Clover will continue their support for women cycling in 2016 with their sponsorship of Team Clover Prestigio, a women’s professional racing team for the 2016 season.
The team who only consisted of two riders in 2015 has increased their fire power in the peloton with three additional signings for the 2016 season.
The team consists of five riders, Carla Oberholzer, Charlene du Preez, Elmari de Wet, Yzette Oelofse and Ronet Human.
“We are very proud to have such good sponsors on board for the 2016 season. And with the additional ladies in the team we would be in a position to race more positively and active in the coming season.”
Team Clover Prestigio:
Carla Oberholzer
Age: 29
Racing category: Elite
Home town: Roodepoort
Strengths as rider: Climbing & Tour Rider
Top results 2015:
3rd Fast One
2nd Berge en Dale
6th SA Championships Road Race
2nd Mixed Tandem SA Championships
1st Mixed Team Panorama Tour, 14th Overall
2nd Bestmed Satellite Challenge
1st PPA Mangaung Road Race and MTB Challenge
7th UCI 1.1 947 Cycle Challenge
Part of SA National Team at World Cup Plouay (France), Tour de la Ardeche (France) and Giro Toscana (Italy).
Goals 2016:
SA Championships, February, KZN
Panorama Tour, April, Mpumalanga
947 Cycle Challenge, November, Gauteng
Twitter handle: @CarlaOberholzer
Charlene Du Preez
Age: 28
Racing category: Elite
Hometown: Pretoria
Strengths as rider: Sprinting and power on flats.
Top results 2015:
3rd Emperors Palace
2nd Polokwane Mayoral Cycle Race
4th Tour Durban
6th Hibiscus race 1 (Pietermaritzburg) UCI race
6th Hibiscus race 2 (Margate) UCI race
4th Capital Classic
1st Kremetart
1st Pretora FM 104.2 Cycle Challenge
Part of SA National Team at World Cup Plouay (France), Tour de la Ardeche (France) and Giro Toscana (Italy).
Goals 2016:
Podium with SA Classic road races
Podium with SA Track champs.
To qualify for Track Worlds
Twitter handle: @Charlenerx
Yzette Oelofse
Age: 31
Racing category: Elite
Hometown: Pretoria
Strengths as rider: Endurance
Top results 2015:
11th Dome2Dome 2015
6th Bestmed Satellite Classic 2015
4th Pretoria FM road race 2015
1st Sani2C Adventure Mixed 2015
13th Division Ironman 70.3 Durban 2015
Goals 2016:
To stand on as many podiums as possible in 2016 and make sure I still fully enjoy the sport.
Twitter handle: @Yzette_Oelofse
Elmari de Wet
Age: 23
Racing category: Elite
Hometown: Pretoria
Strengths as rider: All-rounder
Top results 2015:
Team captain of 2015 USSA (national student champs) winning ladies;
Climb & sprinting jersey winner.
Goals 2016:
SA Championships, February, KZN
Panorama Tour, April, Mpumalanga
USSA world champs, March
USSA champs, July
Twitter handle: @Elmari_deWet
Ronet Human
Age: 25
Racing category: Elite
Hometown: Pretoria
Strengths as rider: Descents
Top results 2015:
2nd Jacaranda Cycle Race
1st Vortex Cycle Race
4th Clover Tour
Goals 2016:
To learn more bunch skill and to improve on my climbing.
Twitter handle: @RonetHuman
