Punctures cost Hincapie and Vande Velde lead
American road stars George Hincapie and Christian Vande Velde fell victim to the vagaries of mountain biking when their charge for victory in the Dimension Data Masters category of the Absa Cape Epic was halted by a series of punctures on Stage 1 on Monday. The misfortune to the Absa-WBR team allowed relatively unheralded team […]
Composure wins the day for Langvad and Courtney
Multiple World Champion Annika Langvad and her young American partner Kate Courtney overcame a puncture to surge to a second successive victory in the Women’s category on Stage 1 of the Absa Cape Epic on Monday. Annika Langvad & Kate Courtney during stage 1 of the 2018 Absa Cape Epic Mountain Bike stage race held […]
Cannondale grab yellow in Stage 1 sprint finish
Sunday’s Prologue marked a well-earned victory for Centurion Vaude and the marathon contingent but the cross-country specialists had other ideas for Stage 1… On paper, Stage 1’s 110km/1900m course looked scripted for the marathon riders but as we discovered yesterday the Untamed African MTB Race is filled with surprises – and that’s exactly how the […]
Hincapie, Vande Velde help themselves to Dimension Data Masters category lead
The American pairing of George Hincapie and Christian Vande Velde, well known for helping teammates win Grand Tours on the road, helped themselves to victory in the Dimension Data Masters category on the opening Prologue of the Absa Cape Epic on Sunday. The two former US Postal teammates, riding as Team Absa – WBR, will […]
Pinner’s Paincave: Epic Prologue
Photo credit: Gary Perkin. No matter how many Epics you’ve ridden, every rider shares a common emotion ahead of the Prologue. Butterflies. As your team number is called and you shuffle into line waiting for your turn to step up and into the start hut, your swarm of butterflies relentlessly up their tempo, swirling around […]
Langvad and Courtney dominate on Prologue day
Three-time winner Annika Langvad and her novice partner Kate Courtney combined perfectly to win the Prologue of the 2018 Absa Cape Epic at the University of Cape Town and will take a confidence-boosting 72-second lead into Monday’s Stage 1. The vastly experienced Langvad and her young 22-year-old American partner combined perfectly despite Sunday’s Prologue being […]
Centurion Vaude steal the show at Cape Epic Prologue
You can’t win the Absa Cape Epic on the Prologue but you can prove a point – and that’s exactly what the Centurion Vaude combination of Daniel Geismayr and Nicola Rohrbach did today by winning yellow. Nicola Rohrbach and Daniel Geismayr of team Centurion Vaude win the Prologue of the 2018 Absa Cape Epic Mountain […]
Win with the Absa Cape Epic Fantasy League
Win a team entry for the 2019 Absa Cape Epic courtesy of Columbia Sportswear. Put your race insight, commitment, and luck to the test by predicting the daily and overall winners in this year’s Absa Cape Epic. How it works The Absa Cape Epic Fantasy League is all about putting your race insight, commitment, and […]
World Champion back to face formidable Cape Epic Women’s category field
Women’s race wide open as untested combinations take on the Absa Cape Epic. After a year’s break three-time Absa Cape Epic Women’s category champion Annika Langvad is back having “built up the hunger to race and kill yourself”. Annika Langvad. Photo credit: Greg Beadle. The Dane took time off to finish her studies last year […]
Battle royal earmarked for the Epic Prologue
The Absa Cape Epic Men’s category is gearing up for a veritable clash of the titans as world champions, national champions and Olympic medalists prepare to go head-to-head on Table Mountain this Sunday. This year’s Absa Cape Epic has one of the most competitive men’s fields ever assembled with a host of world-class mountain bikers […]
Want to ride the Absa Cape Epic for real?
Enter the 2018 Absa Cape Epic Fantasy League and you could be racing against your heroes in the Untamed African MTB Race come next year – for real! Photo credit: Dom Barnardt. Absa Cape Epic.Sportzpics. Just ask last year’s winner, Emil Stark, the winner of the 2017 Absa Cape Epic Fantasy League. As a relative […]
Ariane Lüthi to race Absa Cape Epic with Belgian XCO Champ Githa Michiels
In a last-minute change forced by her previous partner’s falling ill, Team Spur’s Ariane Lüthi has teamed up with Belgian XCO Champion Githa Michiels for the 2018 Absa Cape Epic. Githa Michiels. © Peter Deconinck/Photopress.be Although Lüthi’s Cape Epic plans were dealt a blow by the sudden change in partner, the Swiss national believes Team […]