To reward riders that return each year to ride the Absa Cape Epic, adidas and the Absa Cape Epic have created a loyalty programme for multiple Absa Cape Epic finishers. Riders that have finished the event three times will be awarded membership of adidas Amabubesi – The Absa Cape Epic Finisher Club. "Amabubesi" means "pack of lions" in Zulu - an excellent description for mountain bikers that return year after year to ride the Absa Cape Epic.
In addition to a special certificate to honour their achievement, adidas Amabubesi club members receive the set of benefits listed below according to the number of races they have completed. Three finishes will always secure entry into the club, but as the race matures the additional benefits will be reserved for riders that have completed a greater number of races.
"For us it is a prerequisite that the focus is on the athlete. He must be in the centre of attention at any event we support", says Axel Burkhardt, head of Global Sports Marketing adidas Olympic Sports, Cycling, and Outdoor."To finish the Absa Cape Epic just once is a great accomplishment. That is why we would like to award mountain bikers that keep coming back to the Absa Cape Epic and complete this tough race year after year, to pay tribute to their achievements."
| Rider, Country |
Epics Completed |
| Craig Beech, South Africa | 7 |
| Kevin Evans, South Africa | 7 |
| John Gale, South Africa | 7 |
| Mike Nixon, South Africa | 7 |
| Karl Platt, Germany | 7 |
| Henco Rademeyer, South Africa | 7 |
| Dirk Rossignol, Belgium | 7 |
| Mike Sherman, South Africa | 7 |
| Brandon Stewart, South Africa | 7 |
| Gerrie Steyn, South Africa | 7 |
| Hannele Steyn-kotze, South Africa | 7 |
| Bonny Swanepoel, South Africa | 7 |
| Hendrik Van huyssteen, South Africa | 7 |
| Ben Van niekerk, South Africa | 7 |
| Shan Wilson, South Africa | 7 |
| Mike Arthur, South Africa | 6 |
| Koos Basson, South Africa | 6 |
| Joyce Benade, South Africa | 6 |
| Henning Blaauw, South Africa | 6 |
| Riaan Boshoff, South Africa | 6 |
| Martin Buck, South Africa | 6 |
| Marcel Deacon, South Africa | 6 |
| Louis Du toit, South Africa | 6 |
| Neil Frazer, South Africa | 6 |
| Mannie Heymans, Namibia | 6 |
| David Labuschagne, South Africa | 6 |
| Johan Labuschagne, South Africa | 6 |
| Pieter Lategan, South Africa | 6 |
| Rob Mcintosh, South Africa | 6 |
| Bruce Reyneke, South Africa | 6 |
| William Simpson, South Africa | 6 |
| Anton Smal, South Africa | 6 |
| Greg Anderson, South Africa | 5 |
| James Arthur, South Africa | 5 |
| Cecil Baker, South Africa | 5 |
| Marc Bassingthwaigthe, Namibia | 5 |
| Johan Bezuidenhout, South Africa | 5 |
| Pea Blaauw, South Africa | 5 |
| Bart Brentjens, Netherlands | 5 |
| Mike Cave, South Africa | 5 |
| Andrew Cillie, South Africa | 5 |
| Wayne Collin, South Africa | 5 |
| Russell De jager, South Africa | 5 |
| Aidan De lange, Namibia | 5 |
| Yolandè De villiers, South Africa | 5 |
| Mervyn Dinkelman, South Africa | 5 |
| Dennis Du toit, South Africa | 5 |
| Songo Fipaza, South Africa | 5 |
| M.c. Franken, South Africa | 5 |
| Gustavo Garcia, South Africa | 5 |
| Cedric Jakobsen, South Africa | 5 |
| Davidson Kamau kihagi, Kenya | 5 |
| Jaco Kamfer, South Africa | 5 |
| Mark Kapnoudhis, South Africa | 5 |
