Exxaro jersey winners to get trip to elite sports academy
The contest for the Absa Cape Epic’s prestigious Exxaro Special Jersey just got a whole lot more intense with news that the winners will get to spend eight days at an elite sports performance academy in Belgium. The Bakala Academy in Leuven, Belgium, has joined hands with the Cape Epic in the race’s bid to […]
German duo form ‘Silverback OMX’ for Cape Epic 2017
OMX Pro Team’s Martin Gluth will pair up with Julian Schelb for the 2017 Cape Epic. The German duo will be aboard the Silverback Sesta Superbike, and with unparalleled and focussed support from their bike partner, will ride under the team name, ‘Silverback OMX’ for the eight days of untamed African adventure that is Cape […]
Soweto and Khayelitsha duo set to conquer the Cape Epic
Hailing from the country’s two biggest townships, Thulasizwe Mxenge, 23 from Soweto and Mthetheleli Boya, 24 from Khayelitsha, have their sights set on conquering the 2017 Absa Cape Epic. It’s their goal to ride away with the R50 000 education bursary and a trip to Belgium, which is up for grabs for the winners of […]
Hansgrohe-Cadence OMX: Two champions, one epic race
OMX’s two Elite female riders are pairing up to take on one of the biggest races in the World, the Absa Cape Epic. British National Champion, Annie Last, and South African National Champion, Mariske Strauss, will race eight days through South Africa’s stunning Western Cape in a bid for podium places, UCI points, and a […]
2017 field includes “the best marathon racers in the world”
It’s going to be the strongest Absa Cape Epic field yet and the racing should be thrilling. That’s the word from the world’s top marathon riders as they prepare for March’s eight-day challenge. Speaking at a Cape Town press conference Wednesday several of the race favourites were looking forward to a mighty battle. Defending champion […]
European stars to ride back-up for Team Spur’s Lüthi and Morath
In her quest for a fourth Absa Cape Epic women’s title, Ariane Lüthi has put together the first-ever women’s back-up team for the 2017 edition of the mountain bike race. Alice Pirard and Sabrina Enaux will make up Team Spur Foundation and ride in support of Lüthi and her new partner, German Adelheid Morath. Pirard […]
German legend and SA champ team up
In 2016 South Africa’s Robyn de Groot, riding with Swede Jennie Stenerhag, started the Absa Cape Epic like a house on fire, winning the Prologue and Stage 1. Photo credit: Nick Muzik | Sportzpics Sadly, Stenerhag fell ill on Stage 3 and had to pull out of the event. Later in the event German mountain […]
Lüthi on life without Langvad
Ariane Lüthi says that replacing Annika Langvad as an Absa Cape Epic partner was an “almost impossible” challenge. Photo credit: Mark Sampson | Sportzpics The Lüthi/Langvad combination swept aside all Hansgrohe Women’s category challengers for the past three years, but the Danish superstar has decided to return to her studies and will not be able […]
Interview: Grant Clark on his AfrikaLegBurn journey
Grant Clark will be taking on more than just the 2017 Absa Cape Epic. He’s currently somewhere between Cairo and Cape Town, on his epic journey #AfrikaLegBurn, for the literacy charity Shine. His mammoth undertaking includes riding unsupported from Cairo to Cape Town, completing the Cape Town Cycle Tour, the ABSA Cape Epic and finally […]
MTB and road racing legends team up for Absa Cape Epic
If somebody were trying to track down José Hermida in the Absa Cape Epic race village they would simply have to follow the laughter. And the chatter. Photo credit: Nick Muzik | Sportzpics In 2016 Hermida retired from a distinguished 20-year cross country career that earned him a world championship title, an Olympic silver medal […]
Meerendal CBC’s European stars ready for Absa Cape Epic
Swiss mountain biking legend Esther Süss and Swedish champion Jennie Stenerhag will joined forces for the first time at the 2017 Absa Cape Epic, and might just have a surprise or two up their sleeves. Photo credit: Ewald Sadie | Sportspics The Team Meerendal CBC riders have excellent endurance pedigrees. Süss has won the Absa […]
Interview: Last Lioness Hannele Steyn
Hannele Steyn is the only woman in an exclusive group of four people (known as the Last Lions) to complete all thirteen editions of the Cape Epic. She lives in Durbanville, Cape Town, where she coaches cyclists and triathletes and owns the whole foods company Passion4Wholeness. She has held Springbok colours in biathlon, triathlon, duathlon, […]