Urs Huber and Karl Platt of the Bulls celebrate after winning stage two of the 2013 Absa Cape Epic mountain bike race from Citrusdal to Saronsberg Wine Estate in Tulbagh, South Africa, on Tuesday. Photo: Karin Schermbrucker/Cape Epic/Sportzpics
Karl Platt and Urs Huber of Team Bulls won stage two of the Absa Cape Epic, a 146km trek between Citrusdal and Tulbagh, in 5:35:32 on Tuesday to surge into the overall lead by more than six minutes.
They were followed by Thomas Dietsch and Tim Boehme of team Bulls 2 in 5:41.20.
Christoph Sauser and Jaroslav Kulhavy of team Burry Stander–Songo crossed the finish line third in 5:44.16.
Swooping in for fourth in 5:45.48 were Nino Schurter and Florian Vogel of team Scott-Swisspower MTB-Racing.
Monday’s stage winners Jose Hermida and Rudi van Houts of team Multivan Merida followed in fifth in 5:47.00.
After two stages, Platt and Huber lead the race with an overall time of 11:05.08,4. Dietsch and Boehme are second (11:11.31) with Sauser and Kulhavy third (11:13.12).