| David Kinjah njau, Kenya | 5 |
| Simon Lamond, South Africa | 5 |
| Patrick Leary, South Africa | 5 |
| Hendrik Lemmer, South Africa | 5 |
| Clinton Mackintosh, South Africa | 5 |
| Nicholas Mulder, South Africa | 5 |
| Corrie Muller, South Africa | 5 |
| Neels Nel, South Africa | 5 |
| Russell Nugent, South Africa | 5 |
| Gerrie Olivier, South Africa | 5 |
| Brett Olsen, South Africa | 5 |
| Peter Roux, South Africa | 5 |
| Geddan Ruddock, South Africa | 5 |
| Christoph Sauser, Switzerland | 5 |
| Karl Schubert, South Africa | 5 |
| Adriaan Strauss, South Africa | 5 |
| Bryan Strauss, South Africa | 5 |
| Francois Strauss, South Africa | 5 |
| John Swaine, South Africa | 5 |
| Melt Swanepoel, South Africa | 5 |
| Tjaart Van nieuwenhuizen, South Africa | 5 |
| Sakkie Van wyk, South Africa | 5 |
| Ennis Venter, South Africa | 5 |
| Jeffrey Whiteley, South Africa | 5 |
| Marc Wiederkehr, South Africa | 5 |
| Hillegert Wilcocks, South Africa | 5 |
| Jeff Wilcocks, South Africa | 5 |
| Thomas Zahnd, Switzerland | 5 |
| Kobus Barnard, South Africa | 4 |
| Jacques Bedeker, South Africa | 4 |
| Mike Biesheuvel, South Africa | 4 |
| Pea Blaauw, South Africa | 4 |
| Brian Bontekoning, South Africa | 4 |
| Hanlie Booyens, South Africa | 4 |
| Carsten Bresser, Germany | 4 |
| Doug Brown, South Africa | 4 |
| Leanne Brown-waterson, South Africa | 4 |
| Trever Bushnell, United States of America | 4 |
| Rod Cairns, South Africa | 4 |
| Filip Claes, Belgium | 4 |
| Tony Conlon, South Africa | 4 |
| Pierre Conradie, South Africa | 4 |
| Alan Cotton, South Africa | 4 |
| Carl Crous, South Africa | 4 |
| Conrad De wet, South Africa | 4 |
| Christophe Desimpeleare, Denmark | 4 |
| Stephen Drew, South Africa | 4 |
| Douw Du preez, South Africa | 4 |
| Francois Ebersohn, South Africa | 4 |
| Jason Eldridge, South Africa | 4 |
| Frits Eloff, South Africa | 4 |
| Leon Erasmus, South Africa | 4 |
| Achim Ernst, South Africa | 4 |
| George Evans, South Africa | 4 |
| Roan Exelby, South Africa | 4 |
| Henry Fagan, South Africa | 4 |
| Chris Fick, South Africa | 4 |
| Matthys Fourie, South Africa | 4 |
| Roland Fuchs, Germany | 4 |
| David George, South Africa | 4 |
| Graham Girdwood, South Africa | 4 |
| Roberto Gnudi, South Africa | 4 |
| Greg Goodwin, South Africa | 4 |
| Erica Green, South Africa | 4 |
| Temlett Hockey, South Africa | 4 |
| Simon Hough, South Africa | 4 |
| Reginald Jager, South Africa | 4 |
| Mark Jason, South Africa | 4 |
| Paul Keet, South Africa | 4 |
| Max Knox, South Africa | 4 |
| Fourie Kotze, South Africa | 4 |
| Ivonne Kraft, Germany | 4 |
| Alban Lakata, Austria | 4 |
| Jan Lamberts, South Africa | 4 |
| Nic Lamond, South Africa | 4 |
| Lieb Loots, South Africa | 4 |
| Wayne Mac farlane, South Africa | 4 |
| David Macready, South Africa | 4 |
| Jacques Malan, South Africa | 4 |
| Andrew Mclean, South Africa | 4 |
| Riaan Meintjes, South Africa | 4 |
| Greeff Moolman, South Africa | 4 |
| Cedric Peens, South Africa | 4 |
| Nico Pfitzenmaier, South Africa | 4 |
| Markus Pielenz, Germany | 4 |
| David Pienaar, South Africa | 4 |
| Koos Pieterse, South Africa | 4 |
| Troy Pople, South Africa | 4 |
| Kobie Pruis, South Africa | 4 |
| Nicholas Qotoyi, South Africa | 4 |
