossed the line. Gibbons and Pritzen had to settle for second and third, respectively.
Both the men’s and women’s winners ride away R200 000 richer, claiming the biggest single-day prize money in South African cycling.
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- Jaedon Terlouw put his mountain biking skills to great use to dive inside Ryan Gibbons in the technical finale of the 2025 Ride Joburg and claim the R200 000 winners prize. Photo by Tobias Ginsberg.
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- Kim le Court completed her stellar 2025 season with victory on her final day of racing at the Ride Joburg on Sunday, 26 October. Photo by Dominic Barnardt.
2025 Ride Joburg Results
Elite Men:
- Jaedon Terlouw: PYGA Euro Steel (2:09:56)
- Ryan Gibbons: Lidl Trek (2:09:57 | +1)
- Marc Pritzen: Honeycomb 226ers (2:09:57 | +1)
- Kent Main: Fly Cool Collective (2:10:55 | +1:00)
- Gustav Roller: Crabbé-dstny (Junior | 2:11:34 | +1:39)
Elite Women:
- Kim le Court: AG Insurance Soudal (2:37:26)
- Lucy Young: Tshenolo Pro Cycling (2:38:44 | +1:19)
- Magda Nieuwoudt: We Buy Cars (2:39:08 | +1:42)
- Vera Looser: Efficient Infiniti Insure (2:40:37 | +3:12)
- Tyler Jacobs: Liv Factory Racing (U-23 | 2:40:39 | +3:13)
For the full results from the 2025 Ride Joburg, click here or visit www.ridejoburg.co.za.
