The Absa Cape Epic 2017: Prologue in Meerendal
Race provisional results category
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| Ewald Sadie/Cape Epic/SPORTZPICS
Meerendal Wine Estate helped kick-start what's to be a challenging but exciting race for the next 8 days starting off with the Prologue.
The Prologue 26km route with 750m climbing included spectacular views of some world famous landmarks – across Table Bay to the iconic Table Mountain, with Robben Island nestled in the sparkling sea in the foreground. But riders were not afforded the luxurious opportunity to sight-see. The best viewing point followed a rather intense climb up Meerendal’s notorious Stairway to Heaven to the top of the Dorstberg. All that hard work takes place in the opening sequences of the Prologue and is followed by some testing ups and downs on Hoogekraal’s highly regarded trails which the riders could attest to before turning back to Meerendal via some steep vineyards, dairy fields and a burst of singletrack. All in all 1200 riders were registered and there were 52 pro UCI riders that made the finish line.
The Hansgrohe women's category results were as follows:
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| Shaun Roy/Cape Epic/SPORTZPICS |
2. Meerendal CBC 1:16.06,3 - Esther Suss, Jennie Stenerhag
3. Hansgrohe Cadence OMX Pro 1:17.15,7 - Mariske Strauss, Annie Last
4. Spur 1:17.45,1
5. DormaKaba SA 1:20.18,9
6. Merchants 1:20.42,2
7. Meerendal CBC 2 1:23.22,5
8. Hollard-Velocity SportLab 1:26.09,2
9. LIVBeyond 1:27.02,6
10. Galileo Risk Garmin 1:27.08,9
The men's category results:
1. Cannondale Factory Racing XC 1:01.52,4 - Manuel Fumic, Henrique Avancini
2. SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing 1:03.28,8 - Nino Schurter, Matthias Stirnemann3. Trek-Selle San Marco 1:03.35,8 - Samuele Porro, Alexey Medvedev
4. Investec-Songo-Specialized 1:03.39,6
5. Kansai Plascon 1:03.42,3
6. Bulls 1:05.15,7
7. Centurion Vaude 2 1:05.46,5
8. Centurion Vaude 1:05.49,5
9. NAD Pro MTB 1:06.04,8
10. Claes- Carabin 1:06.31.1
Stay tuned!
Till next time. . .
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