{"id":19161,"date":"2015-10-14T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T08:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2015\/10\/14\/video-2016-absa-cape-epic-route-r3663\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T09:10:47","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T09:10:47","slug":"video-2016-absa-cape-epic-route-r3663","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/video-2016-absa-cape-epic-route-r3663\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: 2016 Absa Cape Epic route"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The route of the 13th edition of the Absa Cape Epic, taking place from 13 to 20 March 2016, will have the highest proportion of single track than ever before (110km).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"w-full aspect-video\">\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gGIgZ4Z9Tuw?feature=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-09664100-1444815569.jpg\" data-fileid=\"614049\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"614049\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"ccs-62657-0-09664100-1444815569.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-09664100-1444815569.jpg\"><\/a><span class=\"italic text-sm text-slate-500 block mt-1 mb-4\">Image credit: Absa Cape Epic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Both local and international mountain biking enthusiasts will be taking on the demanding eight day mountain bike adventure of 647km with 14 950m of climbing from the University of Cape Town to Meerendal Wine Estate in Durbanville.<\/p>\n<p>The route, which changes significantly each year, will lead 1 200 cyclists through vast distances of virgin territory, previously untouched by the race. With its challenging and exhilarating landscapes, the stage locations of the University of Cape Town, Saronsberg in Tulbagh, Cape Peninsula University of Technology in Wellington and Boschendal in Stellenbosch await the most prestigious mountain bike stage race in the world; before riders finish at Meerendal Wine Estate.<\/p>\n<p>The Absa Cape Epic 2016 route will contain more singletrack than ever before in the race\u2019s 12-year-history.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 110km of the 647km route will be made up of singletrack trails as the eight-days of riding takes riders from Table Mountain to Tulbagh, Wellington, Stellenbosch and Durbanville.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The route of the 13th edition of the Absa Cape Epic, taking place from 13 to 20 March 2016, will have the highest proportion of single track than ever before (110km). Image credit: Absa Cape Epic. Both local and international mountain biking enthusiasts will be taking on the demanding eight day mountain bike adventure of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":46326,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[76,24],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-19161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-absa-cape-epic","tag-cape-epic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19161","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=19161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19161"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=19161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}