Gnarly Posted December 2, 2008 Share I have not done The Epic, but one thing I can tell you, from people we went with who have done both is the The Epic is faaarr better organised. You will climb trust me. They also said that the overall fitness/standard of riders at TA was way better than The Epic. If you are mid pack Epic rider, you a back pack TA rider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtbreath Posted December 2, 2008 Share How many days is the TA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Badenhorst Posted December 2, 2008 Share Heard Dave George and Kevin Evans are doing it. Good chance of winning with all that climbing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Posted December 2, 2008 Share A 2008 stage by stage comparison Trans Alps Cape Epic KM Ascent KM Ascent Prologue 17.0 301 Stage 1 80.1 1,962 123.0 3,091 Stage 2 76.4 3,171 137.0 2,518 Stage 3 75.3 2,547 133.0 2,340 Stage 4 77.2 2,621 121.0 2,620 Stage 5 122.2 2,909 146.0 1,819 Stage 6 97.4 3,930 130.0 2,095 Stage 7 74.6 3,071 91.0 1,985 Stage 8: 62.2 1,480 68.0 1,760 Total 665.4 21,691 966.0 18,529 And the 2009 version of the CE has dropped in ascent and mileage to 16 650 and 743km respectively. The Thug2008-12-02 01:52:23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxx Posted March 8, 2009 Share yip me too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted March 8, 2009 Share Stark raving mad... I can see the alps today from my lounge (while watchin Oz flaunt the whip..) Anyone wanting to spend a week riding over them....deserves a solid hand shake I can well imagine how different the camping arrangements are... SwissVan2009-03-08 05:39:08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brussel Posted March 8, 2009 Share anyone got a team entry going begging for the transalps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taygan Posted March 8, 2009 Share Is the Trans Alps better then the Rockies or BC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flex Posted July 21, 2009 Share Looks like team MTN Energade are doing pretty well... currently placed 9th... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikalot Posted July 21, 2009 Share follow kevin and team bulls on twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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