Elite Women: Grünewald Stuns with a Successful Long-Range Attack at the Cape Town Cycle Tour

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The elite women’s race at the Cape Town Cycle Tour tends to follow a similar pattern, but Pia Grünewald turned the 2025 edition on its head. The LKT Team Woman time triallist put her strengths against the clock to great use as she launched a speculative attack on the foothills of Smitswinkel, just 25 kilometres into the 78 kilometre women’s course. The chase behind failed to organise until Chapman’s Peak Drive, and with a 3-minute advantage going into the final 27 kilometres, she had only to maintain her pace to win, ahead of a S’annara Grove lead final chase group. […]

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