BENNO WILLEIT: It's one of those early mornings
again, start of the stage four.
For the guys that need to be prepared for this race
and for us, it doesn't matter how the rider feels,
if he's in good form or bad form.
The equipment always needs to be number one and top class
and that's why we spend so many hours working on those bikes
to get them back to winning formulas.
ERIC SCHUDA: If you asked me an hour ago how
I felt this morning, it would have been terrible.
I had a hard time getting moving this morning.
I was kind of in a bad mood, bad place.
This is the fifth day doing this,
and it's hard to wake up-- a little grumpy.
I'm used to going into races, and I just kind of take
care of myself and do my own thing.
And these guys are grabbing my bike and working on it,
and it's really cool.
It's kind of a taste of what Susie and those guys get.
And I'm realizing as this event goes on, it's frickin' hard.
This is kind of stuff that makes me
super nervous-- is when your tire's flat.
It's like 40 minutes before the start.
Harry's the man, he's got it, but it's always something.
INTERVIEWER: What do you think Harry,
are these guys going to make it through today?
HARRY ORR: Definitely, they'll be on Rolls Royces today.
Smooth, no mud.
Just avoid the puddles and they'll be fine.
SAM BENEDICT: Our goal is to get to the finish line
and every morning it gets a little closer and a little
farther away at the same time, as we just are beat down.
The least we can do is complain just to the camera.
It's funny to watch Christoph and Frantisek
and they're just so fast, so strong, so positive--
it's really inspiring.
FRANTISEK RABON: It's always more the way,
too-- if you're up there, we move in the GC.
We won the stage, but that was yesterday.
Today it's a new day.
We saw that anything can happen in the first two days,
so we just take it day by day.
CHRISTOPH SAUSER: Today's stage is
less tactical than yesterday.
It's shorter-- three and a half to four hours,
much more trails, not so much open roads.
Completely different to yesterday, but nevertheless,
also this day should suit us.
We have to ride in front, that's the most important.
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PIETER WEHMEYER: The latest I've heard was our boys,
they had some technical problems today,
so they lost a bit of time, but riding really strong
and made up some time that they've lost.
Two minutes behind the leading group and one minute
behind the yellow jersey, which is the most important
of the day.
CHRISTOPH SAUSER: We wanted to win again today,
but it didn't happen.
I broke the chain while I was shifting.
Then, we had to chase, chase, chase and I was only chase.
You can mistakes and that was just in a single trail--
kept on pedaling in deep grass.
And then I hit the rock with the pedal.
Head over the handlebar-- felt really bad on my neck.
Hopefully everything is OK.
FRANTISEK RABON: We were actually
in the hunt for another stage, I believe.
If we were away with the Scot guys,
then with the pure power we have,
we could actually get away.
But that's only if and I think it's not
about what could happen or something.
We have to accept that we had a mechanical.
We didn't lost major time, so today is behind us
and there's still three days to come.
PHYSICAL THERAPIST: There, we're coming to this side.
Back and down.
Chin up and forward a bit.
There we go.
It's back in.
CHRISTOPH SAUSER: The neck went out in one big bang
and now controlled back in, so I feel 100 times better.
SAM BENEDICT: At the last climb, I
was going four kilometers an hour.
That's like 2.6 miles an hour.
I was in my easiest gear.
My cadence was like, six.
ERIC SCHUDA: Yeah, I feel pretty good
but, could change in a day, tomorrow
has the most amount of climbing.
It's a long stage, we've now ridden
five days straight, so cautious but determined.
But also smart enough to know that you can't go into this
thing being arrogant or cocky because the Cape Epic
will slap you in the face and knock you down.