STAGE 3 RECAP | CAPE EPIC 2025 | CYCLESPORT.COM ALEX WILD + ZACH CALTON | Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast 520
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🗓️ 19 March 2025
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(00:00) Welcome!
(00:13) Stage 3 Performance Recap
(00:40) Battling the 104º/40º Heat!
(01:28) Managing Nutrition and Hydration
(03:14) Race Strategy and Competitor Dynamics
(04:25) Course Details and Challenges
(07:44) Weather Forecast and Equipment Adjustments
(08:53) Looking Ahead to Stage 4
Join us for Stage 3 recap of the ABSA Cape Epic 2025 with Team CycleSport.com’s Zach Calton and Alex Wild!40º / 104º temperatures made for a scorching day that even caused the race organizers to prematurely cancel the stage for amateurs at 2:00pm local time.Alex and Zach share how they adjusted nutrition, hydration strategies, and equipment choices that helped them cope with the grueling conditions. Support Zach and Alex by following their journey and engaging with them on instagram. Leave your comments and encouragement below!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the stage three recap of the Absa Cape Epic in 2025. |
| 0:03.8 | We have team cycle sports, Zach Kalton and Alex Wilde with us. |
| 0:07.5 | Excited to have you guys. |
| 0:08.6 | You guys had a good day. |
| 0:10.0 | Moved up three spots on GC. |
| 0:12.8 | I'm going to go over the stats really quick here. |
| 0:15.1 | He took 24th on the stage, three hours and 41 minutes and 48 seconds of riding. |
| 0:19.9 | That puts you, if I can see far enough away, that's 19 minutes behind the winning team. |
| 0:26.9 | Your GC position, like I said, you went to 29th, so you made up some ground from yesterday's |
| 0:31.7 | flat debacle that you guys dealt with. |
| 0:34.4 | You're at 11 hours, 38 minutes of all full gas racing. You're one hour, 10 minutes |
| 0:38.9 | behind the leader as of now. This is, you guys had a fantastic day on the hottest day. It was |
| 0:45.7 | over 104 degrees, so over like 40, what? It was over 40 degrees Celsius today. What was that |
| 0:52.9 | heat like, Zach? Yeah, I mean, it was like, you could tell right away in the morning. What was that heat like, Zach? |
| 0:58.0 | Yeah, I mean, it was like, you could tell right away in the morning. |
| 0:59.0 | It was going to be hot. They moved the startup, shortened the stage. |
| 1:02.3 | And, but yeah, there was a particular climb that was kind of sun facing, maybe two and |
| 1:10.1 | half hours in. And it was like any like the bat side of your |
| 1:13.4 | cheek i think the way alex described it which is fitting is that it felt like your face was vibrating |
| 1:18.5 | it was like just crazy oh jeez yeah but uh we managed we managed quite well i think which is cool |
| 1:27.8 | how'd you manage the heat fun like what did you do to We managed quite well, I think, which is cool. Yeah. |
| 1:28.0 | How'd you manage the heat? |
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