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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. 

 

Men to Watch at the 2024 Absa Cape Epic

By Absa Cape Epic 03/14/2024, 12:30am HST

The UCI Men’s category at the 2024 Absa Cape Epic is shaping up to be a fascinating race with former champions returning, new teammates aplenty and the resumption of a few old rivalries. This is who to watch, when the race gets underway in Lourensford Wine Estate, on Sunday 17 March. 

Women to Watch at the Twentieth Absa Cape Epic

By Absa Cape Epic 03/14/2024, 12:15am HST

The 2024 Absa Cape Epic is shaping up to be a fiercely competitive one in the UCI women’s race. In fact, it boasts, arguably, the strongest ever elite women’s field, headlined by the talents of Efficient Infiniti SCB SRAM, Cannondale Factory Racing, Toyota Specialized NinetyOne, and Ghost Factory Racing.

Dimension Data has been a long-time sponsor of the Absa Cape Epic, partnering with the Untamed African Mountain Bike Race since 2014. As Dimension Data transitions to become NTT DATA, they also renew their relationship with the Absa Cape Epic as a headline partner. 

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  • Taming Africa

  • By Absa Cape Epic 03/29/2023, 1:45am HST
  • Absa’s She Untamed programme brings mountain biking to women across the country, and mountain biking women to The Untamed African Mountain Bike race in numbers the event has never seen.
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  • Loam Shark

  • By Absa Cape Epic 03/24/2023, 11:15pm HST
  • 27 Grand Tours and 1 Absa Cape Epic. Vincenzo Nibali's first encounter with The Untamed African MTB Race
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  • Stage 4: Category Wrap

  • By Absa Cape Epic 03/23/2023, 4:00am HST
  • Heaven…for mountain bikers. That is the Oak Valley Estate. The fun factor was high for the time trial stage of the Absa Cape Epic with some of the best singletrack in the country on offer to the more than 1000 riders.
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  • Pumping up the Jam

  • By Absa Cape Epic 03/22/2023, 11:45pm HST
  • "The Absa Cape Epic has always been something I have wanted to do, a dream. Being here is a really good thing for me.”
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  • Stage 3: Category Wrap

  • By Absa Cape Epic 03/22/2023, 5:15am HST
  • Another Absa Cape Epic stage and another day full of physical and mental tests for the riders over the 100km from Hermanus to Oak Valley.
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  • Three’s a charm

  • By Absa Cape Epic 03/22/2023, 4:00am HST
  • Remofilwe Moeketsi and Thabo Mamatshele are racing towards the Amabubesi Finisher Club.
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  • Leaving a Legacy

  • By Absa Cape Epic 03/21/2023, 5:00am HST
  • Five-time champion Christoph Sauser is an Absa Cape Epic legend, and is using his marginally less competitive years to mentor young riders in the event, and away from it, too.
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  • Lourensford: Home of Trails

  • By Absa Cape Epic 12/08/2022, 2:00am HST
  • Lourensford hosts the Absa Cape Epic for two nights in 2023 as well as an entire stage within the estate's vast borders.
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