Having seized the lead on Stage 2, the Buff Megamo women added two more stage victories en route to a dominant overall win in the third event in the 2025 Epic Series. Klimatiza Orbea, meanwhile, enjoyed a near-perfect four days in the Pyrenees, winning Stages 1 and 3 to hold yellow throughout the Andorra Epic. [...]
The Queen Stage of the 2025 Andorra Epic played to the climbing strengths of Marc Stutzmann and Sebastian Gesche. Having started Saturday, 5 July, with a 14 second advantage over their nearest rivals, the Klimatiza Orbea team added another 59 seconds to their general classification buffer over Buff Megamo. In the UCI Women’s race, Buff [...]
With afternoon thundershowers predicted, the start time for Stage 2 of the Andorra Epic had to be brought forward by half an hour on Friday, 4 July. Regardless of how much it may rain later, Buff Megamo’s storming performance on the trails is likely to eclipse the weather as they seized the UCI Women’s race [...]
Sebastian Gesche’s claim that he and Marc Stutzmann felt confident coming into the Andorra Epic paid off as the Klimatiza Orbea combination claimed the first yellow jerseys of the race with a stage win on the opening day. Thursday, 3 July, saw Stage 1 won by the Efficient Safari Essences team, though Vera Looser and [...]
The Andorra Epic is the third stop on the Epic Series’ global mountain biking calendar and sees a stacked field of age groupers take to the high alpine trails of the Pyrenees alongside some of the world’s top elite racers. Headlining the UCI Women’s field are the Buff Megamo team. While the UCI Men’s field [...]
2025 promises incredible mountain biking, comradery on the trails, exceptional hospitality off the bike, and world-class organisation all round in the Epic Series. Would-be teams are encouraged to plan their adventures now, by registering for next year’s 4Islands Epic and the Andorra Epic Pyrenees today, 30th July 2024. In 2025 the Epic Series will present [...]
The final stage of the 2024 Andorra Epic Pyrenees saw Cannondale ISB Sport and BUFF Megamo wrap up the general classification victories. Monica Calderon and Tessa Kortekaas did so in style, notching up a perfect clean sweep so stage wins. While Hans Becking and Wout Alleman controlled the day, shadowing Scott Cala-Bandida while ORBEA Leatt [...]
Monica Calderon and Tessa Kortekaas utilised the high-altitude racing and arduous climbs of the Queen Stage to further extend their Andorra Epic Pyrenees lead, on Stage 3. The Cannondale ISB Sport’s perfect three-from-three record sets them up to race for a clean sweep of stage wins on the final day. In the UCI men’s competition, [...]
The overnight leaders, BUFF Megamo and Cannondale ISB Sport, both added to their Andorra Epic Pyrenees overall advantages, with victories on Stage 2. Doubling up on their opening day success Hans Becking and Wout Alleman now lead the UCI men’s race by 3 minutes and 55 seconds, while Monica Calderon and Tessa Kortekaas extended their [...]
Stage 1 of the Andorra Epic Pyrenees saw BUFF Megamo and Cannondale ISB Sport drawing first blood in the battle for the yellow and orange CIOVITA jerseys. Hans Becking and Wout Alleman take a 34 second lead into the second day, while Monica Calderon and Tessa Kortekaas held off their teammates, Meritxell Figueras and Claudia [...]
