Olympic gold medallist Jaroslav Kulhavy will team up with defending champion Christoph Sauser at the 2013 Absa Cape Epic.
Olympic gold medallist Jaroslav Kulhavÿ (28) of Czechoslovakia will team up with defending champion Christoph Sauser (36) of Switzerland in the 2013 Absa Cape Epic.
The event, which takes place from March 17 to 24, will once again take 1 200 riders through some of the Western Cape’s most unspoilt territory.
It kicks off with the prologue at Meerendal Wine Estate in Durbanville and end 698km later at its traditional Lourensford Wine Estate finish.
Weighing in at 77kg and standing 1.87m tall, Kulhavÿ has been racing professionally since 1996.
Besides winning last year’s Summer Olympics in London, he placed third at the World Cup and in 2011 he was both world and European champion.
“I feel great at the moment, but I know the race will be very hard,” said Kulhavÿ. “I think Christoph and I’ll be a good combination.
“We’ve competed in several races together and we’re both very strong. If we don’t have any trouble, there is a big chance for us to win stages and finish on the podium overall.”
He said they would not train together. “We’ll see each other at races.
“I train long hours at the moment and am riding about 200km per day. I don’t follow a special diet, but I need to lose two kilos before the Cape Epic.”
He reckons his advantage over other riders is his “good technical control”.
