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  1. In 2014 the Absa Cape Epic delivered one of the most dramatic Grand Finale finishes in its storied history. Click here to view the article
  2. Fans of the Cross Country World Cup series will know Manuel Fumic as the guy who wears baggies and is almost always up there near the front. They will also remember the German and Italian Marco Fontana lighting up the 2013 Absa Cape Epic with their flamboyant riding and jumping (and they were both wearing baggies). Click here to view the article
  3. Switzerland’s Esther Süss has graced the top step of countless mountain bike podiums over the years, with two Absa Cape Epic wins being foremost among her successes. And Briton Catherine Williamson has similarly savoured victory in the Women’s category of the world’s premier mountain bike stage race. Click here to view the article
  4. She’s 43-years-old and still racing among the world’s elite after a career that includes an Olympic gold medal and a Cross Country World Championship title. Her partner has just emerged from the under-23 ranks, is a former age group World Champion and is now ranked fourth best cross country mountain biker in the world. Click here to view the article
  5. As the Absa Cape Epic enters the post-Christoph Sauser era a number of new challengers from around the world are putting up their hands. Click here to view the article
  6. If determination was measurable then Englishwoman Sally Bigham’s allocation would be off the scale. Click here to view the article
  7. Eleven of the top 15 finishers in the 2015 UCI Marathon World Championships will be racing the 2016 Absa Cape Epic, and two Italians among them are emerging as dark horses for a top step on the podium. Click here to view the article
  8. South African Cross Country Champion James Reid will partner his American counterpart Howard Grotts in the 2016 Absa Cape Epic and the young pairing could provide a glimpse into the future of the world’s premier mountain bike stage race. Click here to view the article
  9. Challenge yourself with USN and win 1 of 3 team entries to the 2016 Absa Cape Epic plus 20 USN product hampers worth R2000 each. Click here to view the article
  10. Will the Fat Boys have the edge over the Fatboys and Fat Bob? And can The Butcher And His Babe overcome the challenge of Absa Good Wife? Will the Paradise Pimps and Whoreiors be, er, working together. Click here to view the article
  11. Hannele Steyn epitomises the courage required to finish the eight days of the Absa Cape Epic – so much so that she is one of a very select group of riders who have finished all 12 of the events to date. Click here to view the article
  12. On March 22 this year Christoph Sauser and Jaroslav Kulhavy punched the air as they crossed the Absa Cape Epic Grand Finale finish line at Meerendal to win the world’s premier mountain bike stage race. Click here to view the article
  13. The 2016 Absa Cape Epic route has been revealed and will contain more singletrack than ever before in the race’s 12-year-history. 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. Although the 647km is shorter than previous years it includes more climbing per each of those kilometres than ever before. In 2016 riders willclimb 14950m during the Prologue and seven stages. That means riders will be ascending 23,1m per kilometre, even more than this year’s 21.4m per km. Click here to view the article
  14. 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). Click here to view the article
  15. South African resources group Exxaro has extended its partnership with the Absa Cape Epic for another five years. Click here to view the article
  16. After 12 years of being the man behind the Absa Cape Epic founder Kevin Vermaak is going to experience his race from a new perspective – on a bike. Click here to view the article
  17. On the first stage of her first Absa Cape Epic Rozalia Kubyana was in tears. Kilometre after kilometre of soft, deep sand had forced riders off their bikes and on to their feet, making for one of the toughest ever days in the 12 years of the event. Click here to view the article
  18. Renowned sports supplement company USN has joined the Absa Cape Epic as its official sports nutrition partner. Click here to view the article
  19. One of South Africa’s most accomplished and experienced sports professionals, Lynn Naudé, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Absa Cape Epic. Click here to view the article
  20. Leading international mountain bikers have welcomed new Absa Cape Epic rules for the Women’s category as a “massive step” and “great news”. Click here to view the article
  21. In 2012 the Absa Cape Epic women’s race received UCI HC (beyond categorisation) classification and in 2014 it introduced equal prize money for the Women’s category. Now the Cape Epic has announced additional far-reaching and innovative changes to the rules governing the elite women’s race for 2016 and beyond. Click here to view the article
  22. The Absa Cape Epic will help to rehabilitate trails on Table Mountain following the highly successful Prologue on its slopes. Click here to view the article
  23. The mountain biker from the Czech Republic who was seriously injured during the Absa Cape Epic has been transferred to his home country. Click here to view the article
  24. Team Topeak Ergon's top team featured Alban Lakata, who has completed the Cape Epic an impressive 7 times (finishing as an individual rider on one occasion), and last year's winner Kristian Hynek. This year the pair rode Canyon's Lux CF marathon race bike. Click here to view the article
  25. Late last year, Rourke Croeser and Travis Walker signed up to ride for the Full-Dynamix factory team. Full-Dynamix didn't budget for the lads doing the Cape Epic, so they had to look to USN to help them compete. We chatted to Rourke and Travis during the Epic and got a look at Rourke's Full-Dynamix Higher bike. Click here to view the article
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