Epic day for the Young Guns in cycling's most challenging races
Absa Cape Epic from Greyton to Elgin stage won by race debutants Andri Frischknecht and Michiel van der Heijden
Elgin — The respective men’s and women’s leaders had vastly contrasting fortunes on the 112km stage 4 of the Absa Cape Epic from Greyton to Elgin on Thursday. While the men’s leaders, Manuel Fumic and Henrique Avancini (Cannondale Factory Racing XC), were having their lead slashed by some superb teamwork, Esther Suss and Jennie Stenerhag (Meerendal CBC) were taking full advantage of their main rivals’ bad luck to grow their advantage in the Hansgrohe Women’s category. The stage was won by race debutants Andri Frischknecht and Michiel van der Heijden (Scott-Sram Young Guns) who crossed the line just ahead of 2016 Olympic champion Nino Schurter and Matthias Stirnemann (Scott-Sram MTB Racing) who moved into second position overall. The Young Guns and their senior MTB Racing team both finished in 4hr 10min after working together to extend their advantage over the final 15km, but more relevant was that Schurter and Stirnemann gained two-and-a-half minutes on Fumic and Avancini with just ...
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