{"id":46070,"date":"2024-03-27T11:25:26","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T09:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/tenacious-beers-grotts-take-cape-epic-crown-20240327\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T06:50:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T04:50:42","slug":"tenacious-beers-grotts-take-cape-epic-crown-20240327","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/tenacious-beers-grotts-take-cape-epic-crown-20240327\/","title":{"rendered":"Tenacious Beers, Grotts take Cape Epic crown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Matt Beers and Howard Grotts of Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne claimed the overall men\u2019s title of the 2024 Absa Cape Epic in Stellenbosch on Sunday (24 March). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Aramex Women\u2019s Category, Anne Terpstra and Nicole Koller of Ghost Factory Racing won an eighth stage in a row on their way to the 2024 Absa Cape Epic title. By winning every stage of the 2024 race (the Prologue and seven stages), the Dutch-Swiss combo matched the performance of Laura Stigger and Sina Frei, who also won eight stages on their way to the 2021 title. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With some tired bodies and minds among the elite riders \u2013 leader Matt Beers admitting to lack of sleep and stomach issues on the finish line \u2013 the early pace on the 67 km Stellenbosch Stage 7 loop was sedate by the week\u2019s standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_ca4a94f5\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11552\/4ab257419d9c4f2f96caffae15adac15.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9ecf054f0f9c4a5ca643e0e6b070ad7a.jpg\" title=\"The overall women\u2019s and men\u2019s winners of the 2024 Absa Cape Epic. 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Bulls Mavericks, who had been \u201ctaking it easy this week\u201d by their own admission, were also in the front bunch and quickly moved into pole position as the stage leaders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Schneller and Huber (the 2016 Cape Epic champion) cracked on the pace, the lead pack split further, with only Beers and Grotts keeping pace with the leaders. With a healthy gap of more than nine minutes over second place World Bicycle Relief (Nino Schurter and Sebastian Fini) at the start of the Grand Finale, overall leaders Beers and Grotts simply had to get to the finish in one piece. And so they did. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the second half of the stage, Bulls Mavericks moved further into the lead, with Fabian Rabensteiner and Samuele Porro (Wilier Vittoria Factory) eventually overtaking Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne to move into second on the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Grand Finale men\u2019s race remained that way, as 38-year-old Huber rolled back the years to match Schneller\u2019s pace and romp home for a stage win on the last day of the Epic. Wilier Vittoria Factory soon followed the winners across the line before the Yellow Jerseys of Beers and Grotts appeared on the grass of the Coetzenburg Sports Stadium to raucous cheers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s all pretty crazy,\u201d said an obviously drained Beers. \u201cTo win three Absa Cape Epics. I am not really sure what to say. It feels like yesterday I won my first Epic. It\u2019s a total whirlwind. I have been lucky with good partners and really good people. All my partners have been amazing. I am very lucky to have these awesome people in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grotts, a 2018 Absa Cape Epic winner alongside Jaroslav Kulhavy, was elated to take home another title. \u201cToday was awesome, just really fun. We played it safe all the way; that was the strategy. Matt is a great partner and we work so well together. We don\u2019t push each other beyond what is reasonable. I think we have the same approach to life and that\u2019s what has made this week a tough but fun experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the women\u2019s race, the Grand Finale was animated by an early attack from 2023 champion Vera Looser and her partner Alexis Skarda (Efficient Infiniti SCB SRAM). Terpstra and Koller couldn\u2019t be spooked, though, and they calmly made their way back to the front of the women\u2019s race. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As has been the case all week, Terpstra and Koller were joined at the front by Candice Lill and marathon world champion Mona Mitterwallner (Cannondale Factory Racing).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lill, in fine form throughout the week, pushed the pace to apply some pressure on the Ghost riders, but true to form, Terpstra and Koller were able to respond and ultimately ride away on the second half of the stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mitterwallner admitted at the end of the race that she had been battling illness all week. For Terpstra and Koller, though, the week couldn\u2019t have gone any better. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is incredible,\u201d said a delighted Terpstra. \u201cI don\u2019t know what to say! The Cannondale and Specialized teams put up such a hard fight this week. 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