Langvad and Van der Breggen cruise home to win Epic title
Swiss pair of Nino Schurter and Lars Forster (Scott-Sram) won men’s title in a race that was as tight and tough as predicted
After eight days and 630km, Annika Langvad became just the third person to claim five Absa Cape Epic titles when she and teammate Anna van der Breggen cruised home to win the final stage and the overall title at Val de Vie in the Western Cape on Sunday. Denmark’s Langvad is now part of a list that includes Germany’s Karl Platt and Switzerland’s Christoph Sauser. The men’s title was won by the Swiss pair of Nino Schurter and Lars Forster (Scott-Sram) in a race that was as tight and tough as predicted. The eighth and final Epic stage is traditionally easier than the others, but the 70km from Stellenbosch to Val de Vie near Paarl still managed to produce an on-the-line sprint finish, which was won by Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez and Ondřej Cink (Kross Spur), with the SA pair of Matthys Beukes and Phil Buys second. Schurter and Forster cruised home to ensure they would beat Germany’s Manuel Fumic and Brazilian Henrique Avancini (Cannondale) for the overall title by more than seven minutes....
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