The Emerald Queen
The Queen Stage of the 2023 Absa Cape Epic pits teams against the race’s most famed climb, Groenlandberg. Though the imposing peak, which lurks ominously over the Oak Valley Estate race village, is far from the only challenge. The 102 kilometre long Queen Stage heads east rather than west, towards Lourensford Wine Estate, when it departs Oak Valley Estate.
Even getting to the foot of the climb requires hard work, ascending through Paul Cluver Wine Estate and up Tierkop before the climb truly begins. The Green Mountain itself is a long, steady, climb; suited for the pure climbers rather than the powerful puncheurs who will have thrived on much of the route to that point. After descending from the highest point of the 2023 race, the route winds its way towards the Eikenhof Dam, up Willie’s Trail and sections of the famous A-to-Z singletracks towards the Gantouw Pass.
The compulsory portage leads into Knorhoek and across the Vergelegen Game Park where the day’s final climbs help tick the accumulated climbing up to the 2 450 metre mark. Once in Lourensford Wine Estate, the River Trail leads riders straight down to the finish; mercifully without a final sting in the tail, for once…
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25 Comments
The sound is pathetic !!!
Gratulation to German teams today! Go on!
Hopp Schwiiz !!!!!!!!! (Go Schurter and Frischknecht).
Zee Germans are here!!!!
Thanks for the interview with Ibon Zugasti!!
VAMOS BICILAB!!!! CHARLY TÚ PUEDES!!!!!
Go Tiago Silva e Tiago Clamote
Go José Dias
trasmicao fraquinha fraquinha !!!!!
Go Stefano e Pier!!
Sehr gut
O Cape Epic é muito legal. Parabéns a todos que fizeram acontecer.
Congratulations I am Cristian delighted happy Germans 💪 greetings
So inspirational!! So exciting! So splashy!
Is everyone counting how many times the say: "absolutely" 🤔
what's with the music, lol
Annika has some extremely insightful comments, she's been spot-on with a lot of her assessments of the racing and the peripheral issues. Also, where I ride, we get some torrential rain, and my solution to wet shoes, is waterproof socks! Game changer, no more wet feet at least.
Danke!
The sound quality on these videosa are so bad? It was fine all the previous years
Ibon "Big Cojones" Zugasti stealing camera !!! Grande Gallo!
Qué Capo el Gallo y su ingléS!!!!! VAMOOOOO!!!
Subtitulado en español por favor 🙏🏽
Congratulations to the organizers! This high quality coverage and transmission is so good 👍👍!
💝👍
great coverage in difficult conditions. how happy the germans!