CITTÀ DEL CAPO (SUDAFRICA) – È cominciata ieri la Cape Epic 2019, la più dura e attesa gara a tappe MTB del mondo. Subito sul gradino più alto del podio la coppia della Scott SRAM Racing team formata dall’iridato Nino Schurter e dal campione europeo Lars Foster che sono riusciti a vincere il cronoprologo di 20 km, con il tempo di 43’41”. Seconda piazza per Manuel Fumic ed Henrique Avancini della Cannondale Factory Racing, poi Kross-Spur in terza posizione (foto Greg Beadle / Cape Epic).

Buin quarto posto per l’italiano Johnny Cattaneo, in coppia col colombiano Louis Meija, settimo Tony Longo col costaricense Gregory Brenes.

Annika Langvad ed Anna van der Breggen hanno immediatamente dimostrato la loro superiorita nella prova femminile. Le ragazze dell’Investec-songo-Specialized team hanno dominato il prologo, sbaragliando tutta la concorrenza.

Oggi prima tappa completa: 111 km per 2700 metri di dislivello.

CLASSIFICA ASSOLUTA MASCHILE:

1. Scott-SRAM MTB-Racing 4-1 Nino Schurter (Switzerland) 4-2 Lars Forster (Switzerland) 00:43.41,5
2. Cannondale Factory Racing 3-1 Manuel Fumic (Germany) 3-2 Henrique Avancini (Brazil) 00:44.22,6 +41,1
3. KROSS-SPUR 14-1 Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spain) 14-2 Ondřej Cink (Czech Republic) 00:44.34,2 +52,7
4. 7C CBZ WILIER 25-1 Louis Meija (Colombia) 25-2 Johnny Cattaneo (Italy) 00:44.48,8 +1.07,3
5. SpecializedFoundationNAD 13-1 Alan Hatherly (South Africa) 13-2 Matthew Beers (South Africa) 00:45.04,0 +1.22,5
6. Canyon 5-1 Kristian Hynek (Czech Republic) 5-2 Petter Fagerhaug (Norway) 00:45.26,0 +1.44,5
7. 7C CBZ WILIER 2 32-1 Tony Longo (Italy) 32-2 Gregory Brenes (Costa Rica) 00:45.29,7 +1.48,2
8. InvestecsongoSpecialized 1-1 Jaroslav Kulhavy (Czech Republic) 1-2 Sam Gaze (New Zealand) 00:45.32,3 +1.50,8
9. CST Sandd 19-1 Sebastian Fini (Denmark) 19-2 Martins Blums (Latvia) 00:45.46,8 +2.05,3
10. Centurion Vaude 9-1 Daniel Geismayr (Austria) 9-2 Jochen Kaess (Germany) 00:45.51,3 +2.09,8

13. Trek Selle San Marco Damiano Ferraro – Samuele Porro +2.13,4
21. Trek-Selle San Marco 2 Michele Casagrande – Fabian Rabensteiner +3.08,6
45. Parkpre-Pmp Damiano Tedeschi – Daniele Fabbri +8.28,1

CLASSIFICA ASSOLUTA FEMMINILE: 

1. Investec-songo-Specialized 50-1 Annika Langvad (Denmark) 50-2 Anna van der Breggen (Netherlands) 00:51,44,7
2. Kross-Spur Racing 53-1 Ariane Lüthi (Switzerland) 53-2 Maja Wloszczowska (Poland) 00:54,19,9 +3.00,0
3. Summit Fin 54-1 Candice Lill (South Africa) 54-2 Adelheid Morath (Germany) 00:54,33,8 +3.00,0
4. Meerendal WIAWIS Rotwild 51-1 Sabine Spitz (Germany) 51-2 Nadine Rieder (Germany) 00:55,11,4 +4.00,0
5. Silverback – Fairtree 52-1 Jennie Stenerhag (Sweden) 52-2 Mariske Strauss (South Africa) 00:55,45,4 +4.00,0
6. Galileo Risk 56-1 Theresa Ralph (South Africa) 56-2 Sarah Hill (South Africa) 00:56,49,2 +5.00,0
7. dormakaba Ladies 55-1 Samantha Sanders (South Africa) 55-2 Amy Mcdougall (South Africa) 00:57,22,8 +6.00,0
8. FreakShow SCOTT 57-1 Sonya Looney (United States of America) 57-2 Catherine Williamson (England) 01:01,22,7 +10.00,0
9. Land Rover Jaguars 46-1 Hannele Steyn (South Africa) 46-2 Katja Steenkamp (South Africa) 01:08,55,9 +17.00,0
10. T and T 351-1 Jeanette Treherne (South Africa) 351-2 Vivienne Turvey (South Africa) 01:18,44,9 +27.00,0

CLASSIFICA ASSOLUTA MASTER:

1. Merida Factory Racing Jose Hermida – Joaquim Rodriguez 00:48:46.3
2. IBS Capital Allies Erik Dekker – Maarten Tjallingii +3.02,4
3. 7C WILIER 60-1 Dax Jaikel – Massimo Debertolis +3.29,0

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