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

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For the first time the 2014 Absa Cape Epic will have live tracking and monitoring of approximately 600 rider teams over the entire 8-day stage race.

Christoph Sauser has taken part in all but the first Absa Cape Epic, winning five of those 13 events and spending time at or near the front of the race in nearly all of them.

Choosing the Absa Cape Epic as your first-ever stage race and partnering with a modern legend is not a decision most would take. But American XCO-specialist Kate Courtney is not someone who is afraid of making big choices.

Over the years SCICON has become the international benchmark for quality bike luggage.

Ariane Kleinhans and Annika Langvad of Spur-Specialized moved a step closer to clinching their third straight Absa Cape Epic title by winning Stage 3 in a time of 5:18.47.

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.

Fans stamped their feet and cheered vigorously when Maurice Mdlolo and Gugu Zulu – the Absa Cape Epic’s final finishers on Sunday crossed the line. The pair were mobbed by flashing cameras and well-wishers patting them on their back.

One of the Absa Cape Epic’s necessary evils: the chief commissaire stands on the finish line, starter’s pistol raised in the air. Except, he is starting nothing; he is shooting down the dreams of the next riders to appear around the final bend.