World Bicycle Relief (Nino Schurter and Sebastian Fini) and Ghost Factory Racing (Anne Terpstra and Nicole Koller) claimed the UCI Men’s and Aramex Women’s Categories respectively at today’s Absa Cape Epic Prologue in Somerset West.
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The ab Cape epic is the most prestigious mountain bike stage race in the world and is commonly referred to as the tour to France of mountain biking this is the 20th edition of this 8-day full service stage race traversing the spectacular Western Cape of South Africa 2024 attracts the biggest ever Elite field
With national world and Olympic Champions riding in teams of two all striving for the unparalleled title of Absa Cape epic winner for the amate just to complete the same 617 km course with 16,500 M of climbing is a huge Accolade it’s day one today and the Riders enjoy
A short sharp time trial prolog course that will count to their overall time the prologue weaves around the Lenwood wine estate Trails it’s short and length but not on importance The Punchy course has steep climbs Through The Vineyards and Technical manicured single track that requires every ounce
Of concentration at just 20 6 km with 700 M of climbing it’ll take the top teams just over an hour this 20th anniversary edition attracts many previous winners and many new combinations the most decorated mountain biker of all time Nino sherter is in attendance with new teammate Sebastian finny riding for World bicycle
Relief sha has multiple Olympic and World medals and has won the cape epic twice defending Champion Matt beers from South Africa also has a new partner previous winner Howard grz from the USA riding for Toyota specialized 91 Oria Le speed company with G gega and Lucas Bal have remained the same since
Winning their first abs of Cape epic in 2022 and always provide exciting racing in the women’s category Vera lossa is aiming to defend her title with new partner Alexa Scara for efficient Infinity SCB sham Candace Lil from South Africa is hoping to break her four-time streak of second places with her new
Partner current Marathon Champion Mona mner for canadale factory racing Toyota specialized 91 have always had a strong grip on the category winning seven of the last nine events this year Sophia Gomez vfan has a new partner in Samara sheeper the Argentine kiwi combination of Gomez vfan and Shephard have a huge
Amount of motivation this year Gomez vfan Ron the Epic in 2022 became third in last year’s Edition and is seeking Revenge the new combination works well together Gomez vfan taking the lead to start with and let Shephard find her feet it doesn’t take long for the team
To find a balance and they put together a great prologue competing the course in just under 1 hour and 16 minutes canadale Factory racing Mona mner and Candace Lil are the top two Marathon riders in the world they are favorites on paper the cape epic is always full of surprises on the first
Steep climb of the prologue mner starts to struggle with the heat little adjust the pace to help reduce the damage but it’s a bad sign for day one in true professional style they still post a solid time it takes second place just 6 seconds ahead of
Third ghost Factory racing is a new team for this 20th anniversary edition of the abser gape epic both Riders on newbies but are very experienced on the world cross country scene and turpster from the Netherlands was a 2021 silver medalist in the world championships she is joined by 26-year-old Nicole Cola
From Switzerland the ghost team find their legs after the 12 km Mark and keep extending their split times they’re in their element on this short course with steep climbs and Technical descents it’s the first time at the cape epic for both the Riders and they put on an incredible performance finishing the Lenwood
Prologue in 1 hour 14 minutes and 45 seconds 1 minute and 5 Seconds ahead of canadale to take the win the women’s Podium sees the legendary Toyota specialized 91 in third second goes to humbl team canadale fact racing and the win is taken by ghost Factory racing who will wear the orange
Leaders jerseys for tomorrow’s stage one in the men’s prologue the time splits Buffett back and forth over the hot and Dusty afternoon Dutch Marathon Champion hunt becking and European Marathon Champion Bart alaman from Belgium are team buff Mago they have won previous stages of the cape epic and
Becking has a Podium finish in the general classification motivations are high they are a great combination on the bikes even though this prolog course is Rel to be short for them the pair managed their power well and the trails of the lonville estate are kind to them they take third place defending Champion
Matt beers and 2018 Champion Howard gr stamped their Mark with a very F start to the prologue marota specialized 91 settled into the course sharing the time at the front it’s a relief for them to get this first day out of the way and take a second place completing the
Course in just under 1 hour and 3 and 1/2 minutes Nino shter and Sebastian finny from World bicycle relief are both cross country Specialists so the short 26 km course suits them down to the ground the two friends created this partnership so they could ride together and spread the message of the bicycle
Charity from the second split the Swiss Danish combo stretched their lead and crossed the line in 1 hour 2 minutes and 38 seconds 51 seconds ahead of second place the prologue showed how unpredictable and competitive this Untamed race is the top 18 teams all finish within 5 minutes of each other
Buff megao in third Toyota specialized 91 in second and a well-deserved win to World bicycle relief sherter and Finny are proud owners of the yellow leaders jersey for stage one tomorrow
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Nino schurter 💪
N1No🎉
Quality of the visuals and presentation was amazing this morning. Congatulations to the production team.
What about mixed teams?
LETS FUCKING GO N1N0 THE GOAT!!
Still haven’t learned how to pronounce Villafane, I see
Começou 🎉🎉🎉🇧🇷
GO NINO.
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