Scott-SRAM MTB-Racing Cruise to Overall Honours
With 70km and 1 800m of vertical gain standing between Scott-SRAM MTB-Racing and overall victory on the Champs-Élysées of mountain biking at Val de Vie Estate, you could’ve forgiven them for playing it safe and cruising to the finish. Lars Forster and Nino Schurter of Scott-SRAM MTB-Racing celebrate winning the 2019 Absa Cape Epic during […]
Epic Bike Check: Ariane Lüthi’s Kross Earth Team Edition
Ariane Lüthi joined Kross Racing Team earlier this year after the dissolution of the Team Spur team. Kross is a Polish bike company with their pro team racing on the Earth Team Edition frame. Lüthi is riding with teammate Maja Włoszczowska as Team KROSS-SPUR Racing in the 2019 Absa Cape Epic. Ariane Lüthi’s Kross Earth […]
7C CBZ Wilier Solo to Stage Victory
7C CBZ WILIER soloed to victory on the penultimate stage of the 2019 Absa Cape Epic on Saturday. Louis Meija and Johnny Cattaneo seized the initiative after Trek Selle San Marco suffered a disastrous mechanical, to win the brutal 89-kilometre challenge around Stellenbosch, in a time of 03:49:21. Louis MEIJA (COL) and Johnny CATTANEO (ITA) […]
Investec-songo-Specialized dominance re-established
Annika Langvad and Anna van der Breggen (Investec-songo-Specialized) dispelled any vague suspicion that they were fading as the strongest Women’s category team at this year’s Absa Cape Epic with a clinically dominant performance on Saturday’s penultimate Stage 6. Annika Langvad and Anna van der Breggen during stage 6 of the 2019 Absa Cape Epic Mountain […]
Candice Lill and Adelheid Morath are Queens of Queen Stage
South African Candice Lill and her German partner Adelheid Morath became the Queens of the Queen Stage when they won the 100km Stage 5 from Oak Valley Estate to Stellenbosch University on Friday. Candice Lill and Adelheid Morath of Summit Fin celebrate winning stage 5 of the 2019 Absa Cape Epic Mountain Bike stage race […]
PYGA Euro Steel Woo the Cape Epic Queen
Renaissance men Matthys Beukes and Philip Buys shrugged off a disastrous first five days to win The Queen Stage of the Absa Cape Epic from Oak Valley Estate to Stellenbosch University. The PYGA Euro Steel pair is the first South African team to stand on the top step of an Absa Cape Epic stage podium […]
Epic Bike Check: Alan Hatherly’s S-Works Epic
After a last minute team change, Alan Hatherly paired up with his training buddy Matt Beers to form SpecializedFoundationNAD. The under 23 XCO World Champion, now riding for the Specialized trade team, is competing in his first Cape Epic aboard his S-Works Epic. Take a closer look at Hatherly’s bike below. Alan Hatherly’s Specialized S-Works […]
Silverback SBC withdraws from Cape Epic
We at Silverback Racing value the health of our riders more than race results, and based on the recommendation of a medical professional, we made the decision to withdraw team Silverback SBC, Nicola Rohrbach and Konny Looser from the 2019 ABSA Cape Epic. Konny developed health issues on Stage 3 that led to lower back […]
Even a Crash Cannot Stop Investec-songo-Specialized
The Investec-songo-Specialized train continues to rush toward Absa Cape Epic victory and such is their control of the Women’s category that even when things go wrong they seem to be only temporarily derailed with no damage to their title prospects. Anna van der Breggen and Annika Langvad of Investec-Songo-Specialized during stage 4 of the 2019 […]
Scott-SRAM MTB-Racing Storm Back Through the Time Trial
The scene is set for a spectacular Queen Stage into Stellenbosch on Friday, as Scott-SRAM MTB-Racing dominated the 43-kilometre Time Trial around Oak Valley on Thursday. Nino Schurter and Lars Forster annihilated the course in a time of 01:38:41 to eat nearly 90 seconds into Cannondale Factory Racing’s overnight lead. They now sit poised some […]
Punctures Sink the Hopes of Women Challengers
Four-time race winner and current Absa Cape Epic Women’s category leader, Annika Langvad’s mantra for the gruelling eight-day event has always been: “Never to take anything for granted until you cross the finish line”. On Wednesday her conservative approach was once again vindicated as the second-placed team of Ariane Lüthi and Maja Wloszczowska (Kross-Spur Racing) […]
Drama on Stage 3 Sees Yellow Jerseys Change Hands
It’s not over until it’s over. A disastrous rear-wheel puncture saw Scott-SRAM MTB-Racing concede the Yellow Jerseys to Cannondale Factory Racing on Wednesday, proving once again that the Absa Cape Epic is won only when you cross the finish line at Val de Vie Estate during the Grand Finale. Manuel Fumic and Henrique Avancini of […]