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  1. News bot
    Eight days of dust and mud make the Absa Cape Epic the ultimate test for a mountain bike – and keeping it clean and working efficiently. Click here to view the article
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    Jenny Rissveds took the mountain biking world by storm in 2016, announcing her arrival at the top end of the sport with some outstanding performances and then capping it all with the Olympic gold medal. Click here to view the article
  3. Bike Hub Features
    If you followed our 2016 Bikes of the Epic series in March, you might have noticed that there was one glaring omission, the bike that won the race. It may be many months later but we've finally tracked down Karl Platt's 2016 Absa Cape Epic winning BULLS Wild Edge Team 29 bike. Click here to view the article
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    Meerendal Wine Estate, the host venue for the Epic’s prologue, and leading craft beer producer Cape Brewing Company (CBC), recently announced their co-sponsorship to back new local and international riders in the 700km MTB venture. Click here to view the article
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    Current South African champion, Max Knox, will team up with multiple Colombian champion, Héctor Leonardo Páez Leon as Team Kansai Plascon in an effort to try and win the 2017 Absa Cape Epic. It will be Knox’s ninth start in the world’s most prestigious mountain bike stage race, but a first for Paez, one of the world’s leading marathon racers. Click here to view the article
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    The men’s field for the 2017 Absa Cape Epic is shaping up to be the strongest in the race’s 14-year history. Click here to view the article
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    The Absa Cape Epic’s joint most decorated champion, five times winner, Christoph Sauser is back. Returning after a year in retirement the Swiss star will once again be teaming up with Jaroslav Kulhavý, of the Czech Republic, in an attempt to win his sixth Cape Epic title. Click here to view the article
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    Mazwi Smimango was sitting outside his home in KwaZulu Natal’s Valley of a Thousand Hills when a number of people riding bicycles sped past. Click here to view the article
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    The tech zones at the Absa Cape Epic are scenes of great drama: shredded tyres, broken rims, snapped spokes, damaged derailleurs and more have been replaced or fixed at these points. Many a rider has been saved from an unfortunate DNF by the helping hands of the mechanics at the tech zones, where they stock spare parts and generally help riders. Besides these zones – located at the water points – riders are not allowed to get any outside assistance other than from fellow riders. Click here to view the article
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    Riaan Manser is about as adventurous as you get: his bearded features first became familiar to South Africans as they watched from afar while he rode a bicycle around Africa and then circumnavigated Madagascar by kayak. Click here to view the article
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    Yesterday the Absa Cape Epic unveiled its Last Lion Trophy: a stunning bronze artwork by internationally renowned sculptor Dylan Lewis. Click here to view the article
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    In 2017 the Absa Cape Epic returns to an old favourite seaside venue for a spectacular Stage 1 … and finishes at a new Grand Finale venue. Click here to view the article
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    In August he won gold at the Olympic Games after earlier winning the 2016 mountain bike cross country World Championship. Now Switzerland’s Nino Schurter has set his sights on another major achievement: winning the Absa Cape Epic. Click here to view the article
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    The Anna Foundation recently celebrated the launch of their new pump track. The 36 children who attend the Anna Foundation after-school on Buffet Olives farm in Paarl, built the bike track under the expert guidance of Eckhardt Kühn, activities manager at neighbouring farm, Cascade Country Manor. Among guests present at the launch were marathon and off-road stage race specialist, Adriaan Louw, current Junior SA DHI Champ, Coenie Slabbert, and staff from the Absa Cape Epic of for which the Anna Foundation is one of the Official Charities. Click here to view the article
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    The Absa Cape Epic is taking steps to boost its development rider category to help nurture future mountain bike champions. Click here to view the article
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    IRONMAN announced today it has reached an agreement to acquire the highly regarded Cape Epic mountain bike race in South Africa. In addition to operating The Motatapu and The Pioneer multiple stage mountain bike races in New Zealand, the purchase of Cape Epic marks IRONMAN’s biggest step into the mountain biking market, as they aim to grow this race format substantially across the globe. Click here to view the article
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    One is a leading hotels, gaming and entertainment company and the other the Untamed African mountain bike stage race. Now Tsogo Sun has joined the Absa Cape Epic as its official accommodation partner until 2019. Tsogo Sun also has partnerships with the Springboks, the Cape Town Cycle Tour, Cape Town Marathon and the Tsogo Sun Amashova Durban Classic, amongst others. Click here to view the article
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    This is the story of a very special mountain bike challenge. Tino Käßner is a race cyclist who has lost his right leg in a suicide bomber attack, when he was a soldier in Afghanistan, nine years ago. Jan Sallawitz is marketing manager and a passionate mountain biker – but never participated in a mountain bike race. Together they form a very unlike team to challenge the ultimate mountain bike race challenge: They want to cross the finish line of the Cape Epic – the toughest mountain bike stage race in the world! Click here to view the article
  22. News bot
    Top Absa Cape Epic mountain bikers dominated the Marathon World Championships in Laissac, France, at the weekend. Click here to view the article
  23. News bot
    The Laureus Sport for Good Foundation has been selected as one of the four official charities supported by the Absa Cape Epic for the next three years. Click here to view the article
  24. News bot
    The Absa Cape Epic 2017 entry process has changed with the introduction of an international lottery. Click here to view the article
  25. News bot
    At this year's Absa Cape Epic a mountain biker provided BULLS with unique 360-degree video technology. The cooperation between BULLS bikes, BROSE, 3Sixtv and the Absa Cape Epic allowed Stefan Sahm, former winner of the Cape Epic, to ride a BULLS e-bike and capture previously unseen angles. https://youtu.be/5hLDkwKRu3 Click here to view the article
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    With adverse weather conditions fast approaching, Absa – together with the organisers of the Cape Epic – have donated 5 410 tents, previously used by Absa Cape Epic riders, to two prominent charities today. Click here to view the article
  27. News bot
    Darren Lill and Waylon Woolcock put in a huge effort to win the African Jersey at the 2016 Absa Cape Epic. In these videos they reflect on their race, the hard work and the experience it takes to be the first African team home after 8 days of fierce racing. The duo also reveal that they have extend their relationship with USN Purefit which will see them racing in the SA Marathon Champs, sani2c and abroad at the Trans Alps. Watch the videos below for the full story. Click here to view the article
  28. News bot
    This weekend, several Absa Pride Riders who took part in the 2016 Absa Cape Epic committed their support to young Diepsloot Mountain Bike Academy (DMA) members. As part of Absa’s ongoing support for the DMA, the Absa Pride Riders donated much needed cycling gear and committed to taking the young riders under their wing through a mentorship programme aligned to the bank’s ReadytoWork initiative. Click here to view the article
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