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Sarah Scrimgeour Chats About Being New to Cycling and Riding Eroica South Africa
Eroica South Africa has become a firm fixture on the cycling calendar for some. For 2022 we have moved the event to slightly later in the year, now hosting it over an entire weekend in May, so our die-hard collectors are able to dust off their prized rides once again. But every year there are […]
Rwandan Epic – A different kind of Epic
It was a Tuesday morning and my plane touched down in an African city I had never been to. It’s not often I travel to a new place, so I was like a sponge taking everything in. The people seemed friendly, the weather was good – not too hot or cold, the traffic, while busy, […]
Ride Routes: Gravel Biking in Sabie
When Renault SA asked me to take the Triber on a micro-adventure up North, there was only one place I was headed. Mpumalanga, and the little town of Sabie. Now the area is obviously most known for MTB and Trail Running but I wanted to head back to this area that I had visited so […]
Food Lover’s Market Announces Partnership Dr Evil Classic
This announcement has been welcomed by the Garden Route cycling community as the Dr Evil Classic celebrates a decade of riding on the spectacular trails that Plettenberg Bay has to offer. Food Lover’s Market is a perfect match for the health conscious person who typically participates in this three-day stage race held over the Heritage […]
NinetyOne-Songo-Specialized Crowned Cape Epic Champions
The America-Argentina team of Haley Batten and Sofia Gomez Villafane (NinetyOne-Songo-Specialized) are the winners of the 2022 Absa Cape Epic CM.com Women’s category. Haley Batten and Sofia Gomez Villafane celebrate the win of the overall Ladies Jersey during stage 7 of the 2022 Absa Cape Epic. Photo by Nick Muzik/Cape Epic. The first-time Absa Cape […]
Speed Company Racing win Absa Cape Epic in thrilling style
The Grand Finale of the 2022 Absa Cape Epic, The Race That Measures All, which finished at the Val de Vie Estate outside Paarl on Sunday, was the scene of an upset for the ages. Georg Egger and Lukas Baum of Speed Company Racing during stage 7 of the 2022 Absa Cape Epic Mountain. Photo […]
NinetyOne-songo-Specialized claim third Cape Epic stage win
The NinetyOne-songo-Specialized team of Sofia Gómez Villafane and Haley Batten won their third stage in the CM.com Women’s category at the Absa Cape Epic, tightening their grip on the overall lead in the process. They now lead Faces Rola (Candice Lill and Mariske Strauss) by over 16 minutes in the general classification going into Sunday’s Grand Finale. […]
Wilier-Pirelli flawless in victory at Absa Cape Epic Stage 6
Fabian Rabensteiner and Wout Alleman (Wilier-Pirelli) rode an absolutely flawless race to win Stage 6 of the Absa Cape Epic. Speed Company Racing (Lukas Baum and Georg Egger) finished second on the day, but more importantly, they did some damage to the overall lead of Canyon Northwave MTB. Baum and Egger will start the Grand […]
NinetyOne-songo-Specialized secure Stage 5 Cape Epic win
Sofia Gómez Villafane and Haley Batten (NinetyOne-songo-Specialized) won Stage 5 in the CM.com Women’s category at the 2022 Absa Cape Epic, tightening their grip on the overall leader orange jerseys at the same time. They now lead the event by more than 15 minutes ahead of Faces Rola (Candice Lill and Mariske Strauss), the second-place finishers […]
South Africans storm Cape Epic Stage 5 in Stellenbosch
South Africa’s Marco Joubert and Pieter du Toit (Imbuko {Type} DEV) won the 115km Stage 5 of the Absa Cape Epic after a thrilling break 70km into the stage from Greyton to Stellenbosch. The South African riders, already wearing the Absa African Men’s jerseys as the leading African men’s team at the event, rode the […]
BMC MTB Racing hang on for Stage 4 win at Absa Cape Epic
Robyn de Groot and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (BMC MTB Racing) rode a blemish-free ride on Stage 4 in the CM.com Women’s category at the Absa Cape Epic to win their third stage of the event. De Groot admitted after the 82km stage that the plan was to have a self-imposed rest day, but Ferrand-Prévot’s winning mentality […]
Unique Sprint Finish on Stage 4 of Absa Cape Epic
Matt Beers and Christopher Blevins (Toyota-NinetyOne-Specialized) won Stage 4 of the Absa Cape Epic with an unintentionally brilliant tactical finish to the 82km stage. With 5km to go Beers raced away from his partner Blevins, Speed Company Racing’s Lukas Baum and Georg Egger, and Canyon Northwave MTB’s Martin Stošek. Canyon Northwave MTB’s Andreas Seewald went […]