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December 9, 2021 By Mike Blewitt 1 Comment

What’s it like racing an Epic Series MTB event?

MarathonMTB Pioneer Epic Series

The last two race seasons have dealt a tough blow to industries and individuals around the world. In the small world of endurance mountain bike events, the going has been brutal for some, and merely terrible for others. Some events needed to make difficult decisions in early 2020, with last minute cancellations and postponements. And […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Bike, biking, cape epic, Cape to Cape, cymru mtb classic, epic series, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, Stage Race, Swiss Epic, the pioneer, XCM

February 24, 2021 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Win a Scott Spark at the Cape Epic – on Zwift

For 16 years, mountain bikers around the world have known that March is Absa Cape Epic month. Of course, until Covid-19 arrived and the 17th edition of the Absa Cape Epic was cancelled with just 24 hours notice. 12 months on, the Cape Epic organisers plan to reclaim March for riders across the world – […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: cape epic, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, Scott Spark, Zwift

May 13, 2020 By Mike Blewitt 1 Comment

Cape Epic 2021 entries open soon

After the last minute cancellation of the 2020 Cape Epic, the world has had a succession of huge changes. The Olympics have been postponed, millions have lost jobs, hundreds of thousands of lives have been lost, and economies have dived into recession. However, there have been positives. They may not outweigh the negatives, but there […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: cape epic, covid 19, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, News, south africa, Stage Race

March 31, 2020 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

What are the benefits of solo training?

As a coach I am often asked by athletes whether they are better off to go and do structured efforts on a solo ride or to join a local fast group ride instead? It is a good question which has a multifaceted answer and one in which I enjoy exploring with different athletes. As with […]

Filed Under: Training Tagged With: cape epic, coaching, Group training, Justin Morris, mind matters, Mind Matters Athlete Coaching, Training, training camp, XCM, XCO

March 13, 2020 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

Cape Epic 2020 – we need more than luck

Imogen Smith Cape Town Cape Epic

Everyone wishing me well for the Cape Epic has reminded me to be safe, and wished me luck. It’s no accident that these two things come up time and again in conversations about the great untamed African race. In 2018, my team-mate Briony managed to get food poisoning, have all her money stolen by an […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: cape epic, coronavirus, COVID-19, Marathon Racing, mountain bike stage race, Stage Racing

March 13, 2020 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Cape Epic 2020 Press conference

The race favourites for the Cape Epic gathered at a media conference ahead of the 2020 edition in South Africa.. The traditional Pre-Race Press Conference is characterised by empty platitudes and vague talk of wanting to do well. But Cannondale Factory Racing’s Manuel Fumic and Henrique Avancini turned convention on its head, declaring outright that they are going “all-in” […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: biking, cape epic, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, nino schurter, south africa

March 11, 2020 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Cape Epic’s COVID-19 statement

With news today of the Trek-Pirelli mountain bike team and all staff staying at home, along with the Wilier Team, it’s clear that the impact of the Coronavirus and COVID-19 on the Cape Epic is being felt. The Cape Epic have just issued their release on their updated safety plans for the event. “As we […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: cape epic, coronavirus, COVID-19, mountain bike, south africa

February 28, 2020 By Mike Blewitt 1 Comment

How will the coronavirus impact the Cape Epic?

2020 has started like the script of an apocalyptic movie. Australia burned with a ferocity not seen before, before being inundated with floods that washed ash into waterways, killing species of fish and polluting drinking sources. And around the same time, a virus was taking grip in Hubei province in China. The coronavirus is likely […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: cape epic, coronavirus, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, News, south africa, Stage Race

February 20, 2020 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

The Cape Epic women’s field is lit in 2020.

The Cape Epic is often seen as the one stage race to rule them all. And we will be the first to admit that while you will have a completely different race experience at other events around the world, nothing truly comapres to the Cape Epic. The size, the drama, the pressure, the fans – […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: annika langvad, Briony Mattocks, cape epic, epic series, Imogen Smith, mountain bike, MTB, south africa

January 22, 2020 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

Sizing up the Absa Cape Epic 2020

The Cape Epic is coming, and I am going to be there. The world’s most televised mountain bike event. The untamed, the big one, the Tour de France of mountain biking. Call it what you will, I’ve seen the routes, seen the GoPro vision, seen the helicopters, and I am smart enough to know that […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: cape epic, epic legend, epic series, Imogen Smith, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, shimano mtb, south africa, Stage Race, Swiss Epic, Travel

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