Karl Platt and Alban Lakata team up for Cape Epic
Germany’s Karl Platt has started every Absa Cape Epic since its inception in 2004 and won five times – a record of victories he shares with Swiss legend Christoph Sauser. Austrian powerhouse Alban Lakata has twice finished second – including in 2018 – and also bagged third, fourth, fifth and sixth over his 10 years […]
Epic Bike Check: Karl Platt’s Bulls Wild Edge Prototype
Karl Platt and the BULLS team are legends of the Absa Cape Epic. Karl having won the race on five occasions (in 15 attempts) with a number of other podium positions. In 2018, Karl and his teammate Urs Huber had a tough race finishing in 10th place. Karl Platt is riding a revised Bulls Wild […]
Team BULLS Ready to Rock and Roll
Karl Platt may have broken his hip just a few months ago but he’s back to his best and is feeling confident ahead of this year’s Absa Cape Epic and what could be a record sixth win. Five-time winner of the Absa Cape Epic, Karl Platt, will yet again line up with Swiss partner Urs […]
Bikes of the Epic: Karl Platt’s BULLS Wild Edge Team
The 2017 Absa Cape Epic is one that Team Bulls will want to forget quickly. The defending champions Karl Platt and Urs Huber had their share of bad luck and the Epic legends finished the race in an unprecedented 12th place overall. In the Cape Epic, Team Bulls ride the BULLS Wild Edge Team 29 […]
Who to Watch: 2017 Absa Cape Epic
The 2017 Absa Cape Epic sports the strongest men’s field in the 14-year history of the race, with up to six teams aiming for the top step of the podium. Several years of a special focus on the women’s race has born fruit in recent editions: the standard of the field has steadily got stronger […]
Huber, Platt win three in a row to retain Tankwa Trek title
Switzerland’s Urs Huber and Germany’s Karl Platt completed a clean sweep of stage wins on Sunday to retain the Momentum Health Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen mountain bike stage race title. The Team Bulls duo were in control for the entire three-day event and won the final 89km stage in a time of 03 hours […]
Dominant Huber, Platt extend Tankwa Trek lead
Urs Huber and Karl Platt turned the screws a little tighter on Saturday’s Queen Stage when they increased their grip on the Momentum Health Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen, winning the stage and extending their overall lead. Not to be outdone, Esther Süss and Jennie Stenerhag did the same in the women’s category. Urs Huber […]
Platt, Huber charge to early Tankwa Trek lead
Team Bulls riders, Karl Platt and Urs Huber, charged to a dominant victory on Stage 1 of the 2017 Momentum Health Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen on Friday, getting their title defence of the world’s most prestigious three-day mountain bike race off to the perfect start. The first women home were Sweden’s Jennie Stenerhag and […]
Platt, Huber motivated to defend Tankwa Trek Title
Germany’s Karl Platt and his Swiss teammate, Urs Huber, are motivated to defend their title at next week’s Momentum Health Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen, but will be up against stronger opposition than last year at the world’s most prestigious three-day mountain bike stage race. Last year’s winners, Karl Platt (left) and Urs Huber, are […]
Team Bulls ready to give it horns
Winning the 2016 Absa Cape Epic was the “biggest feeling” ever on mountain bike for Urs Huber, and now he and Team Bulls partner Karl Platt are determined to defend their title. Sam Clark. Cape Epic. Sportzpics. But if the pressure of going for a historic sixth Absa Cape Epic win is getting to Platt […]
International injection for Tour of Good Hope
The Bestmed Tour of Good Hope’s international reputation was further enhanced this week after confirmation that five-time Cape Epic champion Karl Platt will be on the start line in early March. The German will lead a strong team in South Africa’s premier road stage race that stretches over five days and 490km in the Cape […]
Sauser delivers incredible comeback to win Attakwas
Swiss mountain bike racing legend, Christoph Sauser didn’t only mark his return from retirement at the Fairview Attakwas Extreme MTB Challenge in South Africa on Saturday, he won the gruelling 121km race after the most incredible comeback following a mechanical delay early on. The men’s lead pack negotiates the dry Karoo roads during the early […]