JAG AllStars
On 22nd March the 2nd day of the ABSA Cape Epic kicked off in Gordon's Bay, with the beautiful mountains and the ocean giving the riders some distraction from the long day that lay ahead.JAG AllStars teams started with the rest of the riders at 7am. The spirits were high and everyone tried to make it out safely.
Once the gun went, the riders began climbing immediately. The early steep ascent up to Steenbras Dam stretched out the field. The riders had to deal with 200m of downhill single track followed by another 500m technical piece. The last 15km had several sharp rises on farm roads and dual track.
It took most of the JAG AllStars teams a lot longer to finish Stage 1 than they originally had estimated as the course was extremely difficult and the heat just carried on.
All riders stay in Villiersdorp tonight to begin stage 2 here. Stage 2 is 110km and will start and finish in Villiersdorp again.
JAG AllStars Teams 1st stage results:
ABSA/JAG Legends - Erica Green and Willie Engelbrecht - finish time: 6:33’21 position: 11
ABSA/JAG Vuvuzelas - Owen Hannie and Mark Fish - finish time: 9:48’42 position: 303
ABSA/JAG Pocket Rockets - Breyton Paulse and Linus van Onselen - finish time: 9:42’11 position: 293
PRAGMA/JAG 200 Kilogrames of Racing Snakes - Mike Bayly and John Swanepoel - finish time: 9:36’30 position: 110 (masters)
PRAGMA/JAG Living Ball - Braam van Straaten and Corne Klem - finish time: 8:06’10 position: 158
CYCLELAB/ JAG Warriors - Marius Hurter and Christiaan Schutte - finish time: 10:14’06 position: 328
Songo.info Teams
Christoph Sauser and Burry Stander proudly wore their leaders jerseys at the start of stage one in Gordon's Bay this morning.
History states that Stage 1 has never been easy at the ABSA Cape Epic and the 2009 edition is no exception. 112kms from Gordon's Bay to Villersdorp with 2729 metres of climbing. We caught up with the leading Songo.info team at the and they were 2 mins ahead of the Trek-Brentjens team and even further ahead of Bulls and MTN Energade team.
Christoph and Burry got to the finish line in 4 hours 50 mins and 10, secs. It was a hard ride but so very worth wearing a leader's jersey again....which is now matched with a pair of leaders pants....never to have been done in the Epic's history...that's how much ahead of everybody else these guys are....
To another great day of racing - Congratulations Suzi and Burry!
You can follow Christoph and Burry via the LIVE tracker on the Epic site: http://www.cape-epic.com/live/ridertracking.php
MEN Teams 1st stage results (Gordnon's Bay to Villiersdorp) Results:
1. Songo.info - Christoph Sauser, Switzerland and Burry Stander, South Africa finish: 4 hours 50 mins 10,5 secs
2. Bulls - Karl Platt and Stefan Sahm, both from Germany, finish: 4 hours 52 mins 23,3 secs2. Bulls 2 - Tim Boehme from Geramny and Thomas Dietsch from Finland, finish: 4 hours 54 mins secs 42,4 secs
Our supporting SONGO.INFO team Nic and Simon also did extremely well today:
SONGO.INFO Lamond Bros – Nic and Simon Lamond (1st stage finish: 7 hours 17 mins 37 secs)
SONGO.INFO 2 – Songo Fipaza and Ndiphe Ngubane finish:9h 46.22min
For more images go onto the http://www.jagfoundation.com/ (gallery: ABSA Cape Epic - Songo)
History states that Stage 1 has never been easy at the ABSA Cape Epic and the 2009 edition is no exception. 112kms from Gordon's Bay to Villersdorp with 2729 metres of climbing. We caught up with the leading Songo.info team at the and they were 2 mins ahead of the Trek-Brentjens team and even further ahead of Bulls and MTN Energade team.
Christoph and Burry got to the finish line in 4 hours 50 mins and 10, secs. It was a hard ride but so very worth wearing a leader's jersey again....which is now matched with a pair of leaders pants....never to have been done in the Epic's history...that's how much ahead of everybody else these guys are....
To another great day of racing - Congratulations Suzi and Burry!
You can follow Christoph and Burry via the LIVE tracker on the Epic site: http://www.cape-epic.com/live/ridertracking.php
MEN Teams 1st stage results (Gordnon's Bay to Villiersdorp) Results:
1. Songo.info - Christoph Sauser, Switzerland and Burry Stander, South Africa finish: 4 hours 50 mins 10,5 secs
2. Bulls - Karl Platt and Stefan Sahm, both from Germany, finish: 4 hours 52 mins 23,3 secs2. Bulls 2 - Tim Boehme from Geramny and Thomas Dietsch from Finland, finish: 4 hours 54 mins secs 42,4 secs
Our supporting SONGO.INFO team Nic and Simon also did extremely well today:
SONGO.INFO Lamond Bros – Nic and Simon Lamond (1st stage finish: 7 hours 17 mins 37 secs)
SONGO.INFO 2 – Songo Fipaza and Ndiphe Ngubane finish:9h 46.22min
For more images go onto the http://www.jagfoundation.com/ (gallery: ABSA Cape Epic - Songo)
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