Ryan and Chris have completed the Absa Cape Epic they entered together. They have achieved the following results together:
2014 Team RSS Racing (Men), Cat Pos: 105., GC Pos: 171., Time: 43:08.12,1
577-1 Ryan Flinn
South Africa
Epics Completed: 1
I entered the Absa Cape Epic... I am South African, its part of who I am - that competitive streak that runs through us naturally attracts one to these sorts of events, The Absa Cape Epic, The Comrades, The Marathon Des Sables, Hawaii Ironman, and so on!
Best Results: First year racing, first year on a mountain bike.
I would say racing here at the Absa Cape Epic in 2014 would be a highlight, especially because its home soil and my first stage race.
The second would be taking on Australia's toughest Mountain bike Marathon in Canberra and surviving - almost 8 hours in the saddle, a run in with a kangaroo, bush fires, 42 degree heat, 12 crashes, broken equipment, and much much more! Couldn't DNF on my first event - ended up running the last 5km with the bike on my back. Please to have finished! Third would be the great friend i have made, my epic team mate Chris Hellman.
I entered the Absa Cape Epic... To compete in one of the best MTB stage races in the world
Best Results: Finishing 2011 Crocodile Trophy and 2013 Tour de Timor.
Racing MTB marathons in Italy, Switzerland and Austria.
Completing 6x 24hr solo races.
3rd on stage 3 of the 2013 Tour de Timor and 9th overall
4th in Age Category at 2010 World 24hr Solo Championships