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Cape Epic: Platt and Sahm win the largest mountain bike stage race in the world.
Karl Platt and Stefan Sahm won the Cape Epic mountain bike race again in 2010.
This is the third time that the Team BULLS riders, sponsored by SIGMA SPORT®, have won this prestigious South African mountain bike stage race.
On March 21st, six hundred teams started the 733 km race with 14,635 vertical meters, but only 450 of them managed to complete the entire 8 stages.
The race didn't start well for the Team BULLS riders. Stefan Sahm, plagued by cramps, and Karl Platt finished in fourth place in the first stage from Diemersfontein to Ceres.
Despite a very difficult 7 kilometer finish on railroad ties, the two riders were satisfied with their result.
In Stage 2, the two Bulls fought their way to second place which also meant second place overall.
Day three was vexing.
While in the lead, they lost four minutes by following the lead motorcycles which took a wrong turn over a false descent.
Unfazed, Platt and Sahm came in third and took the Leaders' Jersey.
Stefan Sahm and Karl Platt leading at the half way point took 2nd place in Stage 4 from Ceres to Worcester and increased their lead to six minutes in the overall standings. They were followed by Evans and Lakata in 2nd place and commented that "...now the fight really starts."
With Karl Platt riding point and Stefan Sahm never losing sight of his teammate's rear wheel, the two marathon specialists fought their way to 2nd place again in Stage 5.
The overall standings remained that same and the Bulls started the last three stages as leaders.
Following a tie for 2nd place on Stage 6 and a crash just before the finish line of stage 7 - Platt and Sahm increased their overall lead to 11 minutes.
On the 8th and final stage the Team BULLS riders wrapped up their victory.
"We had really good legs today", said Stefan enthusiastically.
"While we were in 3rd place towards the end of the race my chain jammed between the sprocket and the spokes. One link got bent so we had to change the chain. The time we lost couldn't be made up so we just rode the rest of the stage and enjoyed the final kilometers to Cape Epic."
SIGMA SPORT® congratulates Karl Platt and Stefan Sahm on a well earned victory in South Africa and wishes Team Bulls great success for the remaining season.
Copyright (Pictures):
Ego-Promotion / Michal Cerveny
