{"id":85981,"date":"2015-03-16T16:52:21","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T15:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/?p=85981"},"modified":"2015-03-16T17:06:25","modified_gmt":"2015-03-16T16:06:25","slug":"absa-cape-epic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/absa-cape-epic\/","title":{"rendered":"Absa Cape Epic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/absa-cape-epic\/ce15_prologue2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-85983\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-85983\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/CE15_Prologue2.png\" alt=\"CE15_Prologue2\" width=\"696\" height=\"462\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[Press Release] Yesterday the Prologue of the legendary Absa Cape Epic started for the first time at the University of Cape Town. 1200 riders took on the challenge on the slopes of Table Mountain for day one.<br \/>\nSwiss riders Fabian Giger and Martin Gujan (Novus OMX Pro) sprung something of a surprise as they swept into the yellow zebra jersey in Sunday\u2019s Absa Cape Epic Prologue.<br \/>\nMost of the big guns kept their powder dry on a day that favoured cross country specialists, but four-times winners Karl Platt and Christoph Sauser were second and third with their teammates.<\/p>\n<p>[ad45]<\/p>\n<p>The 12th edition of the Absa Cape Epic take place from March 15 to 22, 2015. With 739 km of distance and 16,000 m of climbing the route of this \u201cUntamed African Mountain Bike Race\u201d is as challenging as ever.<\/p>\n<p>Results after the prologue:<\/p>\n<p>1st place: Team Novus OMX &#8211; Martin Gujan (SUI) and Fabian Giger (SUI)<br \/>\n2nd place: Team Bulls &#8211; Karl Platt (GER) and Urs Huber (SUI)<br \/>\n3rd place: Team Investec-Songo-Specialized Christoph Sauser (SUI) and Jaroslav Kulhavy (CZE)<\/p>\n<p>Highlights<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/122298398\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[ad3]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Press Release] Yesterday the Prologue of the legendary Absa Cape Epic started for the first time at the University of Cape Town. 1200 riders took on the challenge on the slopes of Table Mountain for day one. 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