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Simone Giuliani

Cape Epic: Duct tape saves stage 1 for new women's leaders Wakefield and Lill

Sofia Gomez Villafane Candice Lill Nino Schurter Stage 1 Lukas Baum Matthew Beers
Candice Lill and Amy Wakefield during stage 1 of the 2023 Absa Cape Epic Mountain Bike stage race from Hermanus High School in Hermanus, South Africa on the 20 th March 2023. Photo Sam Clark

Thanks to a bit of duct tape to close a wound on the arm of Amy Wakefield, she and  her South African teammate Candice Lill (e-FORT.net-SeattleCoffeeCo) went from considering an abandon on stage 1 of the Absa Cape Epic to power on to a victory, that also put them in the overall race lead.

For the first half of the windy 98km day, with everything from steep single-track climbs to wild mountain descents, it was a compact race for the three leading women's duos of Sofia Gomez Villafane and Katerina Nash (NinetyOne-Songo-Specialized), Lill and Wakefield  plus Kim le Court and Vera Looser (Efficient Infiniti Insure). 

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