{"id":18777,"date":"2013-03-18T03:15:53","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T01:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sauser-and-kulhavy-peerless-in-cape-epic-prologue\/"},"modified":"2013-03-18T03:15:53","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T01:15:53","slug":"sauser-and-kulhavy-peerless-in-cape-epic-prologue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sauser-and-kulhavy-peerless-in-cape-epic-prologue\/","title":{"rendered":"Sauser and Kulhavy peerless in Cape Epic prologue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/sauser-and-kulhavy-peerless-in-cape-epic-prologue\/absa-cape-epic-2013-prologue-meerendal-wine-estate\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2501\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2501\" alt=\"Christoph Sauser and Jaroslav Kulhavy win the prologue of the 2013 Absa Cape Epic mountain bike race at Meerendal Wine Estate in Durbanville outside Cape Town, South Africa, on Sunday. Photo: Karin Schermbrucker\/Cape Epic\/SPORTZPICS\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/308af_Sauser-and-Kulhavy-LR-600x390.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christoph Sauser and Jaroslav Kulhavy win the prologue of the 2013 Absa Cape Epic mountain bike race at Meerendal Wine Estate in Durbanville outside Cape Town, South Africa, on Sunday. Photo: Karin Schermbrucker\/Cape Epic\/SPORTZPICS<\/p>\n<p>The 10th Absa Cape Epic kicked off with a 22km prologue at Meerendal Wine Estate in Durbanville, South Africa, on Sunday and for the third year in a row Christoph Sauser emerged in yellow.<\/p>\n<p>This year he won alongside Olympic gold medallist Jaroslav Kulhavy in 55:10,1.<\/p>\n<p>They were followed by Multivan Merida\u2019s Jos\u00e9 Hermida and Rudi van Houts in 56.17,1 with the Italian\/German combo Marco Fontana and Manuel Fumic (Cannondale Factory Racing) third in 56.34,2.<\/p>\n<p>Fourth was Alban Lakata and Robert Mennen of Topeak Ergon Racing in 57:03,6 with four-time champion Karl Platt and Urs Huber of the Bulls in fifth in 57.18,7.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew Jaroslav was going to be strong, but he was a powerhouse,\u201d said Sauser of Burry Stander-Songo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had perfect team harmony and did a good job. We have similar riding styles and take it slow in the corners and fast on the flats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur bikes were amazing as we could sit and just ride. It was very emotional for me and when the spectators shouted Burry\u2019s name, I had goodsebumps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was amazing and I enjoyed it. We were in good shape for today. I enjoyed the prologue and feel excited about the next week,\u201d said Kulhavy.<\/p>\n<p>Esther S\u00fcss and Jane Nuessli of BMC Wheeler won the women\u2019s category in 1:08.21,6 ahead of Sally Bigham and Milena Landtwing (Topeak Ergon) in 1:10.19,2.<\/p>\n<p>The South African\/British duo of Yolande Speedy and Catherine Williamson (Energas) finished third in 1:11.56,4 with South Africans Hanlie Booyens and Ischen Stopforth (Pragma Volcan Ladies) fourth in 1:15.22,9.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was my first race of the season and I\u2019m really happy with how it went,\u201d said S\u00fcss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJane and I work well together and hopefully we\u2019ll recover for tomorrow. We\u2019ll see how it goes. At least I know where I stand.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christoph Sauser and Jaroslav Kulhavy win the prologue of the 2013 Absa Cape Epic mountain bike race at Meerendal Wine Estate in Durbanville outside Cape Town, South Africa, on Sunday. Photo: Karin Schermbrucker\/Cape Epic\/SPORTZPICS The 10th Absa Cape Epic kicked off with a 22km prologue at Meerendal Wine Estate in Durbanville, South Africa, on Sunday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[3258,830,885],"class_list":{"0":"post-18777","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-mysport","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-sport","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18777\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}