The MTN Ride Crater Cruise is one of South Africa's most prestigious mountain bike festivals. Every second weekend of October, mtbikers from across the continent flock to Parys in the Free State, South Africa to compete for the Mountainbike Marathon title <King and Queen of the Crater>, OR to come and enjoy the beauty of the Vredefort Dome World Heritage Site along the Vaal River and indulge in the friendliness and hospitality of our rural community. The Petit Paris venue is the home of the event and is only 100km from Johannesburg.

"The Vredefort dome was not created by a meteorite, Bakkies Botha
decided to put his foot down"

Previous winners

2011 MTN Ride Crater Cruise 106km winners
Position	Name and Surname	Time
Men Overall
1	Kevin Evans	03:27:51
2	Jacques Rossouw	03:29:54
3	Dave George	03:30:05
	Woman Overall
1	Ariane Kleinhans	03:58:36
2	Yolande Speedy	03:58:41
3	Yolandi Du Toit	04:05:47
2011 Nissan Ride Crater Cruise 56km winners
Position	Name	Time
Men Overall
1	Nico Bell	01:49:30
2	Lourens Luus	01:51:38
3	Johan Renier De Villiers	01:54:14
Woman Overall
1	Ischen Stopforth	02:06:49
2	Catherine Williamson	02:08:51
3	Sylvia Van Tromp	02:11:56

2010 MTN Ride Crater Cruise 103km winners
Position	Name and Surname	Time
Men Overall
1	Kevin Evans	03:38:06
2	Jacques Janse Van Rensburg	03:38:44
3	Brandon Steward	03:40:33
	Woman Overall
1	Yolandi Du Toit	04:12:26
2	Yolandê De Villiers	04:18:04
3	Karien Van Jaarsveld	04:23:09
2010 MiWay Ride Crater Cruise 56km winners
Position	Name	Time
Men Overall
1	Shaun Leach	1:56:37
2	JC Jooste	2:01:01
3	Arno Du Toit	2:01:33
Woman Overall
1	Samantha Oosthuysen	2:16:37
2	Ronel Bouwer	2:22:26
3	Caitlin De Wet	2:26:00

2009 Ride Crater Cruise 101km Marathon
position	Name	time
Men overall
1	Kevin Evans
2	Philip Buys	03:38:47
3	Nicholas White	03:39:57
Woman overall
1	Yolandi Du Toit
2	Samantha Oosthuysen	04:18:51
3	Carla Rowley
Singlespeed
1	Dana Coetzee	03:53:09
2009 Crater Cruise 56km Half-marathon
position	Name	time
Men overall
1	Roger Beuchat
2	Johannes Jooste	01:53:09
3	Adam Reyneke	01:54:30
Woman overall
1	Samantha Oosthuysen	02:06:21
2	Caitlin De Wet	02:12:08
3	Sylvia Von Tromp	02:17:09
2008 Ride Crater Cruise 101km Marathon
position	name	time
Men overall
1	Ben Melt Swanepoel	3:22:07
2	Kevin Evans	3:23:25
3	Burry Stander
Women overall
1	Yolande Speedy	3:52:50
2	Carla Rowley	4:08:17
3	Samantha Oosthuysen	4:16:37
Singlespeed overall
1
Tandem overall
1
2008 Ride Crater Cruise 65km Half-marathon
position	name	time
Women overall
1	Yolande Speedy	2:02:32
2	Samantha Oosthuysen	2:10:40
3	Caitlin de Wet	2:13:44
Men overall
1	Philip Buys	1:47:38
2	Mannie Heymans	1:47:34
3	Ermin van Wyk
2007 Colorpress Crater Cruise 101km Marathon
position	name	time
Men overall
1	John-Paul Pearton	3:30:05
2	Kevin Evans	3:30:18
3	Jaco Venter	3:31:16
Women overall
1	Christi Pienaar	4:21:24
2	Liani Mieny	4:37:45
3	Colette Fourie	4:48:58
Singlespeed overall
1	Neil Frazer	4:09:26
Tandem overall
1	Jacobus Pieterse & Madeleine de Villiers	05:14:43
2007 Colorpress Crater Cruise 56km Half-marathon
position	name	time
Women overall
1	Yolande Speedy	2:04:04
2	Carla Rowley	2:12:31
3	Amy-Jane Mundy	2:14:11
Men overall
1	Francois Theron	1:51:47
2	Gideon Van Zyl	1:52:36
3	Philip Buys	1:53:00
2006 Colorpress Crater Cruise 105km (MAZDA Marathon)
position	name	time
Women overall
1	Yolande de Villiers (RSA) Team SCOTT	3:21:52
2	Anke Erlank (RSA) Team TREK Cyclelab	3:30:57
3	Yolande Speedy (RSA) Team IMC NO FEAR	3:34:51
Men overall
1	Melt Swanepoel (RSA) Team Merida Mazda	3:08:47
2	Jock Green (RSA) Team Barloworld	3:10:55
3	Ryan Cox (RSA) Team Barlowold	3:10:56
Singlespeed overall
1	Neil Frazer (RSA)	4:00:33
Tandem overall
1	Brett Sachs (RSA)	3:59:47

