It's only 20km, but riders will know after 600m of hard climbing that the Absa Cape Epic has begun. For the first time, the Cape Epic visits the University of Cape Town, where the Prologue starts and finishes. The course leaves the Seat of Learning and immediately heads upwards, including two of the more testing climbs on the mountain - one at about 8km which has been given an unprintable, expletive-laden name by the locals - riders will know it's coming when they pass the quarry on their right - and the other at 12m called Dead Man's Tree (the last 50m are brutal). The route heads up to Tafelberg Road and from there it is mostly downhill for the remaining kilometres, including some fun single track: enjoy!