Cape Town, 08 November 2017 – Land Rover, who are as synonymous with conquering Africa’s hinterland by automobile as the Absa Cape Epic is for mountain bikers to do so under their own power, have once again partnered with the Untamed African Mountain Bike Race to bring riders a diverse and testing route. Each stage of the 2018 Absa Cape ...

Committing to take on the Absa Cape Epic 2018 is half the battle won. Now it’s time to prepare. Virgin Active ambassador Songo Fipaza has completed the Absa Cape Epic six times. He is a founder of Songo.info, a non-profit MTB and BMX programme to introduce cycling to the youth in Kayamandi, and has also done three Comrades, completed multiple ...

Cape Town, 19 September 2017 -From the majestic slopes of Table Mountain to the magnificence of the Grand Finale at Val de Vie Estate with a manic time trial in between – the 2018 Absa Cape Epic route has been created to be balanced and bold. The total distance of 658km with 13 530m of climbing will include four consecutive ...

The acclaimed Val de Vie Estate proved to be a popular and successful host for the final stage finish of this year’s race. Now the Estate has joined the Untamed African MTB race’s sponsor family and will be the Grand Finale venue for at least the next five years. “As South Africa’s top lifestyle estate, Val de Vie’s offering is ...

Top Absa Cape Epic performers dominated the UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championship in Singen, Germany on Sunday. The men’s winner of the 98km event was Austrian Alban Lakata while Denmark’s Annika Langvad swept home in the women’s race. Langvad is now the reigning cross-country and marathon world champion and has won the Absa Cape Epic Women’s category three times ...

The IRONMAN Foundation expands efforts to South Africa after providing over $50 million USD in charitable giveback since its inception. CAPE TOWN, South Africa/TAMPA, Fla. (June 16, 2017) – The Absa Cape Epic® announced today the addition of The IRONMAN Foundation® to its Official Charity programme. As the world’s premier mountain bike stage race, the Absa Cape Epic attracts the ...

The Absa Cape Epic and event sponsor Absa have donated 5 896 of the two-man tents used in the race to disaster relief efforts in the Western Cape. The move follows the devastating fire in Knysna – which have left 10 000 people homeless – and destructive winds and flooding around the Cape Peninsula. “We are grateful to Absa and ...

The dust has well and truly settled on the Absa Cape Epic of 2017 and for the elite riders the mountain biking season has moved on with new challenges already firmly in sight. For the young riders from the songo.info programme the race was their main focus on their bikes for the year, but while it was a massive learning ...

When the 2017 Absa Cape Epic concluded at Val de Vie Estate on Sunday the 26th of March the Investec-songo-Specialized team of Christoph Sauser and Jaroslav Kulhavý stood on the second step of the general classification podium. As they had done throughout the event Sauser and Kulhavý competed at the sharp end of the field on the final stage, but ...

The 100 Early Bird entries for the 2018 Absa Cape Epic sold out instantaneously on Monday – one day after this year’s highly successful event. “It took just seconds for them all to be snapped up this year,” said Absa Cape Epic chief executive Lynn Naudé. “I didn’t think it was possible for people to fill in the forms and ...