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USWE Sports Partner with Epic Series

By Epic Series 11/29/2023, 10:00pm HST

USWE Hydration Packs Partners with the Epic Series, across European and African mountain bike stage races, to provide riders with their technical know-how and industry leading products. They will be the official hydration pack and luggage partners of the Epic Series for 2024 and beyond. 

The Pyrenees and the Alps, which have in common

By Swiss Epic 11/15/2023, 5:45am HST

Containing Dreams with Big Box at FNB W2W

By Wines2Whales 11/14/2023, 11:30pm HST

The Oak Valley and Lourensford race villages at FNB Wines2Whales rely on hundreds of square metres of canvas. Key features however are built of steel; made secure, protected from the elements and vitally refrigerated by Big Box Containers. This is the story of how they help dreams flourish… 

Cannondale Factory Racing capitalised off a finish line fall, by Marco Joubert, to increase their general classification lead to 12 seconds on Stage 2 of the FNB Wines2Whales Shiraz.

Alan Hatherly and Simon Andreassen held off Imbuko Giant A in a sprint finish to win the opening stage of the FNB Wines2Whales Shiraz race, on Friday.

FNB Wines2Whales Shiraz: Meet the Men Vying for Supremacy

By Wines2Whales 10/26/2023, 3:45am HST

The prestige of FNB Wines2Whales ensures that South Africa’s best mountain bikers descend on Hermanus for the Shiraz to race from whales to wines in the Switchback edition. Among the pre-race favourites are previous winners, cross-country campaigners and dark horses for the 2023 title.

World Champion Wins FNB Wines2Whales Pinotage

By Wines2Whales 10/25/2023, 11:45pm HST

E-Bike World Champion, Joris Ryf teamed up with, Specialized Factory Racing manager, Benno Willeit to storm to the 2023 FNB Wines2Whales Pinotage title. The winners were 32 minutes and 4 seconds quicker across the three days than Giniel de Villiers and Bobby Behan, of Toyota Specialized. FuelX’s Wayne van der Walt and Jovan Jacobs rounded out the podium places. 

With 210 E-Bike riders taking on the Pinotage race, in the mid-week FNB Wines2Whales, the event boasts the largest ever field of E-Bikers in a South African mountain bike race. This is a boon for the bike industry in the country as nothing drives bike sales like races. 

Dusty Grins on Stage 1 of the FNB Wines2Whales Pinotage

By Wines2Whales 10/24/2023, 5:00am HST

Sun’s out guns out at the Pinotage. After a wet weekend at the Chardonnay the eBikers and social teams were treated to a hot and dusty day on the trails of Lourenford on Stage 1 of the mid-week race. 

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MARATHON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2019 IN GRÄCHEN – ROUTE CORRESPONDS TO STAGE AT PERKSINDOL SWISS EPIC

By Cape Epic 03/21/2017, 3:15pm HST

Stage 2 of the 2017 Absa Cape Epic has been shortened to 62km and will finish in Caledon after leaving Hermanus.

Sauser and Kulhavy claim first 2017 Absa Cape Epic

By Cape Epic 03/21/2017, 6:30am HST

After two days of extreme weather conditions Stage 2 of the Absa Cape Epic was shortened to 62km. Instead of riding the 102km to Elandskloof near Greyton, riders finished at what would have been the second water point for the day at the Botanical Gardens just outside Caledon.

All action on brutal Absa Cape Epic Stage 1

By Cape Epic 03/20/2017, 6:45am HST

Cross-country specialists Manuel Fumic and Henrique Avancini (Cannondale Factory Racing XC) continued their blazing assault on the 2017 Absa Cape Epic with another surprise stage win

Bust Boks and borrowed bikes at Absa Cape Epic

By Cape Epic 03/19/2017, 1:00pm HST

It is probably no surprise to find some of the biggest names in cycling at the Absa Cape Epic mountain bike event this week

“10 teams that could win this Absa Cape Epic"

By Cape Epic 03/16/2017, 6:15am HST

Both the men’s reigning Olympic champions, a Tour de France winner, a host of world champions and several previous Absa Cape Epic winners will be in the South African stage race’s strongest field yet when it kicks off on Sunday.

How to enjoy the Epic drama from your living room

By Cape Epic 03/15/2017, 11:45am HST

There are ways of enjoying the Absa Cape Epic that don’t involve blood, sweat and tears (or that deadly cycling combination of mud, wet and gears). And you can even do so from the safety of your office … or the comfort of your couch.

Fumic and Avancini eye the Absa Cape Epic podium

By Cape Epic 02/22/2017, 11:00am HST

German Manuel Fumic and Brazilian Henrique Avancini lit up the 2016 Absa Cape Epic with a thrilling win on the Grand Finale – the prestigious final stage. Now the colourful duo is back and, says Avancini, aiming for the top step of the overall podium.

Absa Cape Epic athletes biking

Exciting racing coming up, say Epic favourites

By Cape Epic 02/08/2017, 9:45am HST

It’s going to be the strongest Absa Cape Epic field yet and the racing should be thrilling.

Here comes José and Purito … and lots of laughs

By Cape Epic 02/06/2017, 1:00pm HST

If somebody were trying to track down José Hermida in the Absa Cape Epic race village they would simply have to follow the laughter. And the chatter.

‘Probably the most competitive field ever’

By Cape Epic 01/30/2017, 6:30am HST

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