So you thought that the Cape Epic with its 140km 3000m ascent was a hectic mountain bike race stage? Well that ain't nothin when you look at some races in Switzeland. Christoph Sauser, winner of the ABSA Cape Epic spent over 6 hours in the saddle at the recent Swiss Bike Masters Race, and that was good enough for 2nd place after a sprint finish.
The route was 120km long with 5000m of vertical ascent, plus it was raining and wet. If that is too much then you could choose to do the shorter route at 75km and 3000m ascent. So the next time you are out on a tough MTB race route, just think that it could be so much worse - or better depending on your point of view.
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