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Popular DualX to form part of the annual PnP Knysna Oyster Festival
The popular Gauteng-based off-road Run-Bike-Run Series, the Momentum Health OatWell DualX, powered by PeptoPro, has added a fifth event outside the province for 2016. The new DualX event will form part of the annual PnP Knysna Oyster Festival in the Western Cape, replacing the previous off road duathlon hosted during the Festival last year. The […]
Team Novus OMX Pro Absa Cape Epic 2016: Live updates, videos and news
Updates from the team Novus OMX Pro at the 2016 Absa Cape Epic. STAGE 3 – 16 March 2016 Today we followed OMX Pro Bike Team team manager Paul Beales. Listen to him talk about the team strategy, and what it takes to prepare logistically for an undertaking like the Cape Epic. This is a […]
James Reid sees the situation clearly with Prizm
Prizm™ is a new Oakley technology that fine tunes vision for specific sports and environments. Emphasizing colors where the eye is most sensitive to detail. “These are the best lenses I’ve ever ridden with for tricky light,” says Team Spur’s James Reid, who’s riding his first Absa Cape Epic. Credit: Johan Badenhorst/Specialized “They’re incredible in […]
Madolo Sees the Silver Lining after a Tough Stage 1
Stage 1 of the 2016 Absa Cape Epic was by many accounts one of the toughest first stages of any Epic to date and the Investec songo Specialized duo were not immune from the suffering. On a day characterised by fine dust which reduced the visibility to near zero in the early phases of the […]
Bikes of the Epic: Adriaan Louw’s SwiftCarbon Evil Twin
Adriaan Louw is riding his trusted SwiftCarbon Evil Twin in the 2016 Absa Cape Epic. Team Contego SwiftCarbon took the opportunity to come up with a custom paint scheme. They allowed Adriaan to create his own design and enlisted the services of Bogus Designs to pull it off. The bike features a custom tuned Fox […]
Videos: Absa Cape Epic Stage 1 highlights
From the race village at Saronsberg Wine Estate, Stage 1 loops around the town in the Tulbagh bowl with more than a few trips up the slopes of its surrounding mountains. It will introduce riders to many of the new tracks in the area with the action starting on the day’s Land Rover Technical Terrain, […]
Conquering As One with the Absa Cape Epic
Absa will once again be recognising and rewarding teamwork and perseverance at the 2016 Absa Cape Epic with the #ConquerAsOne campaign. At each stage of the race, an extraordinary #ConquerAsOne moment will be identified and recognised, where a team showed immense human spirit to overcome their own personal challenges to conquer that stage together. During […]
Tirreno-Adriatico #6: Chaos in finale for Dimension Data for Qhubeka
Greg van Avermaet (BMC Racing) won the 6th stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico by out sprinting Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) and Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky). Van Avermaet also took over the race leaders blue jersey heading into tomorrow’s final stage. It was a rather uneventful stage to begin with as the first 180km of the stage was […]
Stage 1 Wrap-up: Thrilling races in men’s and women’s categories
Stage 1 of the 2016 Absa Cape Epic on Monday set up a thrilling race for both the elite men’s and woman’s categories. Karl Platt of Team Bulls 1 during stage 1 of the 2016 Absa Cape Epic Mountain Bike stage race held from Saronsberg Wine Estate in Tulbagh, South Africa on the 14th March […]
Race Report: WP Cycling League Race 1 – Century City
The Century City Criterium commenced with the youth cyclists racing each other around the 1.5 kilometre circuit. Cheered on by moms and dads the young cyclists set a hot pace around the circuit. There was great rivalry between the scholars from the Winelands and Western Province Cycling Associations with the young Paarl riders taking the […]
100th Absa Cape Epic stage will be a special one
The 100th stage in the 13-year existence of the Absa Cape Epic on Tuesday is shaping up to be a special one for more than just its place in history. With the racing delicately poised, the 93km Stage 2 could be a key one for the leading teams. In the men’s race Topeak Ergon Racing’s […]
Lill and Woolcock dominate red jersey race
USN Purefit was the 2016 Absa Cape Epic’s first South African team home on Monday crossing the line nine minutes in front of Team NAD Pro MTB – to climb into the red of the Absa African special jersey. Team USN Purefit, Darren Lill and Waylon Woolcock during stage 1 of the 2016 Absa Cape […]