Triumph and tears at Absa Cape Epic women’s race

[News bot]

Immediately after Team RECM Specialized’s Ariane Kleinhans and Annika Langvad crossed the line of Stage 3 at HTS Drostdy in Worcester, they collapsed to the ground in exhaustion and elation. The 128km ride – blitz in their case – from Elgin to Worcester had been an emotional rollercoaster.

 

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[Vanzyl]

These woman can ride!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SiriS]

I'm mesmerised. Real show of character, unbelievable athletes and team.

[Dragu]

These 2 Super ladies have No equals! 

[r0adrunner]

Haha amazing

[HappyMartin]

Amazing. That's MTB at its best. I'm glad the ladies get the same prize money as the men. They deserve it.

[paul_ct]

Wow! I definitely wouldn't have thought they'd make up the 27 odd minutes in one day, but Ascendis's flat day helped them out. Whew!

[B20]

Wow! I definitely wouldn't have thought they'd make up the 27 odd minutes in one day, but Ascendis's flat day helped them out. Whew!

If Ariane's did not have the fall and nursing this knee, the gap would have been even bigger........

[BarHugger]

Just pure awesomeness...............with the tenacity of a ratel (honey-badger) and the pride of a lion. This is what legends are made off........respect to these two professionals. Now to take it to the end!