Road and Olympic Champion, Anna van der Breggen partnered, Mountain Biking Marathon World Champion, Annika Langvad to her fifth Absa Cape Epic title on Sunday. After crossing the finish line at Val de Vie they were swamped by their fellow Investec-songo-Specialized riders and the team support staff; as the Method Cap Classique was sprayed in [...]
On Wednesday the 13th of March the Kaymandi Sports Fields and songo.info BMX track hosted the 2019 songo.info Champions Race. The Stellenbosch based sporting and education charity attracted eight former and reigning World Champions, three Olympic Gold Medallists and the reigning European Champion. Accounting for three of those eleven titles between them Sam Gaze and [...]
Tune in to Episode 4 of the Diverge Podcast with host Seamus Allardice as he talks through the Absa Cape Epic route and the form of the UCI men's and women's category riders 10 days out from the 2019 race. Coming hot on the revaluation that Howard Grotts has withdrawn from his title defense bid, [...]
The Investec-songo-Specialized teams of Annika Langvad and Kate Courtney; and Jaroslav Kulhavý and Howard Grotts rode to Absa Cape Epic glory on Sunday the 25th of March as they crossed the finish line at Val de Vie Estate. In doing so the team became the first to win the UCI men’s and women’s categories in [...]
Specialized Bicycles have been supporting songo.info since the charity’s inception ten years ago. Since 2012 Specialized have produced two exceptionally distinctive bikes for the riders representing songo.info at the Absa Cape Epic. Upon the completion of the race the bikes are donated to the charity and auctioned off to raise funds for the education and [...]
Victories by Jaroslav Kulhavý and Howard Grotts, in the UCI men’s category, and in the UCI women’s category, for Annika Langvad and Kate Courtney, further eased the pressure on the Investec-songo-Specialized squads ahead of the final stage of the 2018 Absa Cape Epic. On the penultimate stage of the race on the 24th of March, [...]
Both the elite men’s and women’s Investec-songo-Specialized teams of Annika Langvad and Kate Courtney, and Jaroslav Kulhavý and Howard Grotts secured stage wins on Stage 5 of the Absa Cape Epic. The 39 kilometre long time trial, which took place on the trails around Wellington on the 23rd of March, saw the men win their [...]
Investec-songo-Specialized’s Jaroslav Kulhavý and Howard Grotts punctured in the rocky Slanghoek Valley, but just when it looked like their general classification lead may be evaporating the pair counter punched – adding to their overnight lead by reeling in and overtaking Cannondale Factory Racing. In the women’s race Annika Langvad and Kate Courtney further extended their [...]
The Investec-songo-Specialized men pulled on the yellow leaders’ jerseys after Stage 3 of the 2018 Absa Cape Epic on Wednesday; while the women extended their general classification lead. Jaroslav Kulhavý, Howard Grotts, Annika Langvad and Kate Courtney all capitalised on a stage, from Arabella Wines to Worcester on the 21st of March, seemingly tailor made [...]
Jaroslav Kulhavý and Howard Grotts fought their way into the virtual lead on the trails before the Absa Cape Epic showed its teeth, during Stage 2 in the Breede River Valley, on Tuesday the 20th of March. The elite women’s team of Annika Langvad and Kate Courtney meanwhile managed to avoid issues and further extended [...]
