Former Spanish coach Luis Enrique Martínez achieved another milestone this Sunday in another of his great passions. After an intense preparation that began last December after the end of his time as coach of Spain,Lucho can now boast of his third medal as a ‘finisher’ in the Absa Cape Epic, the toughest Mountain Bike event in the world.
The Cape Epic, which required Luis Enrique to work on the highest roads and mountains of South Africa, also meant a great physical effort, as Lucho himself showed through social networks his veins in his legs. the prologue and the eight-step test. “This is how your legs look after 8 days of BTT, 658 kilometers and 15,500 meters of positive elevation gain.”
A ‘consumer’ medal that Luis Enrique got filming in the company of Tomás Latorre and wanted to share with his Instagram account. “This is no longer for me to be redeemed from anyone! Very happy!”
This is the third time that Luis Enrique has completed the Absa Cape Epic, after he did it in 2013, together with Juan Carlos Unzuéto whom he dedicated this novel in South Africa fighting ALS, and in 2018, when he also completed the Tour together with Tomás Latorre.
Luis Enrique and Tomás Latorre finished 38th in the Major Masters category and 316th overall with a time of 45:17:32.3 in the Unzué I team. Amazing and finished with Unzué 3, consists of Carlos Benítez and Óscar Monteverde, who finished 100th in the Masters category and 335th overall with a time of 45:17:31.5.
Tomi Misser, the Spanish champion of the Cape Epic
Cape Epic also left us the Spanish champion, Tomi Misser from the Balearic Islands, who together with the German Karl Platt won the master category with a time of 30:10:39. in the twenty-sixth place in the absolute classification.
