Local rider extends lead on stage 2 of Gravel Burn race

VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF STAGE 2 OF GRAVEL BURN RACE IN SOUTH AFRICA. SHOWS: AVONTUUR TO WILLOWMORE, SOUTH AFRICA (OCTOBER 27, 2025) (QUATTRO MEDIA – Editorial use only. No monetisation. No resales) MEN'S RACE 1. RIDERS AT THE START LINE IN AVONTUUR. 2. AERIAL FOOTAGE OF RIDERS ON DIRT ROAD. 3. CLOSE UP OF LUKAS BAU (PURPLE JERSEY)/MATT BEERS (ORANGE JERSEY). 4. MORE AERIAL FOOTAGE OF RIDERS ON DIRT ROAD. 5. BREAKAWAY RIDERS BAU AND BEERS ROUNDING THE BEND. 6. BAU AND BEERS SPRINTING DOWN FINISHING STRAIGHT/CROSSING THE LINE. 7. CLOSE UP OF BEERS INJURY. 8. SIMON PELLAUD CROSSING THE LINE IN THIRD PLACE. 9. STAGE TWO WINNERS STANDING ATOP PODIUM. WOMEN'S RACE 10. RIDERS LINING UP TO THE START THE RACE. 11. VARIOUS OF RIDERS ON DIRT ROAD. 12. AXELLE DUBAU-PREVOT (ORANGE JERSEY) BREAKING AWAY. 13. DUBAU-PREVOT, MELISSA ROLLINS AND HALEY SMITH CROSSING THE FINISH LINE. 14. STAGE TWO WINNERS STANDING ATOP PODIUM. STORY: Local rider Matthew Beers extended his overall lead on stage two of the inaugural Gravel Burn, an 800-kilometre (500-mile) 7-day gravel bike race in South Africa on Monday (October 27). Beers started the day in the leader’s jersey before extending his lead with a back-to-back sprint win, on the 108km (67-miles) stage that traversed from Avontuur to Willowmore. In second place, it was the 2023 German Gravel champion Lukas Bau, followed by Swiss rider Simon Pellaud, in third.  In the women's race, it was the French Gravel champion Axelle Dubau-Prevot leading the pack, after winning today’s stage and taking the back-to-back sprint finish. In second place it was American Melissa Rollins, with Canadian Haley Smith rounding out the podium. (Production: Lucy Thomson)

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