Men's classification in the Cape Epic

The Men's classification is the most important men's classification, the one by which the winner of the men's Cape Epic is determined. Since 2004, the leader of the general classification wears the yellow zebra jersey.[1] Record champions are Christoph Sauser and Karl Platt with each 5 titles.[2]

Yellow zebra jersey
SportMountain bike
CompetitionCape Epic
Awarded forMen's Overall best time
History
First award2004
Editions16 (as of 2019)
First winner Mannie Heymans (NAM)
 Karl Platt (GER)
Most wins Christoph Sauser (CHE)
 Karl Platt (GER)
5 times
Most recent Nino Schurter (CHE) -2-
 Lars Forster (CHE)

Winners
Year Team 1st Winners Time Team 2nd Second place Time Team 3rd Third place Time
2004[3] Focus/Rocky Mountain Mannie Heymans (NAM)
 Karl Platt (GER) -1-		31:02:55,0 GT Africa Jacques Rossouw (ZAF)
 Shan Wilson (ZAF)		31:29:19,0
+26:24,0		 Adidas/Fiat Rotwild Andreas Strobel (GER)
 Silvio Wieltschnig (AUT)		31:23:04,0
+20:09
2005[4] Giant Roel Paulissen (BEL) -1-
 Bart Brentjens (NLD)		31:20:02,0 Siemens Cannondale MTB Racing Team Christoph Sauser (CHE)
 Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE)		31:46:31,0
+26:29,0		 Adidas/Fiat Rotwild/Scott Kevin Evans (ZAF)
 Silvio Wieltschnig (AUT)		32:44:44,0
+1:24:42,0
2006[5] Specialized Christoph Sauser (CHE) -1-
 Silvio Bundi (CHE)		34:41:41,0 Stevens Racing Johannes Stickmüller (GER)
 Christian Heule (CHE)		35:10:49,0
+29:08,0		 Rocky Mountain Business Object Karl Patt (GER)
 Carsten Bresser (GER)		35:18:21,0
+36:40,0
2007[6] Team Bulls -1- Karl Platt (GER) -2-
 Stefan Sahm (GER) -1-		33:08:00,7 Cannondale-Vredestein1 Roel Paulissen (BEL)
 Jakob Fuglsang (DNK)		33:11:24,0
+3:23,3		 Dolphin Mountainbike Team Bart Brentjens (NLD)
 Rudi Van Houts (NLD)		33:51:45,6
+43:44,9
2008[7] Cannondale Vredestein Roel Paulissen (BEL) -2-
 Jakob Fuglsang (DNK)		36:01:44,7 Bulls Karl Platt (GER)
 Stefan Sahm (GER)		36:10:48,7
+9:04,0		 MTN Energade 1 David George (ZAF)
 Kevin Evans (ZAF)		36:18:33,5
+16:48,8
2009[8] Bulls -2- Karl Platt (GER) -3-
 Stefan Sahm (GER) -2-		28:10:13,8 Trek-Brentjens Bart Brentjens (NLD)
 Chris Jongewaard (AUS)		28:15:07,9
+4:54,1		 Felt Factory 2 Emil Lindgren (SWE)
 Andreas Kugler (CHE)		28:28:42,6
+18:28,8
2010[9] Bulls 1 -3- Karl Platt (GER) -4-
 Stefan Sahm (GER) -3-		29:47:46,0 Songo-Specialized by DCM Christoph Sauser (CHE)
 Burry Stander (ZAF)		29:57:49,7
+10:03,7		 MTN Qhubeka Topeak Ergon Kevin Evans (ZAF)
 Alban Lakata (AUT)		30:12:30,0
+24:44,0
2011[10] 36ONE-SONGO-SPECIALIZED -1- Christoph Sauser (CHE) -2-
 Burry Stander (ZAF) -1-		28:44:44,0 Multivan Merida Biking Hannes Genze (GER)
 Jochen Kaess (GER)		28:51:52,8
+7:08,8		 Bulls Karl Platt (GER)
