Cadel Evans and George Hincapie won a Tour de France together in 2011 with BMC and can now add Cape Epic to their palmares.
The now retired riders sealed their overall title as they won the seventh stage of the race into Val de Vie in Paarl in the masters category. While Evans had a successful mountain bike career before making the switch to the road and winning the Tour, the race was a new experience for Hincapie.
Coming into the final stage, Evans and Hincapie were over three minutes down on Team Orbea's Tomi Misser and Ibon Zugasti in second place and with Bart Brentjens and Abraao Azevedo (CST Sandd American Eagle) hot on their heels at just three seconds.
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"We didn’t have many time checks so we didn't really know where we were," said Evans "We knew we were at least three or four minutes up but you can't be sure until you cross the line, so we just kept the pressure on right to the line.
"George had a bad moment mid-way when we came off on a descent. When he dropped it, it unsettled him a bit … but otherwise, we were pretty good."
Hincapie explained that with the final stage featuring several sectors of paved road, he opted for a higher tyre pressure than previous days and forgot the fact when transitioning back onto the dirt.
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