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2026 Overall Results - Grand Masters Men

Cat Pos 6.
GC Pos 77.
Time 35:18:44.7
Distance 692km
Avg. Speed 19.6km/h
Climbing 15900m

2026 Stage Results - Grand Masters Men

Prologue 11. Cat, 135. GC
59:19.2 +6:02:36
Stage 1 8. Cat, 96. GC
4:49:58.0 +28:25
Stage 2 10. Cat, 103. GC
4:57:51.1 +26:37
Stage 3 10. Cat, 103. GC
5:22:07.3 +30:44
Stage 4 10. Cat, 99. GC
4:33:32.2 +27:44
Stage 5 6. Cat, 88. GC
6:48:12.5 +41:41
Stage 6 8. Cat, 105. GC
4:32:44.0 +34:37
Stage 7 6. Cat, 104. GC
3:15:00.4 +25:41

Hannes and Ben Melt have completed two of the three Absa Cape Epics they entered together.
They have achieved the following results together:

2026 Team Squirt (Grand Masters Men), Cat Pos: 6., GC Pos: 77., Time: 35:18:44.7

2023 Team H&M (Masters), Did not finish race

2017 Team @40 (Masters), Cat Pos: 10., GC Pos: 56., Time: 33:08.16,6

81-1 Hannes Hanekom

South Africa South Africa

Epics Completed: 15

 

I entered the Absa Cape Epic...
Nobody knows

Best Results:
17th Overall Absa Cape Epic 2013

Absa Cape Epic History:

2026 - Finisher (Grand Masters Men)
            Cat Pos: 6. GC Pos: 77. Time: 35:18:44.7

2025 - Finisher (Masters)
            Cat Pos: 16. GC Pos: 118. Time: 31:39:10

2024 - Finisher (Masters)
            Cat Pos: 18. GC Pos: 94. Time: 34:28:27

2023 - Did not finish (Masters)

2022 - Finisher (Masters)
            Cat Pos: 11. GC Pos: 62. Time: 36:23.52,2

2021 - Finisher (Masters)
            Cat Pos: 8. GC Pos: 55. Time: 33:00.41,6

2019 - Finisher (Masters)
            Cat Pos: 11. GC Pos: 67. Time: 32:41.10,1

2018 - Finisher (Men)
            Cat Pos: 39. GC Pos: 49. Time: 30:35.49,2

2017 - Finisher (Masters)
            Cat Pos: 10. GC Pos: 56. Time: 33:08.16,6

2016 - Finisher (Men)
            Cat Pos: 30. GC Pos: 36. Time: 33:00.20,9

2015 - Finisher (Men)
            Cat Pos: 30. GC Pos: 36. Time: 37:09.15,0

2014 - Finisher (Men)
            Cat Pos: 23. GC Pos: 28. Time: 35:27.29,0

2013 - Finisher (Men)
            Cat Pos: 15. GC Pos: 17. Time: 33:58.18,5

2012 - Finisher (Men)
            Cat Pos: 19. GC Pos: 20. Time: 36:19.18,9

2011 - Finisher (Men)
            Cat Pos: 26. GC Pos: 29. Time: 33:49.33,7

2010 - Finisher (Men)
            Cat Pos: 24. GC Pos: 26. Time: 35:11.17,7

2009 - Finisher (Men)
            Cat Pos: 44. GC Pos: 55. Time: 36:47.21,6

81-2 Ben Melt Swanepoel

South Africa South Africa

Epics Completed: 11

 

I entered the Absa Cape Epic...
ABSA invited us to ride the Epic with Team ABSA and provided us with an entry

Best Results:
SA Elite Cross Country Champion 2005
SA Elite XC Cup Champion 2005
African Continental Elite XC Champion 2007

Absa Cape Epic History:

2026 - Finisher (Grand Masters Men)
            Cat Pos: 6. GC Pos: 77. Time: 35:18:44.7

2023 - Individual Finisher (Masters) Time:

2021 - Finisher (Mixed)
            Cat Pos: 4. GC Pos: 89. Time: 34:57.47,4

2018 - Finisher (Masters)
            Cat Pos: 7. GC Pos: 44. Time: 30:12.10,4

2017 - Finisher (Masters)
            Cat Pos: 10. GC Pos: 56. Time: 33:08.16,6

2016 - Finisher (Men)
            Cat Pos: 36. GC Pos: 44. Time: 33:40.03,0

2015 - Finisher (Men)
            Cat Pos: 23. GC Pos: 27. Time: 36:22.42,5

2011 - Finisher (Men)
            Cat Pos: 28. GC Pos: 34. Time: 34:22.31,4

2008 - Finisher (Men)
            Cat Pos: 10. GC Pos: 10. Time: 39:14.01,3

2007 - Finisher (Men)
            Cat Pos: 8. GC Pos: 8. Time: 35:09.30,9

2006 - Individual Finisher (Men) Time:

2005 - Finisher (Men)
            Cat Pos: 9. GC Pos: 9. Time: 35:26.34,0

2004 - Finisher (Men)
            Cat Pos: 7. GC Pos: 7. Time: 34:22.14,0

2005 - Finisher

2004 - Finisher