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Rider Tracking for the Absa Cape Epic - SPOT Has It Covered
Globalstar Africa, whose SPOT Trace and SPOT Gen3 satellite tracking and emergency messaging devices keep an eye on riders, logistics...
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2020 Absa Cape Epic: The Route Revealed!
The 2020 Absa Cape Epic will be The Race That Measures All thanks to a rugged and Untamed route. Taking in 647 kilometres and 15 550...
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Absa Cape Epic - Women's Wrap Stage 5,6 & 7
Stage 5 -100 km Oak Valley to Stellenbosch University South African Candice Lill and her German partner Adelheid Morath became the Queens...
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Absa Cape Epic - Stage 3 & 4 - Women's Wrap
Stage 3 - 107km Hermanus - Oak Valley Four-time race winner and current Absa Cape Epic Women’s category leader, Annika Langvad’s mantra...
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Absa Cape Epic - Stage 1 and 2 - Women's Wrap
Stage 1 - 111km Hermanus - Hermanus There was a tacit admission from their nearest rivals that the mountain biking-road riding...
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Absa Cape Epic Prologue - A Day for the Champions
Mountain biking World Champion Annika Langvad and her road riding World and Olympic Champion partner Anna van der Breggen put down a...
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Absa Cape Epic 2019 - Potent Women's Field
2019 sees a starting field in the UCI women elite category which ranks amongst the top in the world. Not only are the world best mountain...
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Sabine Spitz Will Race Alongside Nadine Rieder as a Last Minute German Dream Team - Absa Cape Epic
Germany’s Sabine Spitz is one of the most celebrated mountain bikers of all time. Along with her full house of Olympic medals (Gold in...
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2019 ABSA Cape Epic Team News: Ariane Lüthi to Race Alongside Maja Włoszczowska
The three-time UCI Women’s category and two-time Virgin Active Mixed category Absa Cape Epic winner, Ariane Lüthi has joined Kross Racing...
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Zwift Partners with Absa Cape Epic with new group workout series.
Zwift, the multiplayer online training and racing platform, today announces a formal partnership with the Absa Cape Epic. As part of the...
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Hannele Steyn - The last Lioness: ABSA CAPE EPIC 2019: No 16 and my 16th one
If you haven’t heard of Hannele Steyn in mountain biking circles I suggest you brush up on one of South Africa’s finest talents. Her...
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Nederburg, Hunter’s Edge join Absa Cape Epic sponsor family
It’s not all blood, sweat and tears at the Absa Cape Epic. After the day’s endeavours riders can join their families or fans at the chill...
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2019 ABSA Cape Epic Route Revealed!
Take a look at where the untamed will snake at the 2019 ABSA Cape Epic. Prologue Sunday 17 March Distance: 21km Climbing: 600m Start...
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RIDER REVIEW : Taming the Untamed – My ABSA Cape Epic Week!
Our resident blogger Nicki Sutherland recently took on her 1st ABSA Cape Epic race. She shares her highs and lows and gives some great...
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Hannele Steyn is about to make it an Epic fifteen
The Lioness” of the Cape Epic is ready to roar With only days to go before the Cape Epic Mountain Bike Challenge on 18 March – Hannele...
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BREAKING: Cape Epic 2018 - Top Team Change for Team Spur
Team Spur will be hoping their fortunes improve when the racing starts later this month, after a tough few weeks just got a bit tougher...
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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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Cape Epic 2018 : Courtney and Langvad gunning for the win
Choosing the Absa Cape Epic as your first-ever stage race and partnering with a modern legend is not a decision most would take. But...
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Team Dormakaba’s Candice Lill ready for Epic following Tankwa title
Team dormakaba’s Candice Lill and Helen Grobert wrapped up the women’s title at the Momentum Health Tankwa Trek this past weekend beating...
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