Pidcock and Dubau-Prevot clinch wins on stage 5 of South Africa's Gravel Burn

VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM STAGE 5 OF THE NEDBANK GRAVEL BURN – A 137KM RIDE FROM BLAAUWATER TO MERINO FARM/ SOUNDBITES WITH STAGE WINNERS TOM PIDCOCK AND AXELLE DUBAU-PREVOT RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: VARIOUS, SOUTH AFRICA (OCTOBER 30, 2025) (QUATTRO MEDIA – Editorial use only. No monetisation. No resales) 1. START OF STAGE 5 MEN'S RACE  2. OVERALL LEADER MATT BEERS (ORANGE JERSEY) HAS A PUNCTURE AND TEAMMATE JOHANN VAN ZYL LENDS HIM HIS WHEEL 3. DE BEERS AND TWO RIDERS TRY TO CATCH THE PELOTON 4. CLOSE UP OF MARCO JOUBERT (WHITE JERSEY) CYCLING WITH LUKAS BAUM AFTER MAKING AN EARLY BREAK 5. A GROUP OF RIDERS INCLUDING BEERS ON A DESCENT 6. AERIALS OF LEADING GROUP/ GROUP GOING PAST CAMERA PLACED ON THE GROUND 7. AERIAL AS ANDREAS SEEWALD BREAKS AWAY FROM THE GROUP ON HIS OWN 8. TOM PIDCOCK (#2) ON HIS OWN CHASING DOWN SEEWALD 9. PIDCOCK PASSES SEEWALD 10. VARIOUS OF PIDCOCK ON HIS WAY TO THE FINISH LINE 11. CLOSE UP OF BEERS DRINKING WATER AFTER THE RACE 12. (SOUNDBITE) (English) STAGE 5 WINNER TOM PIDCOCK SAYING:      "The climb was a bit hard. Lukas (Baum) attacked at the start. So yeah, but we were going super easy today. So it was a nice, just one little effort at the end. Not too much mental energy required for that." 13. START OF WOMEN'S RACE 14. EMMA VAN DER STOCKT (WHITE JERSEY) BREAKS AWAY FROM THE GROUP/ VAN DER STOCKT JOINS A GROUP OF MEN'S AMATEUR RACE RIDERS 15. OVERALL LEADER ASHLEIGH MOOLMAN-PASIO (ORANGE JERSEY) LEADS NEW BREAKAWAY GROUP OF FOUR RIDERS 16. BREAKAWAY GROUP IS DOWN TO TWO OF MOOLMAN-PASIO AND AXELLE DUBAU-PREVOT (BLUE WHITE AND RED JERSEY) IN THE LEAD 17. DUBAU-PREVOT SPRINTS AHEAD 18. DUBAU-PREVOT CROSSES THE LINE/ OTHER RIDERS COMING TO FINISH LINE/ DUBAU-PREVOT AND MOOLMAN-PASIO DRINKING WATER WITH ANOTHER RIDER 19. (SOUNDBITE) (English) AXELLE DUBAU-PREVOT SAYING:     "The goal this week is to improve myself as a rider with Ashleigh (Moolman-Pasio, with Lauren (Stephens) with Melissa (Rollins). And so yeah, it worked for me. So I'm really happy, not because of the win, but also because of the lesson here." 20. VARIOUS OF OVERNIGHT CAMP/ RIDERS BY LARGE FIRE STORY: Double Olympic MTB champion Thomas Pidcock won stage 5 of the gruelling Gravel Burn race in South Africa on Thursday (October 30). The Englishman said he had targeted the 137-kilometre stage from Blaauwater to Merino Farm before the event started and was a comfortable winner after catching and passing European MTB champion Andreas Seewald on the final climb. Overall leader Matt Beers came in fifth after suffering from a puncture early on in the race which required team mate Johann van Zyl to donate his wheel to his fellow South African. In the women's event French gravel champion Axelle Dubau-Prevot bounced back from losing the leaders jersey on day four after falling behind with a puncture to win stage 5 just ahead of the current orange jersey holder South Africa's Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio. The inaugural Gravel Burn, is an 800-kilometre (500-mile) 7-day gravel bike race that will finish on Saturday.  (Production: Simon Ormiston) 

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