German athletes shine, Schurter (SUI) & Forster (SUI) with two plates at the prologue of the Cape Epic 2022

The German athletes knew today under hot temperatures to shine. Marathon World Champion and European Champion Andreas Seewald secured third place with his Czech teammate Martin Stošek in today's prologue. The German debutants Georg Egger & Lukas Baum rode directly to second place in their first participation. The Swiss Nino Schurter and Lars Forster suffered two flat tires today and fought to limit the damage. In the end it was only 15th place for the 2019 Absa Cape Epic winners. Ariane Lüthi of Switzerland rode to third place with her new partner Amy Wakefield of South Africa.