Cape Epic: A hat trick of stage wins for both men's and women's leaders

Nino Schurter and Lars Forster completed a hat trick of stage wins Tuesday at Absa Cape Epic, taking stage 2 in a time of 3:37:41 to extend their overall lead over Cannondale Factory Racing to more than four minutes.

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Women Stage 2
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Annika Langvad (Den) / Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Investec-songo-Specialized4:18:01
2Ariane Lüthi (Swi) / Maja Wloszczowska (Pol) Kross-Spur Racing0:02:08
3Candice Lill (RSA) / Adelheid Morath (Ger) Summit Fin0:09:54
4Jennie Stenerhag (Swe) / Mariske Strauss (RSA) Silverback - Fairtree0:11:28
5Sabine Spitz (Ger) / Nadine Rieder (Ger) Meerendal WIAWIS Rotwild0:11:49
6Theresa Ralph (RSA) / Sarah Hill (RSA) Galileo Risk0:19:40
7Samantha Sanders (RSA) / Amy McDougall (RSA) dormakaba Ladies0:23:51
8Sonya Looney (USA) / Catherine Williamson (GBr) FreakShow SCOTT0:41:23
9Hannele Steyn (RSA) / Katja Steenkamp (RSA) Land Rover Jaguars1:13:01
10Jeanette Treherne (Eri) / Vivienne Turvey (Eri) T&T1:49:56
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Women overall after stage 2
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Annika Langvad (Den) / Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Investec-songo-Specialized10:18:57
2Ariane Lüthi (Swi) / Maja Wloszczowska (Pol) Kross-Spur Racing0:07:50
3Candice Lill (RSA) / Adelheid Morath (Ger) Summit Fin0:18:03
4Jennie Stenerhag (Swe) / Mariske Strauss (RSA) Silverback - Fairtree0:27:05
5Sabine Spitz (Ger) / Nadine Rieder (Ger) Meerendal WIAWIS Rotwild0:30:20
6Samantha Sanders (RSA) / Amy McDougall (RSA) dormakaba Ladies0:45:56
7Theresa Ralph (RSA) / Sarah Hill (RSA) Galileo Risk1:23:58
8Sonya Looney (USA) / Catherine Williamson (GBr) FreakShow SCOTT1:36:32
9Hannele Steyn (RSA) / Katja Steenkamp (RSA) Land Rover Jaguars3:08:07
10Jeanette Treherne (Eri) / Vivienne Turvey (Eri) T&T4:34:03
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Men Stage 2
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Nino Schurter (Swi) / Lars Forster (Swi) Scott-SRAM MTB-Racing3:37:41
2Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) / Ondrej Cink (Cze) KROSS-SPUR0:00:30
3Manuel Fumic (Ger) / Henrique Avancini (Bra) Cannondale Factory Racing0:00:31
4Damiano Ferraro (Ita) / Samuele Porro (Ita) Trek Selle San Marco0:01:50
5Kristian Hynek (Cze) / Petter Fagerhaug (Nor) Canyon0:02:53
6Urs Huber (Swi) / Simon Stiebjahn (Ger) BULLS Heroes0:02:54
7Alan Hatherly (RSA) / Matthew Beers (RSA) SpecializedFoundationNAD0:03:35
8Daniel Geismayr (Aut) / Jochen Kaess (Ger) Centurion Vaude0:03:50
9Christoph Sauser (Swi) / Simon Andreassen (Den) InvestecsongoSpecialized 20:06:29
10Frans Claes (Bel) / Hendrik Kruger (RSA) Pro Devonbosch Qhubeka0:06:44
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Men overall after stage 2
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Nino Schurter (Swi) / Lars Forster (Swi) Scott-SRAM MTB-Racing8:45:27
2Manuel Fumic (Ger) / Henrique Avancini (Bra) Cannondale Factory Racing0:04:04
3Damiano Ferraro (Ita) / Samuele Porro (Ita) Trek Selle San Marco0:08:16
4Urs Huber (Swi) / Simon Stiebjahn (Ger) BULLS Heroes0:09:25
5Kristian Hynek (Cze) / Petter Fagerhaug (Nor) Canyon0:13:10
6Alan Hatherly (RSA) / Matthew Beers (RSA) SpecializedFoundationNAD0:13:54
7Daniel Geismayr (Aut) / Jochen Kaess (Ger) Centurion Vaude0:14:31
8Karl Platt (Ger) / Alban Lakata (Aut) BULLS Legends0:20:07
9Francesc Guerra Carretero (Spa) / Enrique Morcillo Vergara (Spa) BUFF SCOTT MTB0:20:28
10Frans Claes (Bel) / Hendrik Kruger (RSA) Pro Devonbosch Qhubeka0:21:13

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