The Cape Epic 2025 starts with Braidot-Avondetto and Langvad-Gómez dominating the Prologue

The Cape Epic 2025 has started with an exciting prologue time trial on the demanding 27 km circuit with 750 meters of positive elevation in Merendal Wine State, located just 20 minutes from Cape Town. The stage left the Wilier-Vittoria pair, formed by Luca Braidot and Simone Avondetto, and the Toyota Specialized pair, formed by Anika Langvad and Sofia Gomez, as the main protagonists of the day by setting the best times in the men's and women's race.

Wilier-Vittoria is the fastest, Honeycomb 226ers surprises

In the men's race, the Italian team Wilier-Vittoria delivered an impeccable performance in this prologue, beating the Scott-SRAM MTB Racing team of Nino Schurter and Filippo Viero Colombo by just 20 seconds. Luca Braidot and Simone Avondetto set the best time on the circuit with 1:00:05.

The surprise of the day was the third place of the local team Honeycomb 226ers, formed by Marc Pritzen and Wessel Botha, who finished with a time of 1:00:49, 1:04 minutes behind the first place.

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Prologue Results Cape Epic 2025 - Top 10 Men

1. Wilier-Vittoria - Luca Braidot, Simone Avondetto - 0:59:45 (-)
2. Scott-SRAM MTB Racing - Nino Schurter, Filippo Viero Colombo - 1:00:05 (+20)
3. Honeycomb 226ers - Marc Pritzen, Wessel Botha - 1:00:49 (+1:04)
4. Imbuko ChemChamp A - Marco Joubert, Tristan Nortje - 1:00:55 (+1:10)
5. MitoQ NZ Cycling Project - Craig Oliver, Ben Oliver - 1:01:00 (+1:15)
6. Orbea Leatt Speed Company - Lukas Baum, Georg Egger - 1:01:15 (+1:30)
7. Torpado Kenda FSA 2 - Jakob Dorigoni, Gioele De Cosmo - 1:02:04 (+2:19)
8. Torpado x Singer - Fabian Rabensteiner, Simon Stiebjahn - 1:02:06 (+2:21)
9. Outride | Toyota | Songo - Matthew Beers, Keegan Swenson - 1:02:18 (+2:33)
10. Klimatiza Orbea - Samuele Porro, Marc Stutzmann - 1:02:39 (+2:54)

Annika Langvad and Sofia Gomez Villafane already lead the Cape Epic 2025

In the women's category, the Toyota | Specialized team, formed by the legendary Annika Langvad and Sofia Gomez Villafane, took the victory by a narrow margin with a time of 1:12:33. Just 3 seconds later, the e-FORT x ChemChamp pair of Margot Moschetti and Samara Sheppard crossed the finish line.

The podium was completed by Efficient Infiniti SCB SRAM, composed of Vera Looser and Alexis Skarda with a time of 1:13:49, 1:16 minutes behind the first place.

Prologue Results Cape Epic 2025 - Top Women

1. Toyota | Specialized - Annika Langvad, Sofia Gomez Villafane - 1:12:33 (-)
2. e-FORT x ChemChamp - Margot Moschetti, Samara Sheppard - 1:12:36 (+3)
3. Efficient Infiniti SCB SRAM - Vera Looser, Alexis Skarda - 1:13:49 (+1:16)
4. Cannondale ISB Sport - Monica Yuliana Calderon Martinez, Tessa Kortekaas - 1:15:45 (+3:12)
5. TitanRacing SE Honeycomb - Bianca Haw, Hayley Preen - 1:15:50 (+3:17)

The Cape Epic 2025 has just begun and tomorrow the first stage will arrive with 96 km and almost 2500m. Here you can check all the schedules and where to watch it live.