Jenny Rissveds takes on the Absa Cape Epic
Jenny Rissveds took the mountain biking world by storm in 2016, announcing her arrival at the top end of the sport with some outstanding performances and then capping it all with the Olympic gold medal. Now the 22-year-old Swedish star is taking a step into the unknown and will be competing in the 2017 Absa […]
Stenerhag and Süss to ride as Meerendal/CBC in 2017 Cape Epic
Meerendal Wine Estate, the host venue for the Epic’s prologue, and leading craft beer producer Cape Brewing Company (CBC), recently announced their co-sponsorship to back new local and international riders in the 700km MTB venture. Jennie Stenerhag, Swedish National Marathon champion will compete in the Meerendal/CBC women’s race at 2017 Cape Epic (photograph supplied by […]
Hansgrohe signs on as Absa Cape Epic Headline Sponsor
Since 2012 Hansgrohe has been keeping it clean at the Absa Cape Epic: providing and managing a world class temporary shower service for riders after a long day in the saddle. A global player and local leader in bathroom and kitchen products is stepping up the relationship with the Untamed African Mountain Bike Race: Hansgrohe […]
Kansai Plascon pairs Knox with Paez in Cape Epic victory quest
Current South African champion, Max Knox, will team up with multiple Colombian champion, Héctor Leonardo Páez Leon as Team Kansai Plascon in an effort to try and win the 2017 Absa Cape Epic. It will be Knox’s ninth start in the world’s most prestigious mountain bike stage race, but a first for Paez, one of […]
Bikes of the Epic: Karl Platt’s BULLS Wild Edge Team 29
If you followed our 2016 Bikes of the Epic series in March, you might have noticed that there was one glaring omission, the bike that won the race. It may be many months later but we’ve finally tracked down Karl Platt‘s 2016 Absa Cape Epic winning BULLS Wild Edge Team 29 bike. Karl Platt rode […]
Stellar men’s field for 2017 Absa Cape Epic
The men’s field for the 2017 Absa Cape Epic is shaping up to be the strongest in the race’s 14-year history. Five time-winner Christoph Sauser of Switzerland has announced that he will be coming out of retirement in a bid to take his sixth title and will be riding with Czech powerhouse Jaroslav Kulhavy (Investec-Songo-Specialized). […]
The Epic gets more Active
Virgin Active has become the official health club partner of the Absa Cape Epic. The 2017 Absa Cape Epic from 19-26 March will be the 14th edition of a race which has become known as the “Tour de France” of mountain biking. Photo by Ewald Sadie. Virgin Active SA Managing Director, Ross Faragher-Thomas, says he’s […]
Christoph Sauser returns from retirement to race the Absa Cape Epic with Kulhavý
The Absa Cape Epic’s joint most decorated champion, five times winner, Christoph Sauser is back. Returning after a year in retirement the Swiss star will once again be teaming up with Jaroslav Kulhavý, of the Czech Republic, in an attempt to win his sixth Cape Epic title. Christoph Sauser, a portrait. Photo by: Shaun Roy/Cape […]
Tour de France legends to ride in Absa Cape Epic
Cadel Evans and George Hincapie to ride for BMC Absa Racing Team in Masters category. George Hincapie with Cadel Evans. tdwsport.com photography. The BMC Absa Racing Team has been considerably boosted by the news that two Tour de France legends, Cadel Evans and George Hincapie, will be riding for them in the 2017 Absa Cape […]
RMB Change-a-Life Academy: A life changing experience
Mazwi Smimango was sitting outside his home in KwaZulu Natal’s Valley of a Thousand Hills when a number of people riding bicycles sped past. He grabbed his old bicycle and chased after the lycra-clad speedsters, who were taking part in a race along the valley. Mazwi Smimango. Soon five kilometres had turned into 10 and […]
Scott Sports joins Team Absa Cape Epic
The tech zones at the Absa Cape Epic are scenes of great drama: shredded tyres, broken rims, snapped spokes, damaged derailleurs and more have been replaced or fixed at these points. Many a rider has been saved from an unfortunate DNF by the helping hands of the mechanics at the tech zones, where they stock […]
Riaan Manser back on the Absa Cape Epic starting line
Riaan Manser is about as adventurous as you get: his bearded features first became familiar to South Africans as they watched from afar while he rode a bicycle around Africa and then circumnavigated Madagascar by kayak. Photo credit:Mark SampsonThen it was off to Iceland for another testing circumnavigation by kayak. Next he took to a […]