the unofficial Cape Epic thread

[Jewbacca]

I love how The Bulls Masters are 28th after 5 days and dealing out hurt to many at 46 and 49.

Karl Platt still with that trademark massive smile and beaming eyes. The dude just loves this so much. 

[DieselnDust]

I’m so proud of Matt, he managed to crack a visible smile. Reminded me of Arnie Playing the Terminator 

[DieselnDust]

1 hour ago, Jewbacca said:

I love how The Bulls Masters are 28th after 5 days and dealing out hurt to many at 46 and 49.

Karl Platt still with that trademark massive smile and beaming eyes. The dude just loves this so much. 

When you have 25 hrs a week to train you can work miracles 

add in the love and you have platt

[W@nted]

I read on Honeycomb social media that Pritzen is ill. Possibly a heart condition, which they need to investigate further.  😔

[DieselnDust]

There seems to be a hell of a lot of that going around! Post covid effects?

Medics at the epic seem to be on the lookout or very precautionary when riders are feeling ill. They're using the ECG around the clock

[Ozzie NL]

48 minutes ago, DieselnDust said:

There seems to be a hell of a lot of that going around! Post covid effects?

Medics at the epic seem to be on the lookout or very precautionary when riders are feeling ill. They're using the ECG around the clock

Previously the rule was that if they put you on a drip, you're out. Meant lots of riders thought twice about going to see the medics when they had the runs.

Understand that was revised last year, where you could go back the next day and get the OK from doc's to ride

[DieselnDust]

21 minutes ago, Ozzie NL said:

Previously the rule was that if they put you on a drip, you're out. Meant lots of riders thought twice about going to see the medics when they had the runs.

Understand that was revised last year, where you could go back the next day and get the OK from doc's to ride

Ya the rule was your 2nd visit to the medics tent for a drip would result in exclusion from the event, not at the first, Pack bags, the doctor has spoken.

I needed the medic tent in 2008 after stage 2 when we had a 135km day with over 3000m climbing in 42C degree heat over the Gamkaberg. Think I got two or three  bags administered that night. They said that's it can't come back in or they with draw me.

In 2016 I should have taken the drip after stage 2 so I could eat. Instead i waited too long. Same story, extreme heat, it was a 44C day

[peepeekaitjie]

12 minutes ago, DieselnDust said:

Ya the rule was your 2nd visit to the medics tent for a drip would result in exclusion from the event, not at the first, Pack bags, the doctor has spoken.

can i just bring my own doctor to administer my drips in the comfort of my air BnB instead?

[The Bull Shark]

Competition looks meh this year. Only 10 teams within 1 hour of the leaders, and the 4th team 20 minutes down.

Edited March 22, 2024 by dev null

[DieselnDust]

1 hour ago, peepeekaitjie said:

can i just bring my own doctor to administer my drips in the comfort of my air BnB instead?

Yes actually you could have done that lol

[DieselnDust]

Did anyone see any news on what happened to Speed Company?

spectacular explosion or mechanical?

[Smartie]

1 hour ago, DieselnDust said:

Did anyone see any news on what happened to Speed Company?

spectacular explosion or mechanical?

There is a clip on Instagram where George said Lucas had a very bad day.

[OVERDRIVE]

Man this Epic...is Epic. 

@J Wakefield dead right Matt def on another level. I never comment on Alex🙂

Nino needs a teammate who can go toe to toe with the best of em the entire race. Did see Fini bleeding a bit there. 

Speed Company, Buff...riders in the storm. 

[DieselnDust]

36 minutes ago, OVERDRIVE said:

Man this Epic...is Epic. 

@J Wakefield dead right Matt def on another level. I never comment on Alex🙂

Nino needs a teammate who can go toe to toe with the best of em the entire race. Did see Fini bleeding a bit there. 

Speed Company, Buff...riders in the storm. 

Let’s not forget that Speed Company won in 2022 and nearly repeated last year were it not for a bad mechanical. Buff have never been real GC protagonists till this year. The real mr consistency is Matt, although he has had a bad epic too.  Its incredibly difficult to prepare exactly the same year after year 

Edited March 22, 2024 by DieselnDust

[OVERDRIVE]

4 minutes ago, DieselnDust said:

Let’s not forget that Speed Company won in 2022 and nearly repeated last year were it not for a bad mechanical. Buff have never been real GC protagonists till this year. The real mr consistency is Matt, although he has had a bad epic too.  Its incredibly difficult to prepare exactly the same year after year 

We agree preacher 

[babse]

I recon Fini had his bad day and tomorrow will be fresh as a daisy 😶‍🌫️