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2018 ABSA Cape Epic Women’s Race Highlights - Stage 4 - Team Spur OUT & Investec Songo power to
Today saw the ACTUAL queen stage of the 2018 Cape Epic due to its rough, technical and varied terrain and climbing profile. 111km with...
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2018 ABSA Cape Epic UCI Women’s Race- Investec Songo gain more time over the rest.
As close as the racing has been, the positions on GC has some big gaps. Today’s Queen stage as it is known, being the longest of the...
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2018 ABSA Cape Epic Women’s Race Update: Stage 2 - Top Team Tussle
A chilly morning greeted the ladies as they rolled up to begin the second stage of the 2018 ABSA Cape Epic. The top UCI women’s teams...
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2018 ABSA Cape Epic - Women’s Race Stage 1 Finish Line Tales
The classic first stage of the 2018 ABSA Cape Epic saw the UCI women taking on 110km and 1900m of climbing in and around Robertson and...
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2018 ABSA Cape Epic Ladies Prologue- Langvad and Courtney blaze home.
The 2018 ABSA Cape Epic rolled out of the UCT sports campus in Cape Town this morning with a full house of ladies racing in the elite...
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Cradle Traverse Adds Two-Day Event - Entries Open for Condensed Cradle Traverse Experience
The Glacier Cradle Traverse – which is set to take place in Muldersdrift, Gauteng – from the 6 to 8 April, has added a two-day event...
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2018 UCI Epic World Cup ladies Race: Cat and Mouse Battle Unfolds Among Elite Ladies!
Annika Langvad shook off the pressure she had put on herself ahead of the opening leg of the UCI Mercedes-Benz MTB World Cup in...
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An Epic World Cup is here. South Africa, are you ready?
A tough course underscored by dry and loose conditions has the world’s best cross-country riders revved up and ready to ride their hearts...
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2018 ABSA Cape Epic: Q&A - The Newbie, A Second Chance & The Riding Reporter.
DirtyheartMTB got to sit down with three amateur female riders taking on this year’s ABSA Cape Epic. All three are spirited riders who...
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CELEBRATING A DECADE OF TRAIL- Nissan Trailseeker
Welcome to the 10 year celebration of the Nissan Trailseeker! We’re excited to make this year even bigger and better than ever before!...
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RISE UP: The Force With Which Women Have Been Pushed Down Is Twice As Powerful As They Rise Back Up
Photo courtesy: www.cape-epic.com Just a month out from the 2018 ABSA Cape Epic I found myself needing to talk about the tremendous rise...
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Stage Race Nutrition - Getting it right
From www.wines2whales.co.za The Issue: Over fuel and you’re left feeling sluggish, weighed down and potentially dealing with GI problems....
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2017 World Masters Games - Live A Life To Remember
The World Masters Games is the world’s largest multi-sport event. Held every four years, it is the pinnacle sporting event for masters...
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Joberg2C 2017 Race Review: Riding the Beloved Country
Photo by: Em gatland Let’s face it…the chance to ride your bicycle through parts of untouched South Africa from Gauteng all the way to...
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36ONE Race Review: Unfinished Business
The ultimate single-stage mountain bike race in South Africa. The single-stage 361-kilometre race through the Karoo is longer than the...
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Race Review: 2017 KAP Sani2c - 1st Timer
Annette Oosthuizen grabbed the opportunity to ride in one of South Africa’s most popular stage races. The KAP Sani2C is in its 12th year...
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Race Reviews: Traversing The Cradle
The 2017 Glacier CradleTraverse celebrated its inaugural race and our famous trail queen, Estie, was there to tell the tale. Estie is the...
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Race Face: Dropping off the berg and exploring the bush - Berg & Bush 2016
These days the South African mountain biking stage race calendar is literally bursting at the seams. We are one of the luckiest countries...
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