Cape Epic

8 12, 2024

#7 An Epic Route Reflection

By |2024-12-08T21:30:07+02:00December 8th, 2024|Podcast|Comments Off on #7 An Epic Route Reflection

In Episode 7 of the rebooted Diverge Podcast Seamus Allardice talks you through the 2025 Absa Cape Epic route, after riding the route recce. As is usually the way of it, he didn’t complete every stage – because he came in unfit and exhausted – but if you’d like to avoid withdrawing from the race [...]

17 10, 2024

Diverge Podcast: #1 Relaunching as a MicroPod

By |2024-11-14T16:31:25+02:00October 17th, 2024|Podcast|Comments Off on Diverge Podcast: #1 Relaunching as a MicroPod

Tune in for Episode 1 of the rebooted Diverge Podcast. The relaunched pod will be a shortcast/micro pod of between 10 and 20 minutes in length, focusing on the events and sports host, Seamus Allardice, covers on www.diverge.info. To read more about the events and news covered in this episode click through to the website: [...]

26 09, 2024

Winelands Welcomes Fan Friendly 2025 Absa Cape Epic Route

By |2024-09-26T13:38:41+02:00September 26th, 2024|News|Comments Off on Winelands Welcomes Fan Friendly 2025 Absa Cape Epic Route

Brand new stages, a new host venue, and over 300 kilometres of trails never before used by the Absa Cape Epic should be music to the ears of mountain bikers and fans as they prepare for the 2025 Untamed African Mountain Bike Race. That is not where the excitement or new features end in the [...]

15 04, 2024

Epic Racing, Exhilarating Riding and Entertainment All-Round Expected at 2024 4Islands MTB Croatia

By |2024-04-15T20:46:28+02:00April 15th, 2024|News|Comments Off on Epic Racing, Exhilarating Riding and Entertainment All-Round Expected at 2024 4Islands MTB Croatia

4Islands Croatia blends exceptional riding and the perfect terrain for racing with a party atmosphere off the bike as it islands hops through Croatia’s Kvarner islands. The 2024 race features a 272 kilometre long route, with challenges with rugged limestone singletracks and 6 210 metres of accumulated ascent, and could present an opportunity for redemption for [...]

24 03, 2024

Beers & Grotts and Terpstra & Koller Crowned 2024 Absa Cape Epic Champions

By |2024-03-24T15:47:59+02:00March 24th, 2024|News|Comments Off on Beers & Grotts and Terpstra & Koller Crowned 2024 Absa Cape Epic Champions

Simon Schneller and Urs Huber (BULLS Mavericks) won Stage 7 - the Grand Finale - of the Absa Cape Epic men’s race, but it was Matt Beers and Howard Grotts of Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne who claimed the overall title at the 2024 event. Read all the Absa Cape Epic news on Diverge.info here. In the Aramex Women’s Category, [...]

23 03, 2024

Penultimate Stage Proves Pivotal At 2024 Absa Cape Epic

By |2024-03-23T21:25:29+02:00March 23rd, 2024|News|Comments Off on Penultimate Stage Proves Pivotal At 2024 Absa Cape Epic

It appears that only major disasters can prevent Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne (Matt Beers and Howard Grotts) and GHOST Factory Racing (Anne Terpstra and Nicole Koller) from winning the Men’s and Aramex Women’s Category respectively at the 2024 Absa Cape Epic. On the 87km Stage 6 in Stellenbosch, the event’s penultimate day of racing, Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne and GHOST Factory racing [...]

22 03, 2024

Ghost Unstoppable, Toyota Specialized Ninety One Win in Yellow on Stage 5

By |2024-03-22T16:18:53+02:00March 22nd, 2024|News|Comments Off on Ghost Unstoppable, Toyota Specialized Ninety One Win in Yellow on Stage 5

Matt Beers and Howard Grotts (Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne) romped to their first stage win of the 2024 Absa Cape Epic when they pulled away from Andreas Seewald and Marc Stutzmann (Canyon SIDI) in the closing kilometres of the 70km Stage 5 in Wellington. Read all the Absa Cape Epic news on Diverge.info here. The Aramex Women’s Category was [...]

21 03, 2024

Sprint Finish Marks Men’s & Women’s Queen Stage Races

By |2024-03-22T15:49:44+02:00March 21st, 2024|News|Comments Off on Sprint Finish Marks Men’s & Women’s Queen Stage Races

The top three teams in both the men’s and women’s races on Stage 4 of the Absa Cape Epic could only be separated in the final metres of the 73km race. Nino Schurter and Sebastian Fini (World Bicycle Relief) won the stage in the Men’s Category in a sprint finish, as did Anne Terpstra and Nicole [...]

20 03, 2024

Canyon SIDI Recover to Win Stage 3 of the 2024 Absa Cape Epic

By |2024-03-22T15:39:57+02:00March 20th, 2024|News|Comments Off on Canyon SIDI Recover to Win Stage 3 of the 2024 Absa Cape Epic

Canyon SIDI’s Andreas Seewald and Marc Stutzmann rode hard and fast to claim Stage 3 of the 2024 Absa Cape Epic in a sweltering Wellington, while Anne Terpstra and Nicole Koller (GHOST Factory Racing) won their fourth stage in as many days to cement their place at the top of the Aramex Women’s Category general [...]

19 03, 2024

BUFF – MEGAMO & GHOST Factory Racing Go Back to Back at the Cape Epic

By |2024-03-22T15:47:13+02:00March 19th, 2024|News|Comments Off on BUFF – MEGAMO & GHOST Factory Racing Go Back to Back at the Cape Epic

Hans Becking, on his birthday, and Wout Alleman (BUFF - MEGAMO) roared to a second successive stage win on Stage 2 of the Absa Cape Epic in Tulbagh. At the same time, Anne Terpstra and Nicole Koller (GHOST Factory Racing) claimed a hattrick of stage victories in the Aramex Women’s Category on the 97km stage [...]

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