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At a big stage race, it can feel like a bit of a marathon just arriving at the start line, let alone the finish. The critical point to reach is when you arrive at the first main stage village after the prologue; once you’re there, you can settle into the rhythm of the race. But […]
Too late! Too late for any more training, probably too late for any significant changes to bikes and kit, definitely too late to get an entry; the 2014 Absa Cape Epic is now only a few days away. The race is now on its eleventh edition, and still going from strength to strength. This year sees a […]
The Absa Cape Epic will match the Ladies prize purse to the Men’s prize purse in 2014. The Absa Cape Epic is already the largest total prize purse in the world for mountain biking and the increase to R690 000 ($US68 048) for the Ladies purse now takes the race’s total prize purse for all […]
The dramatic new route of the eleventh edition of the Absa Cape Epic, which takes place from 23 to 30 March next year (2014), will offer participants from around the world an awesome trail that showcases the best that the Western Cape has to offer. Both local and international mountain biking enthusiasts will be taking […]
Three weeks after the ABSA Cape Epic, most racers will not be certain of what their bodies will be able to do. Australia’s Peta Mullens and Jarrod Moroni had great races at their ‘local’ Wombat 100 on April 14th, and many of South Africa’s Pro racers were at the MTN Tulbagh Ultra on the same day. Charles […]
Sauser. Kulhavy. Well Sauser’s here every year, and Kulhavy was here particularly to pay respects to Burry Stander. Brentjens, Frischknecht, Boelts, Platt, Dietsch, Huber, Mennen, Lakata. Well, this kind of racing is what they do these days. But what about Schurter, Vogel, Fumic, Fontana, Hermida, Van Houts, Paulissen? It starts to read like a who’s […]
The final day of other big stage races is known to be a little bit of a procession. General Classification will be wrapped up, and the racing for show. The 7th Stage of the 2013 Absa Cape Epic started in Stellenbosch and took a difficult, yet short 54km route (1550m climbing). And the racing was […]
The Absa Cape Epic is a beast of a race. Every year it is hard. Even though the rate of attrition dropped from 2011 to 2012, that doesn’t mean it’s getting easier. Riders are just preparing themselves and their equipment better. And the Cape Epic is highly demanding of both the rider and their equipment. […]
There were a lot of upset riders and team managers after Stage 4 of the 2013 Absa Cape Epic, as the rider and manager protest gave some time back to the riders who found themselves on the Stage 5 course. Full details of the protest have been posted already. With a stage length of 75km […]
The Press Office for the Absa Cape Epic have released the following details from today’s stage, where the chasing group of Team Bulls 1 and 2 and Merida-Multivan missed a course marker, and came upon the Stage 5 marking. “Teams Multivan Merida, Bulls and Bulls 2 missed a route marker. After following what they thought […]
