Langvad and Van der Breggen ride to comfortable victory in Cape Epic
Teammates claim fifth win in five stages in women’s section of Cape Epic
As the race for the men’s title got a little tighter and lot more tense on the fourth stage of the Absa Cape Epic on Thursday, Annika Langvad and Anna van der Breggen continued their romp to victory by taking their fifth win in five stages. There was a small scare for the Investec-songo-Specialized team on the 43km time trial around Oak Valley when Denmark’s Langvad crashed, falling off the side of the track. She remounted and together with her Dutch partner rode to a comfortable victory, beating the second-placed Candice Lill and teammate Adelheid Morath (Summit Fin) by one minute and 44 seconds. They will go into Friday’s Queen Stage with over 25 minutes on the SA-German combination of Lill and Morath who have eight minutes on Swiss Ariane Lüthi and Pole Maja Wloszczowska (Kross-Spur) in third. “It is a long race and we have been racing for many days in a row and I think I lost concentration a bit,” said Langvad. “Luckily it was in a safe spot. I fell on a sandy part and just slid...
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