2006 Colorpress Crater Cruise 56km (RCI half-marathon)
position	name	time
Men overall
1	Marc Bassingthwaighte (NAM) Team Mr Price GT	1:42:40
2	Burry Stander (RSA) Team Mr Price GT	1:42:42
3	Renier Bellingan (RSA)	1:45:52
Women overall
1	Suzanne Assenmacher (RSA)	2:07:17
2	Caitlin De Wet (RSA)	2:15:08
3	Sanet Smal (RSA)	2:15:07

2005 Ride Crater Cruise 97km (MAZDA Marathon)
position	name	time
Women overall
1	Anke Erlank (RSA) Team Microsoft	3:15:14
2	Chrissie Viljoen (RSA) Team Proline	3:39:31
3	Jackie Nel (RSA)	3:40:24
Men overall
1	Mannie Heymans (NAM) Team Focus, Kevin Evans (RSA) Team Scott, Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir, Johan van Zyl (RSA) Team GT and Dana Coetzee (RSA) Team C&C Steel	3:01:28
Singlespeed overall
1	Gerrie Beukes (RSA) Dingo's Cycles	3:26:34
Tandem overall
1	Shaun Peschl (RSA) & Brian Bontekoning (RSA)	3:29:47

2005 Ride Crater Cruise 58km (RCI half-marathon)
position	name	time
Men overall
1	Louis Harmse	2:04:21
2	Carel Bezuidenhoud	2:04:21
3	Freddy Mitchley	2:05:23
Women overall
1	Chantel van Jaarsveld	2:21:59
2	Sanet Smal	2:23:42
3	Erika Venter	2:28:13

Inaugural 2004 Ride Crater Cruise 97km
position	name	time
Men overall
1	Mannie Heymans (Namibia) Team Focus	2:56:46
2	Melt Swanepoel (RSA) Team Mazda	3:00:27
3	Johan Labuschagne (RSA) David George Motors Cycling Team	3:01:37
Women overall
1	Anke Erlank (RSA) Team Mazda	3:08:49
2	Hannele Kotze (RSA) Team Bianchi	3:20:03
3	Dianne Emery (RSA)	3:29:23
Singlespeed overall
1	Gerrie Beukes (RSA) Team Mongoose	3:08:35
Tandem overall
1	Gila Joffe (RSA) Cycle Lab Super Cycling & Brent Carpenter (RSA)	4:03:31

Inaugural 2004 Ride Crater Cruise 47km
position	name	time
Men overall
1	Gavin Schoonbee	1:41:44
2	Justice Makhale	1:45:03
3	Freddy Mitchley	1:54:17
Women overall
1	Samantha Oosthuysen	1:57:40
2	Greta Theron	2:23:42
3	Annette Theron	2:31:05

2007 Road Master Blaster Results

Vets 50-54
1	Joe Visser	2:17:01
2	Johan Spies
3	Paul Furbank

Vets 55-59
1	Noel Ziady	2:25:41
2	John Edwards
3	Jan Lamberts

Vets 60-64
1	Jan van der Berg	2:26:39
2	Frank Spirotto
3	Jan Greyling

Vets 65+
1	Clive Oakley	2:46:51
2	Dirk van der Merwe
3	Terry Burrell

Ladies 50+
1	Petra van Huysteen	2:54:45
2	Marlene van Heerden
3	Ilna Lemmer

2006 Road Master Blaster Results

Vets 50-54
1	Johan Spies	2:23:19
2	Luciano Macchelli	2:23:20
3	Noel Ziady	2:23:20

Vets 55-60
1	Paul Pelser	2:25:54
2	John Edwards	2:25:54
3	Wendell Bole	2:29:23

Vets 60+
1	Maurice Connor	2:25:40
2	Jan van den Berg	2:29:42
3	Francesco Sperotto	2:29:42

Ladies 50+
1	Marlene van Heerden	2:40:51
2	Ilna Lemmer	2:40:55
3	Sharon Pautz	2:56:15