Video & Results: Cape Epic 2021 - Stage 1
 | Today marked the first time since 2013 that the opening stage of the Absa Cape Epic has dipped below the 100km mark. Mountain bikers from across the world took to the trails of Ceres and here's a look at what went down! |
In a tight finish on Stage 1, the Bulls (Urs Huber & Simon Schneller) and Bulls 2 (Martin Frey & Simon Stiebjahn) teams claimed first and second respectively, with Canyon Northwave MTB (Andreas Seewald & Martin Stošek) racing home in third. Prologue winners NinetyOne-songo-Specialized (Matt Beers & Jordan Sarrou) finished in fourth, but retained their overall lead with a healthy gap of just under two minutes over second-placed team Canyon Northwave MTB.
Absa Cape Epic newbies, Sina Frei and Laura Stigger (NinetyOne-songo-Specialized), blitzed Stage 1 in the Elite women’s race, today. Riding comfortably, with great control and composure throughout, the first-timers cruised home in 4:34:52 - nearly five minutes ahead of second-placed finishers Ariane Luthi and Robyn De Groot (Salusmed).
Men
1st. Urs Huber & Simon Schneller: 3:57:35.2
2nd. Martin Frey & Simon Stiebjahn: +0:0:02.2
3rd. Andreas Seewald & Martin Stosek: +00:00:03.1
Women
1st. Sina Frei & Laura Stigger: 4:34:52.66
2nd. Ariane Luthi & Robyn De Groot: +00:04:51.1
3rd. Candice lill & Mariske Strauss: +00:12:02.7
You can watch the full broadcast of the Stage 1 below.
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Be safe be well,
Robin
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Be safe be well,
Incognito Robin
The race I really would have liked to see is Annika & Jenny against Sina & Laura.
It would be cool if more of the WC riders took the challenge. Maybe in March and hopefully they won't have the field restricted to 50%.
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Having said that, once we're all in on the joke can we please restore this individual's account, once everyone knows its not the actual CEO it will just be funny.
Can some other jokers please create profiles for the other "C-Suite" titles, CFO, COO...etc?
Personally, I love watching the competition of XC and get fired up by how fast they are, but get bored super fast with Redbull rampage type stuff. "Oh, this guy is going to jump too. Yep. He jumped. I guess it was radder than the last guy?" Fortunately, there's tons for everyone to watch these days.