| Chris Rabie, South Africa | 4 |
| Lood Rabie, South Africa | 4 |
| Wayne Rebello, South Africa | 4 |
| Albert Retief, South Africa | 4 |
| Andre Retief, South Africa | 4 |
| Etienne Roux, South Africa | 4 |
| Stefan Sahm, Germany | 4 |
| Petr Samanek, South Africa | 4 |
| Jan Schutte, South Africa | 4 |
| Laurent Sillon, Spain | 4 |
| Sander Silvis, South Africa | 4 |
| Coenie Smit, South Africa | 4 |
| Daniel Smit, South Africa | 4 |
| Yolande Speedy, South Africa | 4 |
| Elmien Stander, South Africa | 4 |
| Hennie Storm, South Africa | 4 |
| Collin Stroberg, South Africa | 4 |
| Bruce Talbot, South Africa | 4 |
| Martin Theron, South Africa | 4 |
| Di Thomas, South Africa | 4 |
| Shane Thomson, South Africa | 4 |
| Leon Van den schoor, Netherlands | 4 |
| Steve Van der merwe, South Africa | 4 |
| Willem Van der merwe, South Africa | 4 |
| Erno Van dongen, Netherlands | 4 |
| Malan Van rensburg, South Africa | 4 |
| Paul Van zyl, South Africa | 4 |
| Mike Venables, South Africa | 4 |
| De villiers Viljoen, South Africa | 4 |
| Dane Walsh, South Africa | 4 |
| Andrew Westaway, South Africa | 4 |
| Glenn Williams, South Africa | 4 |
| Shaun Adam, South Africa | 3 |
| Ted Adam, South Africa | 3 |
| Willy Alcock, South Africa | 3 |
| Daniel Aliperti, Brazil | 3 |
| Bruce Anderson, South Africa | 3 |
| Mike Andrew, South Africa | 3 |
| Doug Andrews, United States of America | 3 |
| Lake Arapakis, Oman | 3 |
| Martin Bain venn, England | 3 |
| Fienie Barnard, South Africa | 3 |
| Theo Barnard, South Africa | 3 |
| Renier Bellingan, South Africa | 3 |
| Coen Bezuidenhout, South Africa | 3 |
| Tim Blewett, South Africa | 3 |
| Tim Boehme, Germany | 3 |
| Udo Boelts, Germany | 3 |
| Brad Boonzaier, South Africa | 3 |
| Nicky Booyens, South Africa | 3 |
| Anton Bosman, South Africa | 3 |
| Luc Bouckaert, Belgium | 3 |
| Kerstin Brachtendorf, Italy | 3 |
| Andre Britz, South Africa | 3 |
| Mathew Browne, South Africa | 3 |
| Ricky Bucceri, South Africa | 3 |
| Bärti Bucher, Switzerland | 3 |
| Silvio Bundi, Switzerland | 3 |
| Kobus Burger, South Africa | 3 |
| Loan Burger, New Zealand | 3 |
| Michel Bögli, Brazil | 3 |
| Roy Cackett, South Africa | 3 |
| Mauro carné Carcas, Spain | 3 |
| Trevor Case, South Africa | 3 |
| Dylan Chilcott, South Africa | 3 |
| Michael Childes, South Africa | 3 |
| Johan Cilliers, South Africa | 3 |
| Jonathan Clark, South Africa | 3 |
| Andrew Clayton, England | 3 |
| George Cloete, South Africa | 3 |
| Ian Cloete, South Africa | 3 |
| Nicholas Cloete, South Africa | 3 |
| Bruce Cockburn, South Africa | 3 |
| David Collett, South Africa | 3 |
| Petruschka Constancon, South Africa | 3 |
| Paul Cordes, South Africa | 3 |
| Chris Cronje, South Africa | 3 |
| Andrew Currie, South Africa | 3 |
| Graham Daniel, South Africa | 3 |
| Coenraad De bruin, South Africa | 3 |
| Steve De kock, South Africa | 3 |
| Jaco De villiers, South Africa | 3 |
| Christiaan De vries, South Africa | 3 |
| Riaan henry Derks, South Africa | 3 |
| Kevin Dewar, South Africa | 3 |
| Steven Dimond, South Africa | 3 |
| Trevor Distin, South Africa | 3 |
| Justin Dowdle, South Africa | 3 |
| Anton Du plessis, South Africa | 3 |
| Christo Du plessis, South Africa | 3 |
| Etienne Du plessis, South Africa | 3 |
