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LIVE BROADCAST STAGE 2: STARTS 08:30 CAT

  • GET READY TO BRAVE THE UNTAMED
  • 17 - 24 March
  • GET READY TO BRAVE THE UNTAMED
  • 17 - 24 March

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THE UNTAMED AFRICAN MTB RACE

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The Valley Of Dust - Tulbagh serves challenges for Stage 1

By Absa Cape Epic 03/18/2024, 5:00am HST

Stage 1 out of Saronsberg Wine Estate around Tulbagh over 88km with a brutal 2450m of climbing was no short on drama. The stage featured four major climbs with Raptor Rise setting a tone of sweeping switchbacks through fynbos, continued by Boegoe and the Kliprivier Trails and finally Fanti’s Pass, the final two kilometres of which average a 14% gradient and peak at over 20%.

Hans Becking and Wout Alleman (BUFF-MEGAMO) won Stage 1 in the men’s elite race at the 2024 Absa Cape Epic, while Anne Terpstra and Nicole Koller (GHOST Factory Racing) were Stage 1 winners in the Aramex Women’s category at Saronsberg Cellar in Tulbagh. Both the men’s and the women’s races concluded with thrilling sprint finishes after a fair amount of cat and mouse in the closing kilometres. 

The 20th Absa Cape Epic Off To A Blazing Start

By Absa Cape Epic 03/17/2024, 10:15am HST

The 2024 Absa Cape Epic roared into life on 17 March with some furious action on the foothills of the Hottentots Holland Mountains at Lourensford Wine Estate.

World Bicycle Relief and Ghost Factory Racing claimed the UCI Men’s and Aramex Women’s categories respectively at today’s Prologue in Somerset West.

Absa Cape Epic Prepares for Launch at Lourensford

By Absa Cape Epic 03/16/2024, 9:00am HST

We heard from excited riders as they attended rider registration for the 20th edition of the Untamed African MTB Race.

Lourensford Wine Estate, in Somerset West, played host to the 2024 Absa Cape Epic elite rider registration on Friday, 15 March. While performing pre-race media duties the top teams imparted some wisdom and offered insights into what they are expecting from the 20th edition. 

 

 

ABSA Cape Epic is waiting

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Live Broadcast, Rider tracking, Race updates, Spectator information, Results and Key Event information 

Stay up to date! With the official Epic Series App, you won’t miss any news. Get helpful race information, have a look at the event schedule whenever you need and enjoy the live rider tracking and the best spectator hotspots for friends & family.

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Follow the Absa Cape Epic

Live Broadcast, Rider tracking, Race updates, Spectator information, Results and Key Event information 

Stay up to date! With the official Epic Series App, you won’t miss any news. Get helpful race information, have a look at the event schedule whenever you need and enjoy the live rider tracking and the best spectator hotspots for friends & family.

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2024 Event Guide | Chapter 2

2024 Event Guide | Chapter 1

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The Absa Cape Epic is held in a place where anything can happen: Africa.

Wild and open, sometimes inhospitable and other times staggeringly beautiful, this land both tests and surprises all who tackle its ungroomed trails. When the sounds of the cicadas are harsher than the heat they proclaim, when icy mornings lead to driving rain, you can be certain that both equipment and spirit will be pushed to the limit. In this place, where roads hardened year-round by the sun can turn to quicksand overnight, you and your partner will be challenged mentally, physically and emotionally. 

Yet still, Africa’s Untamed majesty beckons. 

Event Overview

What to expect

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Past Winners

Legends of the sport

Leader Jerseys

UCI Men

Aramex UCI Women

Amateur

Amateur

Toyota Mixed

NTT DATA Masters

Grand Masters

Grand Masters

Great Grand Masters

Great Grand Masters

Special Jerseys

ABSA Africa Men

Absa Africa Men

ABSA Africa Women

Absa Africa Women

Exxaro

Exxaro

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