 Stefan Sahm (GER)		29:05:53,7
+21:09,7
2012[11] 36ONE-SONGO-SPECIALIZED -2- Christoph Sauser (CHE) -3-
 Burry Stander (ZAF) -2-		31:46:50,5 360Life Kevin Evans (ZAF)
 David George (ZAF)		32:14:12,6
+27:22,1		 Multivan Merida Biking Hannes Genze (GER)
 Andreas Kugler (CHE)		32:17:57,5
+31:07,0
2013[12] Burry Stander - SONGO Christoph Sauser (CHE) -4-
 Jaroslav Kulhavý (CZE) -1-		29:40:44,9 Bulls Karl Platt (GER)
 Urs Huber (CHE)		29:47:55,3
+7:10,4		 Bulls 2 Thomas Dietsch (FRA)
 Tim Bohme (GER)		30:07:35,9
+26:51,0
2014[13] Topeak-Ergon Racing Robert Mennen (GER)
 Kristian Hynek (CZE)		30:31:59,2 Meerendal Songo Specialized Christoph Sauser (CHE)
 Frantisek Rabon (CZE)		30:42:22,4
+10:23,2		 Bulls 2 Tim Bohme (GER)
 Simon Stiebjahn (GER)		30:45:25,2
+13:26,0
2015[14] Investec-Songo-Specialized Christoph Sauser (CHE) -5-
 Jaroslav Kulhavý (CZE) -2-		31:00:57,7 Topeak Ergon Kristian Hynek (CZE)
 Alban Lakata (AUT)		31:11:39,5
+10:41,8		 Bulls Karl Platt (GER)
 Urs Huber (CHE)		31:35:23,0
+34:25,3
2016[15] Bulls -4- Karl Platt (GER) -5-
 Urs Huber (CHE)		28:13:28,4 Centurion Vaude by Meerendal 2 Nicola Rohrbach (CHE)
 Matthias Pfrommer (CHE)		28:26:36,7
+13:08,3		 Trek-Selle San Marco A Samuele Porro (ITA)
 Damiano Ferraro (ITA)		28:38:32,9
+25:04,5
2017[16] SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing Nino Schurter (CHE) -1-
 Matthias Stirnemann (CHE)		26:35:06,5 Investec-Songo-Specialized Christoph Sauser (CHE)
 Jaroslav Kulhavý (CZE)		26:43:13,9
+8:07,4		 Centurion Vaude 2 Nicola Rohrbach (CHE)
 Daniel Geismayr (AUT)		26:54:41,3
+19:34,8
2018[17] InvestecSongoSpecialized Jaroslav Kulhavý (CZE) -3-
 Howard Grotts (USA)		25:29:48,9 Canyon Topeak Alban Lakata (AUT)
 Kristian Hynek (CZE)		25:39:27,4
+9:38,5		 Cannondale Factory Racing Manuel Fumic (GER)
 Henrique Avancini (BRA)		25:43:01,8
+13:12,9
2019[18] SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing Nino Schurter (CHE) -2-
 Lars Forster (CHE)		26:09:45,5 Cannondale Factory Racing Manuel Fumic (GER)
 Henrique Avancini (BRA)		26:17:22,4
+7:36,9		 Trek-Selle San Marco Damiano Ferraro (ITA)
 Samuele Porro (ITA)		26:26:22,8
+16:37,3

Statistics

By nationality
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Switzerland (CHE)118423
2 Germany (GER)971127
3 Czech Republic (CZE)4408
4 South Africa (ZAF)25411
5 Belgium (BEL)2103
6 Netherlands (NLD)1124
7 Denmark (DNK)1102
8 Namibia (NAM)1001
 United States (USA)1001
10 Austria (AUT)0246
11 Brazil (BRA)0112
 Sweden (SWE)0112
13 Australia (AUS)0101
14 Italy (ITA)0044
15 France (FRA)0011
Totals (15 entries)32323296

References
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Past-winners

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