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South African Burry Stander and his Swiss teammate, Christoph Sauser (36One-Songo-Specialized) tightened their grip on the 2012 ABSA Cape Epic on Thursday when they won the 105km Stage 4 and extended their overall lead. The dust-coated teammates cruised across the finish line with broad grins in a time of four hours 42 minutes 49 seconds, […]
South African Burry Stander and his Swiss teammate Christoph Sauser of the 36One-Songo-Specialized team appear set to successfully defend their ABSA Cape Epic title after winning Stage 3 on Wednesday, the 2012 edition’s queen stage over 143km from Robertson to Caledon. Stander and Sauser were hardly troubled in the race’s longest stage and rode away […]
A dream start turned into the worst nightmare for Nedbank 360Life’s David George and Kevin Evans as the 2012 ABSA Cape Epic got underway this week. But on Wednesday’s monster Stage 3 the pair clawed their way back into podium contention after losing 24 minutes due to a damaged tyre on Stage 1. Shortened slightly […]
Stage 3: Robertson – Calendon. 143Km, 2900m Climbing Stage racing involves a unique skill set. When doing a shorter weekend stage race, or one based out of the one town (like the Alpen Tour Trophy or ICME) you can get away with a few more things. But for the longer point to point stage races, […]
Stage 2 of the ABSA Cape Epic delivered a thrilling sprint finish among the top teams with victory going to Germany’s three-time champions, Stefan Sahm and Karl Platt (Team Bulls 1) in Robertson on Tuesday. The Multivan Merida team of Hannes Genze (GER) and Andreas Kugler (SUI) were second with overnight leaders and defending champions, […]
Yesterday was, for me at least, one of the hardest days I’ve done on a bike. Feeling OK for 30k of a 115k stage isn’t really enough – 85k with my brain boiling in 40-plus degree heat had me in the box in a big way. And it’s never nice knowing that you’re holding your […]
German squad Team Bulls may not have been able to stop an utterly dominant Christoph Sauser and Burry Stander, but the team can be justifiably proud of the fact that they have two pairings inside the top-5 of the 2012 ABSA Cape Epic after stage 1. The team’s French star Thomas Dietsch and race partner […]
After winning the ABSA Cape Epic’s short opening prologue stage by the narrowest of margins on Sunday, South African Burry Stander and Swiss Christoph Sauser (36One-Songo-Specialized) put in a dominant display on Monday’s tough first stage proper to win the day and secure a commanding nine-minute lead overall with six days remaining. Stander and Sauser’s […]
ABSA Cape Epic, Stage 1: Robertson – Robertson. 115Km, 2350m The ABSA Cape Epic has a reputation for being tough. With such a high percentage of finishers in 2011, it’s hard to think that course setter ‘Dr Evil’ felt that he had a reputation to uphold. Today’s stage that started and finished in Robertson was […]
Any bike race involves preparation. It’s more than just pinning a number on – especially when you move towards a HCS ranked Stage Race. The ABSA Cape Epic has just started, at Meerendal Wine Estate in the Western Cape Province. The sun is blazing, the helicopters are buzzing, and euro dance beats are pumping out […]
