Candice Neethling and Vera Adrian (Dorma Time Freight) won the first stage of the 2016 Grindrod Bank Berg &amp; Bush Descent women's race in a time of 03:57:55. They finished 1 minute and 45 seconds ahead of Jennie Stenerhag and Robyn de Groot of Team Ascendis Health. The 98km-long stage started at Windmall Farm in the Drakensberg and finished at Emseni Camp on the banks of the Tugela River.