Joel Stransky & Anriette Schoeman pair up for Absa Cape Epic
He is an iconic rugby player. She is one of the most successful women’s road cyclists South Africa has produced. And on March 15, 2015, World Cup hero Joel Stransky and eight times national champion Anriette Schoeman will line up together to take on the mighty Absa Cape Epic in the Mixed category. The former […]
Video: ABSA Cape Epic pays tribute to South African legend Burry Stander
It will forever be remembered as a dark day on the South African cycling calendar: 3 January 2013 – the date one of the sport’s greatest talents was killed. Today the Absa Cape Epic joins the mountain biking family in paying tribute to the great Burry Stander and reflecting on what might have been had […]
Absa Cape Epic top contenders choose partners
With four months to go to the 2015 Absa Cape Epic many of the top competitors have chosen their partners … and it is shaping up to be one of the strongest fields ever. Four times winner Christoph Sauser of Switzerland will again be reunited with the Czech Republic’s Jaroslav Kulhavy – the team which […]
Just how tough is the Absa Cape Epic? A look at the numbers
The Absa Cape Epic 2015 route was unveiled this week with the obligatory grimaces and no disappointments. 739 kilometers in total and 16 000 meters of climbing await riders from the 45 countries represented. Riders have five months to get the recommended 20 hours per week of training in. There will be some reality checks, […]
Oakley launches custom leader frames for 2015 Absa Cape Epic
In the build up to Africa’s most grueling mountain bike event, the Absa Cape Epic, Oakley has created seven frames to match the seven leader jerseys for each stage of the 2015 race. The much-anticipated route for the event that takes place from the 15th to 22nd March 2015 was revealed last night at Cape […]
Mountain biking legend Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå contesting 2015 Absa Cape Epic
Mountain biking legend Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå will be taking part in the 2015 Absa Cape Epic. Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå. The Norwegian said this week she was “very excited” about competing in the eight-day stage race and paid tribute to its commitment to women’s mountain biking. Dahle Flesjå is arguably the most successful women’s mountain biker […]
2015 Absa Cape Epic stage summaries and profiles
Summaries and route profiles of each stage of the 2015 Absa Cape Epic. Prologue: Table Mountain 20km & 600m climbing The 2015 Prologue will start and finish at the University of Cape Town. The route will take riders up some of the steepest climbs on Table Mountain to the Tafelberg Road and then includes some […]
2015 Absa Cape Epic route announced
The Absa Cape Epic will return to the slopes of Table Mountain in 2015 when the rugged eight-day race’s Prologue is staged from the University of Cape Town. The much-anticipated route announcement took place in Cape Town on Wednesday (October 22) and the Mother City will kick off the 2015 edition on Sunday, March 15. […]
Manser takes on Absa Cape Epic
He is celebrated around the world for his adventures. She joined him on a 6 000km journey by rowing boat from the African continent to New York. Now Riaan Manser and Vasti Geldenhuys have set their sights on a new challenge – doing the 2015 Absa Cape Epic together. Manser had decided he would “love […]
From Sand to Snow: Mannie Heymans to ride Snow Epic
Earlier this year cycling legend Mannie Heymans became the first person to do the Absa Cape Epic on a fatbike. Now he will be swopping the sand dunes of Namibia for the ski slopes of Switzerland – and the first ever Snow Epic. Heymans won the inaugural Transalp MTB stage race in 1998 and then […]
Absa Cape Epic team heads for the snow
The team behind the world’s foremost mountain bike stage race, the Absa Cape Epic in South Africa, is spreading its wings … into the Swiss Alps. From January 14 to 18 in 2015 it will stage Snow Epic, Europe’s first winter festival of biking, in the idyllic Alps town of Engelberg. The riding will be […]
Absa Cape Epic’s official technology partner, Dimension Data, to sponsor Masters category jersey
The world’s foremost mountain bike stage race announced on Friday that the Dimension Data’s role as a headline sponsor would be extended to sponsoring the jersey. The Masters category is fiercely contested and the sponsorship was immediately welcomed by legendary Dutch mountain biker Bart Brentjens, who won the Masters division in this year’s Absa Cape […]