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From the first day of the 2015 Absa Cape Epic, Annika Langvad and race partner Ariane Kleinhans proved why they were the clear favourites amongst a competitive women’s field. Racing for Team RECM 2, the duo were the returning champions, having won the arduous mountain bike stage race in 2014 (the race's first year of a equal prize money between elite men’s and women’s).
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Annika Langvad and RECM race partner Ariane Kleinhans celebrate after crossing the line of the 7th stage. Including the prologue, there were eight days of racing in total. Photo credit: Emma Hill / Cape Epic / SPORTZPICS
Despite receiving over an hour’s penalty for a wrong turn on the second stage, it didn’t take the duo long to regain the leaders jersey and keep it till the eighth and final day of racing. If it weren’t for the penalty, Langvad and Kleinhans would have officially won all seven stages and the prologue.
Results like this are the efforts of exceptional athletes, and Annika Langvad owns three marathon world champion gold medals as further proof.
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