Absa Cape Epic 2022 – Stage 5 - Untamed Action

The sun came out to witness Marco Joubert (RSA) and Pieter du Toit (RSA) of team Imbuko Type Dev breaking away after 70km. The all South African team, wearing the African red jerseys, rode the last 45km of the stage all alone upfront with the chasing pack unable to hunt them down. It was their first-ever stage win at the Absa Cape Epic. Overall leaders in yellow Andreas Seewald (GER) and Martin Stosek (CZE) finished in second 2 minutes and 6 seconds behind. Toyota-NinetyOne-Specialized’s Matthew Beers (RSA) and Christopher Blevins (USA) followed in third. Sofia Gómez Villafane (ARG) and Haley Batten (USA) of NinetyOne-Songo-Specialized won Stage 5 in the women’s category, tightening their grip on the overall leaders' orange jersey at the same. They set themselves apart with Faces Rola of Candice Lill (RSA) and Mariske Strauss (RSA) from the very beginning of the race. From then on, it was both teams working together throughout the stage, ending with a tactical game towards the finish line. NinetyOne-Songo-Specialized played it clever and finished a couple of second in front of Faces Rola. Private Client Holdings’ Mari Rabie (RSA) & Hayley Preen (RSA) show another great performance and finish the third consecutive day in third place.