skip navigation

https://cdn1.sportngin.com/attachments/photo/efd5-169873293/F1_thumb.jpg
  • Race leader Kristian Hynek during stage 6 of the 2014 Absa Cape Epic Mountain Bike stage race from Oak Valley Wine Estate in Elgin.
  • Markus Kauffman and Jochen Kaess suffer from severe mechanical issues during the 2014 Absa Cape Epic.
  • “Sure, the win is what we want, but this years edition has a brutal starter field and it will be very hard to achieve the victory,” says the Austrian strongman Lakata.
  • Kaess and Kaufmann are back together but Mennen has since been replaced in the Topeak Ergon team by Austrian Alban Lakata.
  • In 2014 Jochen Kaess & Markus Kaufmann were the stage winners of stage 1
  • Kaess says: “The challenge is harder every year and this year Susi (Sauser) is back in the business … plus Bulls and Topeak. The podium is our minimum goal but we are looking with one eye at the overall win.”

Loading…