![\"ccs-62657-0-52047900-1458397959.jpeg\"](\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-52047900-1458397959.jpeg\")
<\/a>Credit Nick Muzik\/Cape Epic\/SPORTZPICS.<\/span><\/p>\nThe stellar stage result sees them move up to 40th in the general classification standings. The result has also lifted Madolo\u2019s spirits, as he raced to his limit under Sauser\u2019s watchful eye today, and will provide him with positive memories from the riding side of the 2016 Epic.<\/p>\n
Going into the 2016 race Madolo knew that it would be a learning and growing experience; though he envisioned learning race craft from his mentor, and the Cape Epic\u2019s most successful rider, Sauser. Sadly a stomach bug, which tends to flare-up at the Epic, laid Madolo\u2019s racing aspirations low \u2013 but learn and grow he certainly did. Madolo was born in the small town of Willowvale, near Butterworth in the Eastern Cape and moved to Kayamandi in 2008. Like most of his peers in Kayamandi mountain biking was out of Madolo and his family\u2019s financial reach. But through the songo.info programme not only has Madolo been exposed to mountain biking but he\u2019s grasped the opportunity with both hands. Showing grit and determination, which he so valiantly displayed once again this week in fighting through illness, Madolo rode his way from a youngster in the songo.info programme to its most talented rider, onwards to representing South Africa at the 2014 Marathon World Championships and is now on the verge of completing his 5th Absa Cape Epic.<\/p>\n He is truly a remarkable young man and his impact on his peers in Kayamandi and the songo.info programme is clear to see. Every day of the 2016 Absa Cape Epic they have gathered at spectator points and at the stage finish to welcome their hero home. There is no doubt that Madolo\u2019s example will inspire future mountain biking stars to emerge from the Kayamandi community, but more importantly he is inspiring his peers \u2013 the majority of whom will never be professional sports men or women \u2013 to follow their dreams and to dedicate themselves to actively pursuing them. In an upwardly mobile community Madolo is one of a new wave of role models; proving by his rise through adversity, leading up to the 2016 Absa Cape Epic and during his ride through adversity in the race, that the future for the youth of Kayamandi can be very bright indeed.<\/p>\n You can follow Madolo and Sauser\u2019s progress as they race toward the grand finale at Meerendal Wine Estate on Sunday by making use of the Cape Epic\u2019s live tracking system<\/a>, or on Twitter by following @songoinfo<\/a> and @CapeEpic<\/a>. The final stage of the Absa Cape Epic will also be broadcast live on SuperSport from 09:45 on SuperSport 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sipho Madolo and Christoph Sauser had their best day of the 2016 Absa Cape Epic, and one of Madolo\u2019s best days on a bike ever, as they blazed through their home trails to race to an astounding 16th place on Stage 6 around Stellenbosch on Saturday. The Investec songo Specialized pair managed a time of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":43737,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[76,24,1515,778,2549],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-18479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-absa-cape-epic","tag-cape-epic","tag-christoph-sauser","tag-investec-songo-specialized","tag-sipho-madolo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18479"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=18479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>Credit Sam Clark\/Cape Epic\/SPORTZPICS.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>Credit Gary Perkin\/Cape Epic\/SPORTZPICS.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>Credit Darryn Stow.<\/span><\/p>\n