This week, on the Diverge Podcast, we look at the 2026 Absa Cape Epic route, which was launched on the 9th of October, and the 2025 Prince George Monumental 100-Miler. The 692-kilometre-long course is the longest since 2015, when the route last topped the 700-kilometre mark. 15 900 metres of climbing across that distance equates to [...]
From the 15th to the 22nd of March 2026, the Absa Cape Epic will take teams contesting the 22nd edition from Meerendal, on the outskirts of Durbanville, into the Klein Karoo surrounding Montagu and back to Stellenbosch in the Winelands via Greyton in the Overberg. In total, the course takes in 692 kilometres and 15 [...]
In Episode 7 of Season 2 the Diverge Podcast is back to regular weekly programming after super micro daily pods from the Absa Cape Epic. And as you can expect we are looking back at the 21st edition of the race, chatting about how Scott SRAM and Toyota Specialized secured their victories. Then [...]
Nino Schurter and Filippo Colombo (SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing) won the 2025 Absa Cape Epic at Lourensford Wine Estate in Somerset West today. The win is Schurter’s third Absa Cape Epic title, while Colombo claimed the crown at his first attempt. In the Aramex UCI Women’s Category, Annika Langvad claimed her sixth Absa Cape Epic title [...]
Tune in for daily insights from inside the media team at the 2025 Absa Cape Epic with the Diverge Podcast's vlogs. In the Stage 7 episode Seamus Allardice looks ahead at the Grand Finale, with at the time of recording was still set to start at 08:00. Within moments of recording the start had been [...]
All week long at the 2025 Absa Cape Epic, South African riders Tristan Nortje and Marco Joubert (Imbuko ChemChamp A) have been threatening to run away with a stage. Success finally came on the penultimate Stage 6 at Lourensford Wine Estate as the local favourites raced to victory ahead of Luca Braidot and Simone Avondetto [...]
Tune in for daily insights from inside the media team at the 2025 Absa Cape Epic with the Diverge Podcast's vlogs. In the Stage 6 episode Seamus Allardice on the Queen Stage and looks ahead at what could be a very exciting penultimate stage. Going into the 88 kilometre, 2 550 metres of climbing, Stage 6 [...]
Nino Schurter and Filippo Colombo (SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing) timed their attack to perfection late on the 2025 Absa Cape Epic’s ‘Queen Stage’ to surge away from the field and win Stage 5, extending their overall race lead to over a minute at the same. In the Aramex UCI Women’s Category, Annika Langvad and Sofia Gomez [...]
Tune in for daily insights from inside the media team at the 2025 Absa Cape Epic with the Diverge Podcast's vlogs. In the Stage 5 episode Seamus Allardice reflects on a day when the race reset, paused, and prepared for the Queen Stage. Stage 4 followed the searing heat of Stage 3 and preceded the [...]
The UCI elite riders might term stage 4 of the Absa Cape Epic a ‘romp’. It was a short, punchy day of cross-country racing over 80km with 1950m of elevation gain. Luca Braidot and Simone Avondetto (Wilier-Vittoria) won the stage - again just one second ahead of Zebra Striped Yellow Jersey overall leaders Nino Schurter [...]
