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Jokes and banter aside, I think its going to be brutal for the guys at the back. Its going to be a race to make the cut.

I admire those guys so much.. the pros do this for a living.. the guys at the back have to dig deep every day just to finish in time
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where do you guys watch the live action when you sit at work?

 

In the past there used to be a "live text stream" that had updates at say 5 or 10 minute intervals that had times, positions, splits etc.  the new "live tracking" website only has positions without gaps, splits or anything?

 

On the cape epic home page, click live stream.

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Considering that Joel and Co. have proven how treacherous the Cape Epic is, I, in my official capacity as Technical Skillz Director for ALL the top teams, I have issued the following Safety Apparel Directive. This Directive will be applicable from tomorrow's stage.

 

Below is an image of me testing out the said safety apparel.

 

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The African sun is hot today

And some ice bath recovery

Cooling the core down as quickly as possible also speeds up recovery

 

 

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Someone please report this to the authorities..that guy never gets fed..

 

Someone pls help him out.. a burger or 2 or 3 asb.

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the rest of the pitstop teams not doing to bad

 

I was only ever a temporary draft into Pit Stop to ride with Conway. Good team though.

 

Conway and I were a last minute partnership for 2016.

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12:07




Some more from Kaufmann: 'We were in the chasing pack for most of the day, so we are very happy with the podium finish. We chased all day and in the final few kilometres we just kept passing people. I think Nino and Matthias looked very tired at the end and we came past for third.'



 




12:06




There you have it from the pros - a very tough stage



 




12:06




Kaufmann: 'It was rocky and sandy all day; a very hard ride. And it was full gas from the start. There was just no let up.'



 




12:05




Schurter: 'We pushed and pushed, but towards the end it was just very tough riding. We pushed as hard as we could, but it was a hard finish.'



 




12:04




Platt: 'Tough. Pfffff. Super tough. Pffffff. It was tough.'



 




12:04




Fumic: 'That was very good, very very good. We had a great run. Our plan was to get to the front and stay there; that worked very well for us today. Nino was pushing, Susi was pushing, but we were able to push harder. We were lucky with Jaro crashing, but that happens.'



 




12:03




Matthias Stirnemann in the ice bath. Much-needed after loads of heat on the course



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Someone please report this to the authorities..that guy never gets fed..

 

Someone pls help him out.. a burger or 2 or 3 asb.

Did he pee in the water. Looks suspiciously yellow.

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Anyone a little bleak that the "live updates" have now basically stopped that the men are finished. Only thing I have seen is from the ladies team support teams. :cursing:

Beyond annoying
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Apparently ladies are heading to finish. Suss & co still leading. Spitz has crashed twice. First one that says she needs more skillzzz gets a 30 day ban. 

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12:02

Kulhavy: 'I'm feeling good. The crash was unfortunate, but nothing serious. I'm very happy with our ride today, I feel it was a good performance. We are both enjoying the racing.'

 

12:01

Sauser: 'It went very well for us today. Jaro had a crash just towards the end and at first we were worried that his rim was broken, but it was only a broken valve in the end. We didn’t have a strategy; our plan was simply to get to the front and stay there. That way we can dictate pace and make the others think harder about what they need to do.'

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Apparently ladies are heading to finish. Suss & co still leading. Spitz has crashed twice. First one that says she needs more skillzzz gets a 30 day ban. 

She is going to need plenty stitches :P

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12:19




Chopper overhead again as the leading women head for the Hermanus High School finish



 




12:17




Jeez, the vagaries of MTB. Sauser/Kulhavy looked poised to strike when the latter got a puncture and crashed. Spitz/De Groot looked set for a dominant performance after their Prologue win ... and then Spitz crashed



 




12:16




Suss and Stenerhag on they way into the orange jerseys



 




12:14




We're hearing that Spitz had a big crash - on rocks and then down a bank



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