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SeattleCoffeeCo eFORT ALMAR completed their FNB Wines2Whales Chardonnay dominance with a third stage victory on the final day of the 2024 race.

The Cape Trails team will be upgrading to new Giant Stance 2, full suspension, mountain bikes thank to the Epic Series, Dragons Sports, and Giant Bicycles South Africa.

SeattleCoffeeCo eFORT ALMAR continued their FNB Wines2Whales Chardonnay dominance on Stage 2, on 2 November 2024, as Candice Lill and Tyler Jacobs cantered to their second stage victory of the race.

Experience breathtaking destinations. Experience camaraderie on the trails. Experience world class mountain bike stage racing. Explore with the Epic Series.

Chardonnay Field Shines ahead of FNB Wines2Whales

By Wines2Whales 10/29/2024, 10:00pm HST

The 2024 FNB Wines2Whales gets underway on Friday, 1 November, with the elite women’s showdown in the Chardonnay race.

Absa Cape Epic welcomes GIC as new infrastructure sponsor

By Absa Cape Epic 10/14/2024, 6:00am HST

The road to the 2025 Absa Cape Epic, taking place from 16 to 23 March, has officially begun. Preparations for this iconic mountain bike race are well underway, with partners jumping at the chance to be aligned and affiliated with this eight-day, nearly 700km endurance challenge. One key partner, the Gap Infrastructure Corporation (GIC), has recently committed to a three-year partnership agreement. 

Winelands Welcomes Fan Friendly 2025 Absa Cape Epic Route

By Absa Cape Epic 09/25/2024, 8:15am HST

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 twenty first edition either. An innovative new time trial and challenging stages deep in the race all contribute to a course designed to produce exciting racing for all. 

A celebration of grit, grace, gees and the women who ride

By Kim Voller 08/30/2024, 3:00am HST

Stage 5 of the 2024 SPAR Swiss Epic provided a fitting finale to the Epic Series race through the magnificent trails of Graubünden. It did however not provide any major upsets as Gian Schmid and Lukas Flückiger defended their yellow CIOVITA jerseys, despite the aggressive racing of the KTM Alchemist Brenta Brakes team. The women in orange, Monica Calderon and Tessa Kortekaas were even more controlled in their victory, adding a fifth stage win to their Swiss success. 

Building Back Better: The Elgin Valley Trails Story

By Pieter Silberbauer 08/22/2024, 10:00pm HST

Elgin has long been a playground, training terrain, and race location for mountain bikers, but since late 2022 it has evolved into a more unified trail network too thanks to the work of the Elgin Valley Trails pioneers. 

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A aerial shot of Vergelegen [FNB Wines2Whales]

FNB Wines2Whales Wine Route – Vergelegen

By FNB Wines2Whales 08/13/2021, 4:45pm HST

A large,steep hill with bikers traversing the side of it [Epic Series]

Keep your FOCUS & find your flow

By Epic Series 08/13/2021, 3:30pm HST

Mountain bikers at the Swiss Epic are set to enjoy Graubünden’s world-class trail offering during the 2021 Swiss Epic as they race from St. Moritz to Valposchiavo, and on to Davos

forestry shot of a biker crouched over and heading through the greenery [Swiss Epic]

Stirnemann and Beeli Fly SCOTT and Swiss Flags in Graubünden

By Swiss Epic 08/12/2021, 3:30pm HST

The SCOTT Development Team, of Matthias Stirnemann and Andrin Beeli, will not just be representing the race’s official bike partners, SCOTT Sports

Varsity cup womens winners the 2019 FNB Wine2Whales Pinotage 3 day mountain bike event stage3 from Oak Valley to Onrus. Image by Xavier Briel [FNB Wines2Whales]

The FNB Wines2Whales Wine Route

By FNB Wines2Whales 08/11/2021, 5:45pm HST

Wooden triangle trophies [Swiss Epic]

Epic Stone Pine and Larch Trophies

By Epic Series 08/10/2021, 6:15pm HST

The Swiss Epic, in Graubünden’s, trophies are works of art.

Close up of the Swiss Epic Medal [Swiss Epic]

Legends Reunite at the 2021 Swiss Epic

By Swiss Epic 08/10/2021, 3:45pm HST

When the 2021 Swiss Epic gets underway, on the 17th of August, in St. Moritz, Graubünden, there will be 9 Epic Legends on the start line

Two bikers in the Helderberg Mountains [FNB Wines2Whales]

FNB Wines2Whales Wine Route – Idiom

By FNB Wines2Whales 08/06/2021, 5:00pm HST

Bossler leading the bikers in the Epic Swiss [Swiss Epic]

Bossler Seeks Legend Status in Switzerland

By Epic Series 08/06/2021, 4:15pm HST

There are 9 Epic Legends taking on the 2021 Swiss Epic, but only 1 potential new Epic Legend. He is Jean-Francois Bossler

CYMRU Classic logo [Cymru MTB Classic]

Ride your way into the history books at the Cymru MTB Classic

By Epic Series 08/04/2021, 4:15pm HST

The inaugural Cymru MTB Classic, set in Southern Snowdonia, Wales, is set to add an important chapter to the United Kingdom’s mountain bike history books

Two bikers on a steep mountain path on Graubünden [Swiss Epic]

Growing Trails in Graubünden

By Epic Series 07/28/2021, 4:30pm HST

Graubünden has rapidly established itself as one of the world’s mountain biking meccas. Usually, singletrack hotspots focus on mountain bike trail parks, but in Switzerland’s biggest canton – much like in South Africa’s Western Cape – the trails extend far beyond any bike park boundary.

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