Mar. 28, 2008 - Apr. 6, 2008
Absa Cape Epic
A deeper pro field, a longer course and a heftier prize purse highlight the 2008 Absa Cape Epic, the world’s premier mountain bike stage race, which begins this Friday, March 28. For 2008 the race boasts dizzying stats: 1200 participants, 600 total miles and more than 60,000 total feet of elevation gain.
Apr. 6, 2008
Stage 8: Rusching Across Africa: The end Professional endurance competitor Rebecca Rusch has tackled her fair share of adventure races and 24-hour mountain bike races throughout the ...
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Apr. 5, 2008
Stage 8: Bulls win final Cape Epic stage The Absa Cape Epic stage race wrapped up Saturday with the Bulls team — comprising the German riders Karl Platt and Stefan Sahm — capturing the ...
Apr. 4, 2008
A day in life of Ryan, the team mechanic Professional endurance competitor Rebecca Rusch has tackled her fair share of adventure races and 24-Hour mountain bike races throughout the ...
Apr. 4, 2008
Stage 7: New teams at the front at Cape Epic In the penultimate stage of this year's Absa Cape Epic, some new faces competed for the men's stage win, while the overall standings were largely ...
Apr. 3, 2008
Rusching across Africa: Sand is a four-letter word After my posting about Cristina’s accident, I was flooded with emails from friends encouraging me to keep riding. It was really great to get all ...
Apr. 3, 2008
Stage 6: MTN Energade team wins a close stage 6 For the first time since winning the prologue, the MTN Energade team of Kevin Evans and David George won Thursday's 130km Absa Cape Epic stage in a ...
Apr. 3, 2008
Rusching across Africa: The Scarlet Letter Professional endurance competitor Rebecca Rusch has tackled her fair share of adventure races and 24-Hour mountain bike races throughout the ...
Apr. 2, 2008
Stage 5: Cannondale-Vredestein team holds lead in Epic The winners of the 2007 Absa Cape Epic, the Bulls squad of Stefan Sahm and Karl Platt took their first victory of the 2008 race, winning the fifth ...
Apr. 1, 2008
Stage 4: Brentjens, Lakata take Cape Epic stage The Dolphin-Trek squad of Alban Lakata and Bart Brentjens took the fourth stage of the Absa Cape Epic, winning the 121km journey from Riversdale to ...
Mar. 31, 2008
Rusching across Africa: Eating Dust Professional endurance competitor Rebecca Rusch has tackled her fair share of adventure races and 24-Hour mountain bike races throughout the ...
Mar. 31, 2008
Stage 3: Men's lead changes at Cape Epic The lead has again changed the men’s division at South Africa’s 2008 Absa Cape Epic as the Cannondale-Vredestein squad of Jakob Fuglsang and Roel ...
Mar. 30, 2008
Stage 2: Songo.com, Rocky Mountain lead Cape Epic Day three of the 2008 Absa Cape Epic produced a third stage winner in the men’s category, as Jakob Fuglsang and Roel Paulissen ...
Mar. 29, 2008
Stage 1: Sauser, Stander take over at Cape Epic Reigning world marathon cross-country champion Christoph Sauser and his young teammate Burry Stander grabbed the overall lead of South Africa’s ...
Mar. 29, 2008
South African journey: An Absa Cape Epic Gallery South Africa's Absa Cape Epic kicked off Friday, March 28, with a prologue around the port city of Knysna on the country's Western Cape. Saturday saw ...
Mar. 28, 2008
Rusching Across South Africa Professional endurance competitor Rebecca Rusch has tackled her fair share of adventure races and 24-Hour mountain bike races throughout the ...
Mar. 28, 2008
Prologue: South Africa's Cape Epic kicks off with prologue Trek-Volkswagen’s Susan Haywood and Jenny Smith took the women’s category while Kevin Evans and David George (MTN-Energade) won the men’s in ...
Mar. 26, 2008
Cape Epic promises top fields, epic stages A deeper pro field, a longer course and a heftier prize purse highlight the 2008 Absa Cape Epic, the world’s premier mountain bike stage race, ...
