![]() ![]() Our goal in this year's race is a podium finish. Of course being on the podium makes us feel stronger. "I had a flat tyre, but Hermida helped me out," said Käss. I also had a crash today, which wasn't very nice." That's why I had enough energy at the end. Andreas (Kugler) and Markus (Kaufmann) managed to get us back to the leading group of eight teams by pushing us a bit. Jochen had a flat tyre, but the world champion José Hermida gave us his front wheel to continue on. Genze, who finished in second place, was exhausted but excited. I definitely have more strength in my legs." It's good to get some advice, even at 35, and do more power workouts. ![]() "I've never been as strong as this year - I also had a coach this year which was good for me. It was really nice to win another stage, but we'll only celebrate tomorrow if we manage to win the stage again. "We were riding together - about eight of us - for most of the day but we broke away near the end. "I was feeling super strong today and had a good day in the saddle," said Sauser. ![]() Towards the end there were some steep climbs, but Susi (Christoph Sauser) was really strong and I just had to follow his wheel and on the flat stretch power to the end," said Stander. We followed a similar tactic to yesterday and tried to stay in front. The 36ONE Songo Specialized team of Sauser and Stander led the Multivan Merida Biking team of Hannes Genze and Jochen Käss by six minutes and 18 seconds, and it is their 12th career stage win together in the Cape Epic. Nicolas Vermeulen and Kevin van Hoovels (team Versluys-Evenza) finished in fifth place in 4:40.18 (overall time 9:49.53). The Bulls team of Karl Platt and Stefan Sahm in (4:34.24 overall time 9:35.02), finished fourth and now sit in third overall. Lukas and Mathias Flückiger of Trek World Racing in 4:34.07 (overall time 9:48.42) were third, their first podium finish this year. They were followed by Hannes Genze and Jochen Käss of Multivan Merida Biking in 4:33.31 (overall 9:33.56) with their second podium finish for this event and placed second overall. Sauser and Stander of team 36ONE Songo Specialized were the first to cross the finish line for the third consecutive day in 4:32.43 (overall 9:27.38). ![]()
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