Ahead of the 2025 Absa Cape Epic, which gets underway on Sunday, key rivals in the UCI Men’s and Women’s competitions faced off against one another at the Elite Rider Press Conference. The atmosphere was one of respectful anticipation, with no animosity to speak of but with clear indications of who each team are most [...]
The UCI Men’s field for the 2025 Absa Cape Epic features 8 National Champions and the European National Champion in the marathon discipline as well as 4 past winners, an Olympic Road Race Gold Medallist, and the greatest mountain biker of all time. The 21st edition of the Untamed African Mountain Bike Race is thus [...]
In Episode 4 of Season 2 the Diverge Podcast we rope in Jason Boulle and Jess Menier to reflect a dramatic day of racing at the Big 5 by Imbuko Wines and Canetsfontein. The men’s and women’s races were won by the defending champions, Filipo Colombo and Candice Lill, but those facts tell so little [...]
Excitement is building for The Big 5 by Imbuko and Canetsfontein with a deep field of international and local competitors looking to sharpen their legs and skills on Saturday ahead of the Cape Epic! This one day MTB marathon is solidifying itself in the South African and global calendar as an event that delivers phenomenal [...]
On the 12th of March 2025, on the Wednesday between the Cape Town Cycle Tour and the Absa Cape Epic, the streets and fields of Kayamandi will host the 10th edition of the songo.info Champions Race, presented by fibertime™️. Renowned as a spectacular spectator friendly urban mountain bike event it has seen riders of the [...]
Kate Courtney and Candice Lill’s She Sends privateer super squad and Lukas Baum and Georg Egger’s ORBEA x Leatt x Speed Company headline the 2025 Momentum Medical Scheme Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen, elite fields. The South African star returns to the Koue Bokkeveld to defend her title with the popular American when the Stage [...]
South Africa’s homegrown cross-country World Champion, Alan Hatherly, will start his 2025 season off-road at the Momentum Medical Scheme Attakwas Extreme, presented by Biogen. Having signed for Jayco–AlUla the Olympic Bronze medallist is expected to split his time between the road and the XCO circuit this year. His unexpected entry into the Hell of the [...]
In Episode 5 of the rebooted Diverge Podcast Seamus Allardice reflects on a stellar edition of the FNB Wines2Whales Shiraz race. Toyota Specialized dominated the final event in the Epic Series’ 2024 calendar, winning all three stages, despite Alex Miller crashing heavily on Day 2. With serious stage race season now completed we then pivot [...]
Matt Beers and Alex Miller completed a clean sweep of FNB Wines2Whales Shiraz stage victories on the final day of the 2024 race. The Toyota Specialized men charged through the trails to Benguela Cove and crossed the finish line ahead of their general classification podium companions, Imbuko and Honeycomb Pro Cycling. Sunday, 10 November, brought [...]
Nambian, Alex Miller endured a bad looking crash, with just a few scraps and bruises, en route to victory on Stage 2 of the FNB Wines2Whales Shiraz race. For the second day running the Toyota Specialized team were joined on the podium by Imbuko and Honeycomb Pro Cycling. Alex Miller, of Toyota Specialized, survived a [...]