| Albert Du toit, South Africa | 3 |
| Cd Du toit, South Africa | 3 |
| Danie Du toit, South Africa | 3 |
| Ergee Du toit, South Africa | 3 |
| Jacques Du toit, South Africa | 3 |
| Leigh Durham, South Africa | 3 |
| Craig Edwards, South Africa | 3 |
| Richard Edwards, South Africa | 3 |
| Roy Endenburg, South Africa | 3 |
| Johan Engelbrecht, South Africa | 3 |
| Adrian Enthoven, South Africa | 3 |
| Marthinus Esmeyer, South Africa | 3 |
| Daniel Evrard, Belgium | 3 |
| Ray Farrenkothen, South Africa | 3 |
| Chad Forrest, China | 3 |
| Hilton Foster, South Africa | 3 |
| Pierre Franken, South Africa | 3 |
| Linzi Fredman, South Africa | 3 |
| Guy Fyvie, South Africa | 3 |
| Patrick Gaertner, South Africa | 3 |
| Hannes Genze, Germany | 3 |
| Marius Gerber, Australia | 3 |
| Avril Godwin, South Africa | 3 |
| Colin Goosen, South Africa | 3 |
| Stephan Gous, South Africa | 3 |
| Andrew Gregory, South Africa | 3 |
| Chris Grinton, South Africa | 3 |
| Johan Groenewald, South Africa | 3 |
| Mark Haarhoff, South Africa | 3 |
| Michel Haenggi, Switzerland | 3 |
| Tristan Hahn, South Africa | 3 |
| Sarah Harrop, South Africa | 3 |
| Henry Hayes, South Africa | 3 |
| Bradley Hemphill, South Africa | 3 |
| Colin Hendriks, South Africa | 3 |
| Jose Hermida, Spain | 3 |
| Elsabe Hofmeyr, South Africa | 3 |
| Peter Hohne, South Africa | 3 |
| Joe Holmes, South Africa | 3 |
| Lynn Jackson, South Africa | 3 |
| Etienne Joubert, South Africa | 3 |
| Riaan Joubert, South Africa | 3 |
| Wayde Kennedy, South Africa | 3 |
| Andrew Kenny, South Africa | 3 |
| Gerhard Kiessling, Germany | 3 |
| Erik Kleinhans, South Africa | 3 |
| Gus Klohn, South Africa | 3 |
| Koos Klopper, South Africa | 3 |
| Max Knox, South Africa | 3 |
| Liesbet Kristafor, South Africa | 3 |
| Sean Kristafor, South Africa | 3 |
| Nic Lamond, South Africa | 3 |
| Heine Lategan, South Africa | 3 |
| Dennis Lawrie, South Africa | 3 |
| Mike Lawson, South Africa | 3 |
| Dominique Le roux, South Africa | 3 |
| Carinus Lemmer, South Africa | 3 |
| Yannick Lincoln, Mauritius | 3 |
| Sirk Loots, South Africa | 3 |
| Melt Loubser, South Africa | 3 |
| Pierre Loubser, South Africa | 3 |
| Berend jan otto Maarsingh, South Africa | 3 |
| Dirk Maarsingh, South Africa | 3 |
| Russell Macmillan, South Africa | 3 |
| Ludwig Malherbe, South Africa | 3 |
| Ismail Mammon, South Africa | 3 |
| De wet Marais, South Africa | 3 |
| Carl Mare, South Africa | 3 |
| Gavin Markgraaff, South Africa | 3 |
| Paulo Marques, Portugal | 3 |
| Andrew Marsh, South Africa | 3 |
| Anka Martin, United States of America | 3 |
| Kevin Mc pherson, South Africa | 3 |
| Stuart Mcconnachie, South Africa | 3 |
| Roy Mcgladdery, South Africa | 3 |
| Angus Mcguffog, South Africa | 3 |
| Rodney Mckechnie, South Africa | 3 |
| Dale Mclean, South Africa | 3 |
| Andy Mcpherson, South Africa | 3 |
| Matthaeus Meier, Switzerland | 3 |
| Francois Millard, United States of America | 3 |
| Ralph Mills, South Africa | 3 |
| Trevor Milton, South Africa | 3 |
| Graham Monteith, South Africa | 3 |
| Alfredo Montenegro, Brazil | 3 |
| Ryan Morawski, England | 3 |
| Martyn Mulder, South Africa | 3 |
| Oliver Munnik, South Africa | 3 |
| Andrew Murray, South Africa | 3 |
| Marnitz Nienaber, South Africa | 3 |
