Absa Cape Epic legend Christoph Sauser will be riding with Stellenbosch’s Sipho Madolo in the 2016 Absa Cape Epic. The five-time Absa Cape Epic winner, now retired from the professional ranks, has been one of the world’s foremost mountain bikers for nearly two decades now. 25-year-old Madolo comes from humble […]
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USN BACKS WOOLCOCK, LILL FOR 2016 CAPE EPIC
Leading international sports supplement brand, USN, has announced it will back top South African marathon racers Waylon Woolcock and Darren Lill in their quest for success at the 2016 ABSA Cape Epic, the world’s most prestigious international mountain bike stage race. Riding as Team USN Purefit, Woolcock and Lill will […]
2016 Absa Cape Epic Route – Quick facts
The 2016 Absa Cape Epic route has been revealed and will contain more singletrack than ever before in the race’s 12-year-history. A total of 110km of the 647km route will be made up of singletrack trails as the eight-days of riding takes riders from Table Mountain to Tulbagh, Wellington, Stellenbosch […]
Amabubesi Club To Get It’s 1000th Member
The requirements for gaining entry to this club are among the most demanding of any in the world. It is called the Amabubesi Finishers’ Club and to join you need to finish the eight days of the Absa Cape Epic three times. That is, you have to finish one of […]
From Curaçao to all corners
47 countries represented in 2016 Absa Cape Epic field including riders from Curaçao. The entire country has a population smaller than Kimberley. Its 150 000 residents is about the same as that of Potchefstroom or Paarl. But the tiny southern Caribbean island state of Curaçao it covers a total of […]
From Boks To Bikes
What is it about the Absa Cape Epic that attracts rugby players? The challenge of the world’s premier mountain bike stage race has lured many former professional sportsmen and women, but the bulk of these have been ex-rugby players. And this in spite of the fact that they are, er, […]
Gone In Just 9 Seconds
The 100 early bird entries for the 2016 Absa Cape Epic sold out in nine seconds on Monday. “A lot of people were ready and counting the seconds until they opened at 3pm,” said race founder Kevin Vermaak. “Nine seconds later they were all gone.” There were more than 500 […]
2016 ABSA Cape Epic Early Bird Entries
The 2015 Absa Cape Epic is over … now it is time to get your place in next year’s event. Tomorrow, 23 March, would-be participants get their first opportunity to enter the 2016 race when the early bird entries open at 15h00 (GMT+2). The early bird system gives the first […]