e-Fort Symbtech Take on CM.com Women’s Category at the Absa Cape Epic
Amy Wakefield has completed four Absa Cape Epics thus far, winning the inaugural Absa African Women’s Jersey alongside Candice Lill in 2018. In those four finishes she has notched up three top five finishes in the CM.com Women’s category, and a second place in the Toyota Mixed category. Her partner for 2023, Irina Luetzelschwab, will […]
Canyon Northwave: Returning to Unfinished Business at Absa Cape Epic
The Canyon Northwave teams are unquestionably among the favourites for the 2023 race. Their pedigree speaks for them. As does their historic success at the Absa Cape Epic. Yet, one cannot help but feel they have unfinished business at the Untamed African Mountain Bike Race. In 2021 Andreas Seewald and Martin Stošek won Stage 3 […]
Speed Company Racing Return to Defend Cape Epic Title
Lukas Baum and Georg Egger, of Speed Company Racing, won the 2022 Absa Cape Epic in incredible style; now, in 2023, the team is set to defend their title from 19-26 March at the 19th Absa Cape Epic. On 27 March 2022, Georg Egger and Lukas Baum, racing as Speed Company Racing, won the final […]
Nino Schurter & SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing Set For 2023 Absa Cape Epic
In the previous two occasions that the Absa Cape Epic visited Hermanus Nino Schurter emerged victorious. In 2017 he and Matthias Stirnemann may have only finished fourth on Stage 1, which went over the Haarkapper Trail, but the pair emerged victorious by 8 minutes on the final general classification standings. Then, in 2019, Schurter and […]
2023 Absa Cape Epic Route Announced
8 days. 658 kilometres. 15 775 metres of climbing. These are the stats of the 2023 Absa Cape Epic alone. But as history has proven over the past 18 editions of The Untamed African Mountain Bike Race, statistics and what happens on the trails of Africa are never one and the same. The 2023 edition […]
NinetyOne-Songo-Specialized Crowned Cape Epic Champions
The America-Argentina team of Haley Batten and Sofia Gomez Villafane (NinetyOne-Songo-Specialized) are the winners of the 2022 Absa Cape Epic CM.com Women’s category. Haley Batten and Sofia Gomez Villafane celebrate the win of the overall Ladies Jersey during stage 7 of the 2022 Absa Cape Epic. Photo by Nick Muzik/Cape Epic. The first-time Absa Cape […]
Speed Company Racing win Absa Cape Epic in thrilling style
The Grand Finale of the 2022 Absa Cape Epic, The Race That Measures All, which finished at the Val de Vie Estate outside Paarl on Sunday, was the scene of an upset for the ages. Georg Egger and Lukas Baum of Speed Company Racing during stage 7 of the 2022 Absa Cape Epic Mountain. Photo […]
BMC MTB Racing hang on for Stage 4 win at Absa Cape Epic
Robyn de Groot and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (BMC MTB Racing) rode a blemish-free ride on Stage 4 in the CM.com Women’s category at the Absa Cape Epic to win their third stage of the event. De Groot admitted after the 82km stage that the plan was to have a self-imposed rest day, but Ferrand-Prévot’s winning mentality […]
Unique Sprint Finish on Stage 4 of Absa Cape Epic
Matt Beers and Christopher Blevins (Toyota-NinetyOne-Specialized) won Stage 4 of the Absa Cape Epic with an unintentionally brilliant tactical finish to the 82km stage. With 5km to go Beers raced away from his partner Blevins, Speed Company Racing’s Lukas Baum and Georg Egger, and Canyon Northwave MTB’s Martin Stošek. Canyon Northwave MTB’s Andreas Seewald went […]
Nino Schurter and Lars Forster win Stage 2 of Absa Cape Epic
XCO Mountain Bike World Champion Nino Schurter and partner Lars Forster (SCOTT-SRAM) finally came to the party at the 2022 Absa Cape Epic. The Swiss riders endured a third day of punctures, but this time the deflation couldn’t defeat them as they raced home in a sprint finish to claim the 123km Stage 2, from […]
NinetyOne-songo-Specialized race into Orange
The CM.com Women’s category racing on Stage 1 of the Absa Cape Epic was like a ding-dong football match where both teams forget to defend, so frequently did the lead change hands on the day. After a thrilling day on the trails, NinetyOne-songo-Specialized (Sofía Gómez Villafane and Haley Batten) claimed the stage and moved into […]
Epic Lite by Devil’s Peak
Devil’s Peak Beer Company has taken two of the things that best bring people together, beer and sport. They have put them together in an exciting collaboration with the Absa Cape Epic. The Devil’s Peak Lite Lager needs no introduction. It is enjoyed by many who love the taste of a great quality lager, but […]