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Rissveds and Friscknecht extend lead

Mar 23, 2017 | News | 0 comments

Jenny Rissveds and Thomas Frischknecht rock the Cape Epic by winning the fourth day in a row. Entire team in top shape.
Greyton, South Africa. Stage 3 was 78km and 1650m climbing round circle in the dry and dusty backyard of the beautiful little town, Greyton, an area which is nestled beneath the majestic Riviersonderend mountain range and it is blessed with staggering singletracks. On the fourth day of racing, SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing with Nino Schurter and Matthiss Stirnemann were keen on a first stage win, but ended in second for the second day in a row after a sprint finish. The Olympic champion and his partner first couldn’t shake off Christoph Sauser and Jaroslav Kulhavy. Reaching Elandskloof , Schurter came in first, but Stirnemann misjudged the finish line and started his sprint too early, allowing Sauser to power past and claim the win.

SCOTT-SRAM Young Guns Michiel van der Heijden and Andri Frischknecht again raced over expectations and finished 9th at stage 3.
Photography: Michal Cerveny, Jochen Haar & Nick Muzik

SCOTT-SRAM Young Guns, Michiel Van Der Heijden and Andri Frischknecht again performed great with an excellent 9th position. “We`re both pretty constant and managed to have a strong pace throughout the day”, Andri Frischknecht says. “We gain a lot of meters in all sort of technical sections- being a Cross-Country specialist helps a lot on the technical singletracks here at Cape Epic.” Their initial task used to be being a back-up team for the team leaders. Now with being 9th overall, a Top Ten result seems not too unrealistic: “But that`s stage racing- everything can happen any time”, Van Der Heijden adds. SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing is the only team with two teams in the men`s top ten.

SCOTT-SRAM-Nextlevel again won the stage. Olympic Champion Jenny Rissveds and Thomas Frischknecht increased their lead over Grant Usher and Amy Beth Mcdougall to 16 minutes in the Mixed category: “I felt really good again and I am actually starting to like stage racing”, Jenny Rissveds says. “Every day was pretty intense, and after two and a half hours my legs start to hurt. But there is something magical about the race- at a certain point, you get the flow and you just keep on rolling.”

With the stage tomorrow – 112km / 2150m climbing from Elandskloof to Oak Valley in Elgin – the Cape Epic community has to cover another long, warm day in South Africa`s Cape region.