How Stenerhag & Süss Raced to Absa Cape Epic Glory
In the lead up to and during the first few stages in the orange Hansgrohe Women’s category leaders’ jerseys, Jennie Stenerhag and Esther Süss were slightly overlooked by the media. The Meerendal CBC pairing were not underdogs by anyone’s reckoning, but they had quietly gone about their preparation, happily letting the Absa Cape Epic hype […]
Jennie Stenerhag and Esther Süss win 2017 Absa Cape Epic
A year after having heart surgery Jennie Stenerhag wept on Sunday as she and Esther Süss won the Absa Cape Epic Women’s category. Esther Suss & Jennie Stenerhag of Meerendal CBC celebrate winning the 2017 Absa Cape Epic. Photo by Greg Beadle/Cape Epic/SPORTZPICS “I can’t stop crying. I am so happy … it is just […]
Victory at last for Mariske and Annie on stage 6
After six days of intense battle at the Absa Cape Epic, the Hansgrohe Women’s race seems to have finally been settled, with experienced 40-somethings, Esther Süss and Jennie Stenerhag (Team Meerendal CBC) almost certain to take the 2017 title. Mariske Strauss and Annie Last of Team Hansgrohe Cadence OMX Pro win stage 6 of the […]
Suss survives to hang on to the lead on Stage 5
“I thought it was the end of our race,” said Absa Cape Epic Hansgrohe Women’s category leader Jennie Stenerhag when describing her partner Esther Suss’s crash near the finish. Sabine Spitz, Robyn de Groot, Esther Suss and Jennie Stenerhag during stage 5 of the 2017 Absa Cape Epic Mountain Bike stage race held from Oak […]
Advantage Suss and Stenerhag on Stage 4
The pendulum in the Hansgrohe Women’s category at the Absa Cape Epic swung a little more toward a victory for Esther Suss and Jennie Stenerhag (Meerendal CBC) on Thursday with the duo adding another three minutes 40 seconds to their lead after the 112km Stage 4 from Greyton to Elgin. Esther Suss and Jennie Stenerhag […]
Blood, sweat and tears on a tough Stage 1
It was literally blood, sweat and tears in the battle for the Hansgrohe Women’s category at the Absa Cape Epic on Monday’s Stage 1. Jennie Stenerhag & Esther Suss of Meerendal CBC takes victory during stage 1 of the 2017 Absa Cape Epic Mountain Bike stage race held from Hermanus High School in Hermanus, South […]
Tankwa Trek: Strauss, De Villliers win stage, Süss, Stenerhag claim overall
South Africans Mariske Strauss and Yolande de Villiers won the final stage of the Momentum Health Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen, on Sunday. But the Swiss/Swedish duo of Esther Süss and Jennie Stenerhag claimed the overall victory after three days of fierce racing in the rugged Kouebokkeveld region of South Africa’s Western Cape province. After […]
Dominant Huber, Platt extend Tankwa Trek lead
Urs Huber and Karl Platt turned the screws a little tighter on Saturday’s Queen Stage when they increased their grip on the Momentum Health Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen, winning the stage and extending their overall lead. Not to be outdone, Esther Süss and Jennie Stenerhag did the same in the women’s category. Urs Huber […]
Platt, Huber charge to early Tankwa Trek lead
Team Bulls riders, Karl Platt and Urs Huber, charged to a dominant victory on Stage 1 of the 2017 Momentum Health Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen on Friday, getting their title defence of the world’s most prestigious three-day mountain bike race off to the perfect start. The first women home were Sweden’s Jennie Stenerhag and […]
Strong ladies field at Fairtree Simonsberg Contour this weekend
With names like Esther Suss, Ariane Luthi and Jennie Stenerhag on the start line tomorrow, the Fairtree Simonsberg Contour event is going to be the stage race to watch this coming weekend of 4 & 5 February. Starting from Delvera Farm outside Stellenbosch the spectator point for Saturday is at Marianne wine estate and Sunday […]
Meerendal CBC’s European stars ready for Absa Cape Epic
Swiss mountain biking legend Esther Süss and Swedish champion Jennie Stenerhag will joined forces for the first time at the 2017 Absa Cape Epic, and might just have a surprise or two up their sleeves. Photo credit: Ewald Sadie | Sportspics The Team Meerendal CBC riders have excellent endurance pedigrees. Süss has won the Absa […]
International flair as Gaze and Suss win National XCO Cup
New Zealand’s Samuel Gaze (S-Racing XCO) and Switzerland’s Esther Süss (Wheeler) placed their racing prowess in the spotlight when they won the Pro-Elite Men and Women’s races respectively by a large margin at Helderberg Farms in Somerset West on Saturday for the second round of the Stihl 2016 SA XCO Cup Series. 2014 Commonwealth Games […]