Wow. We're back in Cape Town after the finish of the very epical Cape Epic! What a punishing experience this was for the 1196 riders that began this race in the Prologue. A quick comparison:
PROLOGUE
593 teams (1186 riders)
5 individual finishers
5 non-finishers
- of this, there were 142 Masters Teams
- Jeff and John, team Kandu, finished the Prologue at 66th in their category and 318 overall
FINAL/STAGE 8
433 teams (846 riders)
remaining 350 riders split between individual finishers and non-finishers
- of this, there were 104 Masters Teams who finished
- Jeff and John finished the race at 58th in the Masters Category and 252 overall
TOTAL TIME
Total Time Winners: 36:01.44,7
Longest Time: 74:40.37,6
Jeff and John's Total Time: 60:25.03,4
Take a read of John's blog including the Prologue through the final Stage 8 here:
http://steedcycles.com/
2 comments:
Congrats! Oh man, the race looked insane! Everyone one the desk was wondering how the race was going/went. I can't imagine being in the saddle for 8 hours a day. How is Jeff recovering? I'm dying to hear your experience as well.
So, would he do it again?
Would Jeff do it again? I'd say it's more likely that Jeff would ride in Vancouver or Whistler with John and new friends made or potentially try another long distance stage race like the Trans Alps, Trans Rockies or BC Bike Race. The founder of the Cape Epic said this year was the hardest yet and the hardest for years to come... We believe he got the message that the course was overdesigned and too punishing. Nonetheless, we also hear that there are already more pros interested in riding for 2009. The publicity worked! Hardest mtb race ever and you got a lot more people who want the challenge.
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