Absa Cape Epic (South Africa) - Press Release: Yellow bookends for Beers and Blevins. Looser and Le Court continues their consistent performance.

Matt Beers and Christopher Blevins (Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne) won the 2023 Absa Cape Epic at Val de Vie Estate in Paarl on Sunday, 26 March. In the CM.com Women’s category, Vera Looser and Kim le Court (Efficient Infiniti Insure) are the 2023 Champions. 

The Men’s race on Stage 7 of the Absa Cape Epic - the Grand Finale - was won by Lukas Baum and Georg Egger (ORBEA x Leatt x Speed Company). In the Cm.com Women’s race, Greete Steinburg and Monica Yuliana Calderon Martinez (Cannondale Vas Arabay) took stage honours.

2023 Absa Cape Epic Stage 7 Results:

Men’s category:

1. Orbea X Leatt X Speed Company: Georg Egger, Lukas Baum –  03:07:26.4
2. Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne: Matthew Beers, Christopher Blevins – 03:07:36.7 (+00:00:10.3)
3. Singer Racing: Simon Stiebjahn, Martin Frey – 03:08:22.7 (+00:00:56.2)

CM.com Women’s category:

1. Cannondale Vas Arabay: Greete Steinburg, Monica Yuliana Calderon Martinez – 04:02:50.5
2. Efficient Infiniti Insure: Kim le Court, Vera Looser – 04:03:08.9 (+00:00:18.4)
3. e-FORT. net | SeattleCoffeeCo.: Amy Wakefield, Candice Lill – 04:10:20.8 (+00:07:30.3)

2023 Absa Cape Epic General Classification After Stage 7:

Men’s category:

1. Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne: Matthew Beers, Christopher Blevins – 26:17:04
2. Orbea X Leatt X Speed Company: Georg Egger, Lukas Baum – 26:20:53.5 (+00:03:49.5)
3. SCOTT-SRAM MTB-Racing: Nino Schurter, Andri Frischknecht – 26:21:15.6 (+00:04:11.5)

CM.com Women’s category:

1. Efficient Infiniti Insure: Kim le Court, Vera Looser – 33:11:37.7
2. e-FORT. net | SeattleCoffeeCo.: Amy Wakefield, Candice Lill – 33:44:02.3 (+00:32:24.6)
3. NinetyOne-songo-Specialized: Sofia Gomez Villafane, Katerina Nash – 33:54:55.4 (+00:43:17.7)