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    Germany’s Karl Platt and his Swiss teammate, Urs Huber, are motivated to defend their title at next week’s Momentum Health Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen, but will be up against stronger opposition than last year at the world’s most prestigious three-day mountain bike stage race. Click here to view the article
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    Team Bulls riders, Karl Platt and Urs Huber, charged to a dominant victory on Stage 1 of the 2017 Momentum Health Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen on Friday, getting their title defence of the world’s most prestigious three-day mountain bike race off to the perfect start. The first women home were Sweden’s Jennie Stenerhag and Switzerland’s Esther Süss. Click here to view the article
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    Switzerland’s Urs Huber and Germany’s Karl Platt completed a clean sweep of stage wins on Sunday to retain the Momentum Health Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen mountain bike stage race title. Click here to view the article
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    Urs Huber and Karl Platt turned the screws a little tighter on Saturday’s Queen Stage when they increased their grip on the Momentum Health Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen, winning the stage and extending their overall lead. Not to be outdone, Esther Süss and Jennie Stenerhag did the same in the women’s category. Click here to view the article
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    Heat, dust, headwinds and a mechanical hiccup could not prevent Swiss Christoph Sauser and Czech Jaroslav Kulhavy from winning Stage 5 of the Absa Cape Epic from Worcester to Wellington on Friday – their fourth stage win of the 2015 race. Click here to view the article
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    “There is only one gas and that’s full gas,” laughs Karl Platt about the way he will be approaching the 2015 Absa Cape Epic. “I want to win it if possible.” His Team Bulls partner Urs Huber is also making no bones about their objective: “After a lot of bad luck last year we are coming to win it this year.” Click here to view the article
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    From 2007 to 2010 Germans Stefan Sahm and Karl Platt were the dominant team in the Absa Cape Epic: they won it three times and finished second in 2008. Click here to view the article
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    The 2015 Absa Cape Epic will mark the end of his professional career in the race of a man who has inked his name indelibly into its folklore: four times winner Christoph Sauser. Click here to view the article
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    The 2017 Absa Cape Epic sports the strongest men’s field in the 14-year history of the race, with up to six teams aiming for the top step of the podium. Several years of a special focus on the women’s race has born fruit in recent editions: the standard of the field has steadily got stronger and the racing more exciting. The trend continues in 2017 and the racing is bound to be thrilling as a number of the world’s top marathon racers pit themselves against one another. Click here to view the article
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    Winning the 2016 Absa Cape Epic was the “biggest feeling” ever on mountain bike for Urs Huber, and now he and Team Bulls partner Karl Platt are determined to defend their title. Click here to view the article
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    The Bestmed Tour of Good Hope’s international reputation was further enhanced this week after confirmation that five-time Cape Epic champion Karl Platt will be on the start line in early March. Click here to view the article
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    Swiss mountain bike racing legend, Christoph Sauser didn’t only mark his return from retirement at the Fairview Attakwas Extreme MTB Challenge in South Africa on Saturday, he won the gruelling 121km race after the most incredible comeback following a mechanical delay early on. Click here to view the article
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    After a short hiatus, two of global mountain biking’s most successful competitors will revive their rivalry at the Fairview Attakwas Extreme MTB Challenge in South Africa on Saturday. Germany’s Karl Platt (Team Bulls) and Switzerland’s Christoph Sauser (Investec-Songo-Specialized) top the high-profile start list for South Africa’s premier one-day race, which covers a distance of 121km with an accumulated elevation of just under 3000 metres. Click here to view the article
  16. 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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    The Team Bulls pair of Karl Platt and Urs Huber, along with Cape Epic first-timers Periklis Ilias and Tiago Ferreira (Dolomiti Superbike), went out hard from the start, with the small bunch of four leading practically from start to finish on the 108km Tulbagh to Tulbagh Stage 1. The tactic paid off for Platt and Huber, with the pair claiming victory in a time of 4:32.12,5. Click here to view the article
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    Wind was the word of the day at the 2016 Absa Cape Epic Prologue on Meerendal Wine Estate, which turned out to be rather fitting as eventual stage winner Karl Platt likes to talk about there being only one gas, “and that’s full gas”. Click here to view the article
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    The 10th Fairview Attakwas Extreme Mountain Bike Challenge kicks off the South African mountain bike racing year on Saturday and it has once again attracted a strong field of contenders for the overall men and women’s titles. Click here to view the article
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    There was a changing of the guard at the 10th edition of the Fairview Attakwas Extreme Mountain Bike Challenge in South Africa’s Western Cape province on Saturday. Click here to view the article
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    German Karl Platt’s name is synonymous with the Absa Cape Epic: he has taken part in all 12 events since it was launched in 2004 and only missed out on finishing once – in 2014 when he was injured in a crash. Click here to view the article
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    In 2014, the last time Switzerland’s Urs Huber and Germany’s Karl Platt tackled the DUTOIT Tankwa Trek three-day mountain bike stage race, they finished first and second respectively, having raced in the Solo category. Click here to view the article
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    Germany’s Karl Platt and Switzerland’s Urs Huber closed out the DUTOIT Tankwa Trek three-day international mountain bike stage race in South Africa on Sunday with a storming performance against a strong field, winning the final stage and extending their overall victory margin in the process. Click here to view the article
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    Germany’s Karl Platt and Switzerland’s Urs Huber showed their impressive form one month ahead of the 2016 Absa Cape Epic when they charged to the stage win and overall lead on Day 1 of the DUTOIT Tankwa Trek, a three-day mountain bike stage race in South Africa’s Western Cape province on Friday. Click here to view the article
  26. News bot
    Coming into the 2016 Absa Cape Epic, Karl Platt and Urs Huber (Team Bulls) had already enjoyed a string of excellent results on South African soil. Click here to view the article
  27. News bot
    Twelve years after claiming his first Absa Cape Epic title Karl Platt today became only the second person to win the event five times when he and Urs Huber (Team Bulls) calmly sealed a dominant victory. Click here to view the article
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    Stage Two of the Pennypinchers Origin Of Trails two-day mountain bike stage event closed off on a high note at the picturesque Blaauwklippen Wine Estate on Saturday, 28 November 2015. Click here to view the article
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