Win 1 of 2 Absa Cape Epic team entries with USN
Challenge yourself with USN and win one of two team entries to the 2017 Absa Cape Epic, plus a chance of winning USN online shopping vouchers worth R1500 each. How it works The USN Epic Challenge is based on four individual challenges over an eight week period (12 October – 6 December 2016). Each challenge […]
Val de Vie Estate announced as the Grand Finale host for the 2017 Absa Cape Epic
In its 13 years of existence thus far, the Absa Cape Epic – the leading mountain bike stage race in the world – has only made use of three venues for its Grand Finale. Owing to its location in the exquisite Paarl-Franschhoek Valley and its landmark setting in the Cape Winelands, Val de Vie Estate […]
An Untamed trophy for an Untamed rider
Yesterday the Absa Cape Epic unveiled its Last Lion Trophy: a stunning bronze artwork by internationally renowned sculptor Dylan Lewis. The weighty statue stands about 30cm tall and 50cm long and depicts a lion lying on a rock and looking out across the plains. It will go to the last cyclist who has finished every […]
Olympic gold medallist Schurter sets sights on Absa Cape Epic success
In August he won gold at the Olympic Games after earlier winning the 2016 mountain bike cross country World Championship. Now Switzerland’s Nino Schurter has set his sights on another major achievement: winning the Absa Cape Epic. Schurter is the biggest name in world mountain biking right now, with three world championships, three World Cup […]
The 2017 Absa Cape Epic route: from whales to trails
In 2017 the Absa Cape Epic returns to an old favourite seaside venue for a spectacular Stage 1 … and finishes at a new Grand Finale venue. After the Prologue at Meerendal Wine Estate the riders, crew and supporters will transfer to Hermanus for the first staging of the race in the coastal town since […]
Anna Foundation launches new pump track
The Anna Foundation recently celebrated the launch of their new pump track. The 36 children who attend the Anna Foundation after-school on Buffet Olives farm in Paarl, built the bike track under the expert guidance of Eckhardt Kühn, activities manager at neighbouring farm, Cascade Country Manor. Among guests present at the launch were marathon and […]
Special focus on Untamed African MTB race’s development category and charities
The Absa Cape Epic is taking steps to boost its development rider category to help nurture future mountain bike champions. Epic Challenge: Exxaro’s Mellis Walker with Justice Makhale, a former professional rider who is now the Exxaro MTB Academy team mentor. Photo credit: Mark Sampson. In addition to the teams fielded by the Exxaro MTB […]
New ownership for Absa Cape Epic
IRONMAN announced today it has reached an agreement to acquire the highly regarded Cape Epic mountain bike race in South Africa. In addition to operating The Motatapu and The Pioneer multiple stage mountain bike races in New Zealand, the purchase of Cape Epic marks IRONMAN’s biggest step into the mountain biking market, as they aim […]
Tsogo Sun joins forces with the Absa Cape Epic
One is a leading hotels, gaming and entertainment company and the other the Untamed African mountain bike stage race. Now Tsogo Sun has joined the Absa Cape Epic as its official accommodation partner until 2019. Tsogo Sun also has partnerships with the Springboks, the Cape Town Cycle Tour, Cape Town Marathon and the Tsogo Sun […]
Video: Finished – A Handicapped Epic
This is the story of a very special mountain bike challenge. Tino Käßner is a race cyclist who has lost his right leg in a suicide bomber attack, when he was a soldier in Afghanistan, nine years ago. Jan Sallawitz is marketing manager and a passionate mountain biker – but never participated in a mountain […]
Absa Cape Epic stars dominate world marathon championships
Top Absa Cape Epic mountain bikers dominated the Marathon World Championships in Laissac, France, at the weekend. The top three places and 9 of the top 12 were all bagged by riders with Absa Cape Epic pedigrees. Tiago Jorge Ferreira Oliveira and Periklis Ilias lead the men during stage 6 of the 2016 Absa Cape […]
Laureus selected as an official charity partner of the Absa Cape Epic for the next 3 years
The Laureus Sport for Good Foundation has been selected as one of the four official charities supported by the Absa Cape Epic for the next three years. The Absa Cape Epic has over the years extended a formal charity engagement program to a number of notable charitable organisations. This will be the 3rd year that […]