TEAM BURRY STANDER – SONGO AS EPIC WINS CAPE EPIC, ROCKSHOX TEAMS AS IT GETS SWEEP TOP 5 CAPE EPIC 2013 - GENERAL CLASSIFICATION Jaroslav Kulhavy and Cristoph Sauser (Specialized) won the 2013 Cape Epic racing as team Burry Stander – Songo. The team was 1. Jaroslav Kulhavy and Christoph Sauser created in honor of their late team mate Burry Stander, who was the Team Burry Stander - Songo victim of a car accident while training at home in South Africa last (Specialized, SRAM XX1, RockShox SID 29 January, and to promote the Songo charity for children. Brain, Avid XX brakes) The field was stacked, with most of the top World Cup XC racers 2. Karl Platt and Urs Huber using this year’s Cape Epic as part of their training for the upcoming Bulls 1 (Bulls, RockShox SID 29 XX season. The Olympic champion Kulhavy and multi-time Cape Epic and Monarch XX) winner Sauser got stronger and faster as the race progressed over seven days of hard stages.,clinching crucial stage wins that solidified 3. Thomas Dietsch and Tim Boehme their overall placement. Both Jaroslav and Cristoph rode on SRAM Bulls 2 (Bulls, RockShox SID 29 XX XX1 drivetrain, adding yet another prestigious title to XX1’s impressive and Monarch XX) tally of Olympic, World Championship and World Cup victories. 4. Jose Hermida and Rudi Van Houts Team Bulls 1 and 2 completed the podium, both on SID 29 and Multivan Merida (Merida, SRAM X0 TYPE 2, Monarch XX rear shocks, while Jose Hermida and Rudi Van Houts of RockShox SID 29 XX, Avid XX brakes) Multivan Merida rode to a strong fourth place. Marco Aurelio Fontana 5. Marco Aurelio Fontana and Manuel Fumic and Manuel Fumic completed their first Cape Epic in 5th place. Cannondale Factory Racing Current XC World Champion Nino Schurter and Florian Vogel of Scott (Cannondale, SRAM X0 TYPE 2, Swisspower finished 12th after a couple of unlucky stages and a big Monarch XX, Avid XX brakes) crash that almost ended Florian’s race. SRAM was officially present at Cape Epic to support both its www.sram.com sponsored athletes and all those who rode SRAM, RockShox, Avid and TRUVATIV components. With a field of 1,200 racers, the SRAM SRAM MTB (SRAM, Avid, TRUVATIV) team completed an average of 100 technical support jobs each day, RockShox Suspension often working directly on the race course and late into the night. @SRAM_mtb, @AVIDbike, @RockShox SRAM MTB RACE PR: 13/03/27 © SRAM, LLC 2013 Photos: Gary Perkin.