STAGE 6 RECAP | CAPE EPIC 2025 | CYCLESPORT.COM ALEX WILD + ZACH CALTON | Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast 523
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🗓️ 22 March 2025
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(00:00) Welcome!
(00:24) Horrendous Mud and Wrong Turns
(05:23) Contact Lens Struggles and Stage Performance
(07:41) The Brutality of the Race
(09:24) Mechanical Issues and Team Dynamics
(11:50) Looking Ahead to the Final Stage
In today's episode, we recap the penultimate stage of the 2025 Absa Cape Epic, an intense 97-kilometer ride through muddy and challenging conditions. Join Team CycleSport.com's Alex Wilde and Zach Colton as they share their harrowing experience of missed turns, dealing with muddy contacts, and persevering through mechanical issues. Despite the setbacks, the team moved up in the general classification standings. Hear reflections on the grueling nature of the race, the camaraderie among riders, and the anticipation for the final stage. Don't forget to send your support and check out CycleSport.com for your biking needs!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the stage six recap of the 2025 Absa Cape Epic. |
| 0:03.7 | That's the Penn Ultimate Stage. |
| 0:05.6 | Second to last stage. |
| 0:07.3 | My goodness, 87 kilometers, 54 miles, 2,550 meters of climbing 4,103 feet. |
| 0:15.1 | That is a massive, massive day. |
| 0:18.7 | Yesterday was the Queen Stage. |
| 0:19.9 | This one's a hair off. So technically on paper, I guess they didn't call it the Queen |
| 0:23.7 | Stage. |
| 0:24.0 | We're with the team cycle sport, Alex Wilde and Zach Halton. |
| 0:28.8 | It was this, this looked muddy from what I could see from the coverage. |
| 0:32.4 | It looked muddy. |
| 0:33.2 | It looked slick. |
| 0:34.1 | It looked nasty. |
| 0:35.8 | I'm going to put up a video right now that Hans Becking, I believe, recorded and put up so people can, like, see it. The |
| 0:57.0 | The The |
| 1:13.6 | The The |
| 1:30.3 | The The |
| 1:47.0 | The And now, was it as bad as it looked in that photo. |
| 2:15.7 | This looked like an actual queen stage. |
| 2:18.5 | Yes. |
| 2:19.3 | It was supposed to be 87 kilometers. |
| 2:21.9 | Yeah. |
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