Cape Epic 2024: Beers and Grotts, Terpstra and Koller claim overall titles

Nicole Koller and Anne Terpstra during Stage 7 of the 2024 Absa Cape Epic Mountain Bike stage race from Stellenbosch to Stellenbosch, South Africa on 24 March 2024. Photo by Nick Muzik/Cape Epic
Nicole Koller and Anne Terpstra during Stage 7 of the 2024 Absa Cape Epic (Image credit: Nick Muzik/Cape Epic)

It was a clean sweep of the stages for 2024 women’s Absa Cape Epic winners Anne Terpstra and Nicole Koller (GHOST Factory Racing) and an emphatic win for Matt Beers and Howard Grotts (Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne) who carved out a gap of more than 11 minutes to their nearest rivals.

After a prologue and seven stages at the South African pairs mountain bike event, Beers and Grotts – who now has two titles to his name – had a time of 25:22:17 while the battle for second was tight. Nino Schurter and Sebastien Fini (World Bicycle Relief) finished just 31 seconds ahead of Hans Becking and Wout Alleman who were 11:36 back from the overall winners.

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Men’s Category, Stage 7
RankNamesTeamOverall Time
1Simon Schneller & Urs HuberBULLS Mavericks2:52:08
2Fabian Rabensteiner & Samuele PorroWillier Vittoria Factory2:54:24 (+2:16)
3Matt Beers & Howard GrottsToyota-Specialized-NinetyOne2:55:16 (+3:08)
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Men's CaGC after Stage 7
RankNamesTeam
1Matt Beers & Howard GrottsToyota-Specialized-NinetyOne
2Nino Schurter & Sebastian FiniWorld Bicycle Relief
3Hans Becking & Wout AllemanBUFF - MEGAMO
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Aramex Women's Category, Stage 7
RankNamesTeamOverall Time
1Anne Terpstra & Nicole KollerGHOST Factory Racing3:32:07
2Candice Lill & Mona MitterwallnerCannondale Factory Racing3:36:52 (+4:45)
3Vera Looser & Alexis SkardaEfficient Infiniti SCB SRAM3:40:09 (+8:02)
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Aramex Women's Category GC after Stage 7
RankNamesTeam
1Anne Terpstra & Nicole KollerGHOST Factory Racing
2Candice Lill & Mona MitterwallnerCannondale Factory Racing
3Sofia Gomez Villafane & Samara SheppardToyota-Specialized-NinetyOne
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