Looser and Van Rhyn retain Nedbank Desert Dash Crowns

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2024-12-08
WINDHOEK, 07 DEC (NAMPA) - Swiss rider Konny Looser secured a record eighth solo Nedbank Desert Dash title in 10 races, while Belinda van Rhyn claimed her second Nedbank Desert Dash title after conquering the 401-kilometre journey through the Namib Desert.

Looser claimed his eighth title of the Nedbank Namibia Desert Dash, which started on Friday at Grove Mall in Windhoek and went through the Namib Desert to Swakopmund in a photo finish with Dri...
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WINDHOEK, 06 December 2024 - Swiss rider Konny Looser on a (1001) bicycle and other Nedbank Desert Dash rider while climbing a hill en route to Kupferberg during the 2024 edition of the Nedbank Desert Dash. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA WINDHOEK, 06 December 2024 - Swiss rider Konny Looser on a (1001) bicycle and other Nedbank Desert Dash rider while climbing a hill en route to Kupferberg during the 2024 edition of the Nedbank Desert Dash. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

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