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This week has demonstrated just how many things need to work in order to reach the end of an event as tough as the Absa Cape Epic. Obviously your legs need to keep on stomping; but assuming you’ve done the right training, you should be OK. Your bike needs to hold up; which means you […]
After the rains and mud of Robertson on Stage 2, climbing back on the bike today was tender. Mechanics were up all night repairing bikes, It was the longest day today at 134km, but without lots of climbing – a paltry 1800m. A day like this is a transition day, one enjoyed by the roadies […]
Absa Cape Epic Stage 2 It’s hard to look very far beyond the conditions when talking about today’s stage. The Absa Cape Epic is associated with heat and dust; but even in South Africa, it sometimes rains! And boy did it rain, all through the night and into the morning. New stage winners in Men, […]
If you’re reading this it means you have a bit of spare time and if you have a bit of spare time you’re probably not at the Cape Epic. The world’s most exciting, prestigious, and demanding mountain bike race is on now. Eight days, 718km, climbing 14,850m. Television crews, helicopters, pasta parties. You’re missing out […]
Absa Cape Epic Stage 1 – the sort-out The first full stage of the Absa Cape Epic is always a bit of a sort-out. It’s a day for big changes in GC results, and a day for all riders, however far down the order they might be, to discover a little more about what the […]
The debate about equal prize money for males and females spans all facets of the sporting world, it is the eternal struggle for equal financial recognition for female athletes. It is an interesting and convoluted debate as in most sporting disciplines the women are seen as the fairer sex and granted a shorter period of […]
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 […]
Stage racing offers a lot to people who choose to pursue some of the World’s best Mountain Bike Stage Races. It is difficult to share the entirety of the experience, but there are some things that are easy to relate to: our five senses. Many of these will relate directly to Marathon Mountain Biking too, […]
South African Burry Stander and his Swiss teammate, Christoph Sauser (36One-Songo-Specialized) tightened their grip on the 2012 ABSA Cape Epic on Thursday when they won the 105km Stage 4 and extended their overall lead. The dust-coated teammates cruised across the finish line with broad grins in a time of four hours 42 minutes 49 seconds, […]