| George Oertel, South Africa | 3 |
| Arie Olivier, South Africa | 3 |
| Leon Olivier, South Africa | 3 |
| Barry Pauw, South Africa | 3 |
| Fritz Pienaar, South Africa | 3 |
| Madeleine Pieterse, South Africa | 3 |
| Michael Potgieter, South Africa | 3 |
| Paul Potter, South Africa | 3 |
| Robbie Powell, South Africa | 3 |
| Gerhard Pretorius, South Africa | 3 |
| Daniel Prinsloo, South Africa | 3 |
| Charles Pritchard, South Africa | 3 |
| Fredy Pummer, South Africa | 3 |
| Bruce Ravenhill, South Africa | 3 |
| Kevin Record, South Africa | 3 |
| Derek robert Redfern, South Africa | 3 |
| Doug Reed, South Africa | 3 |
| Heinrich Richter, South Africa | 3 |
| Gavin Robinson, South Africa | 3 |
| Ronny Roelandt, Belgium | 3 |
| Mario Roma, Brazil | 3 |
| Andrew Ross-innes, South Africa | 3 |
| Willie Roux, South Africa | 3 |
| Brett Sachs, South Africa | 3 |
| Andries johannes Schaap, South Africa | 3 |
| Xavier Scheepers, Switzerland | 3 |
| Petrus Senekal, South Africa | 3 |
| Ingrid Serritslev, South Africa | 3 |
| Clive Silva, South Africa | 3 |
| Robert Sim, South Africa | 3 |
| Peter Simon, South Africa | 3 |
| Sanet Smal, South Africa | 3 |
| Kyle Smit, South Africa | 3 |
| Alan Snelling, South Africa | 3 |
| Chris Sochanski, South Africa | 3 |
| Nik Steffny, South Africa | 3 |
| Jonathan Stenson, England | 3 |
| Ischen Stopforth, South Africa | 3 |
| Peter Stopforth, South Africa | 3 |
| Miriam Stronkhorst, South Africa | 3 |
| Jack Stroucken, South Africa | 3 |
| Sandra Sumerauer, Germany | 3 |
| Ben melt Swanepoel, South Africa | 3 |
| Ludwig Swanepoel, South Africa | 3 |
| Ben Swart, South Africa | 3 |
| Henry Swart, South Africa | 3 |
| Adele Tait, South Africa | 3 |
| Jeremy Thomson, South Africa | 3 |
| John Thomson, South Africa | 3 |
| Wayne Till, South Africa | 3 |
| Craig Tingle, United Arab Emirates | 3 |
| Ian Tingle, South Africa | 3 |
| Justin Tomsett, South Africa | 3 |
| Peter Turnbull, Wales | 3 |
| Joaquin Valverde, Spain | 3 |
| Richard Van antwerpen, South Africa | 3 |
| Nicky Van blerk, South Africa | 3 |
| Christo Van der bergh, South Africa | 3 |
| Roelof Van huyssteen, South Africa | 3 |
| Linus Van onselen, South Africa | 3 |
| Alex Van rensburg, South Africa | 3 |
| Maartin Van rensburg, South Africa | 3 |
| Jan Van rooyen, South Africa | 3 |
| Pieter Van rooyen, South Africa | 3 |
| Robert Van staden, South Africa | 3 |
| Christiaan Van zyl, South Africa | 3 |
| Jaco Van zyl, South Africa | 3 |
| Nico Van zyl, South Africa | 3 |
| Peter Velloza, South Africa | 3 |
| Dylan Victor, South Africa | 3 |
| Peter Viljoen, Kenya | 3 |
| Izak Visagie, South Africa | 3 |
| Anthony Walker, South Africa | 3 |
| Terry Wampach, South Africa | 3 |
| Brett Warren, Botswana | 3 |
| Stephen Wells, South Africa | 3 |
| Johan Wentzel, South Africa | 3 |
| Michael Whitehouse, South Africa | 3 |
| Chris Whitfield, South Africa | 3 |
| Silvio Wieltschnig, Austria | 3 |
| Richard Wijnberg, South Africa | 3 |
| Mark Willimott, South Africa | 3 |
| Gavin Wood, South Africa | 3 |
| Craig Woods, South Africa | 3 |
| Tony Wright, South Africa | 3 |
| Hayden Wroughton, South Africa | 3 |
| Tim Ziehl, South Africa | 3 |
| Stefan Zimmermann, Germany | 3 |
| Jan Zonnestein, South Africa | 3 |
