Yesterday the fifth stage of the Absa CAPE EPIC 2014 took place in South Africa. With 110km in distance and 2.900 climbing metres it was the “queen stage” of this year`s race! The route took the riders from the Oaks Estate near Greyton to the beautiful Oak Valley.
Stage 5 – Results:
1st place: Torpado Factory – 15-1 Roel Paulissen (BEL) / 15-2 Riccardo Chiarini (ITA) 2nd place: SCOTT-Odlo MTB Racing – 6-1 Nino Schurter (SUI) / 6-2 Philip Buys (RSA) 3rd place: Meerendal Songo Specialized – 1-1 Christoph Sauser (SUI) / 1-2 Frantisek Rabon (CZE)
OVERALL RANKING LIST:
1st place: Topeak-Ergon Racing – 8-1 Robert Mennen (GER) / 8-2 Kristian Hynek (CZE) 23:43:31,6 2nd place: Meerendal Songo Specialized – 1-1 Christoph Sauser (SUI) / 1-2 Frantisek Rabon (CZE) 23:53.19,3 +9.47,7 3rd place: Bulls 2 – 4-1 Tim Böhme (GER) / 4-2 Simon Stiebjahn (GER) 23:59.24,3 +15.52,7