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The Untamed African Mountain Bike Race (#CapeEpic) 16-23 March 2025

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capeepic

@CapeEpic

2 years

Former Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España winner Vincenzo Nibali has just started his debut Absa Cape Epic. He's riding with Samuele Porro for team "Italian Friends". #capeepic #untamed

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The champs. #CapeEpic

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2 years

Trouble here for SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing. Nino is pushing Andri already. #capeepic

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2 years

It's the untamed African Cape Epic, but it's also fun for Nino Schurter. #capeepic

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2 years

Nino Schurter doing what Nino Schurter does. He only uses Tailwhipped Cream on his scones. #capeepic.

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2 years

The weather has cleared up to such an extent that the ORBEA x Leatt x Speed Company boys have gone for a swim. #capeeepic

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6 years

Father-and-son team of Gustav & Retief Joyce make it home to @valdevieestate after a grueling day out, which saw 70-year-old Gustav crash and break his finger, leaving Retief to nurse him home. A fitting end to the 2019 #Untamed

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2 years

Champers for the champs. #capeepic

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3 years

Ladies and gentlemen, the man, the myth, the legend, Nino Schurter just out there having a great time on his bike. #untamed

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2 years

It's been real, mountain bike fans, but this live updater is closing his laptop and going into hibernation until the next Prologue. One week of work a year is about all we can handle. See you all in 2024. And remember. anything can happen at the Absa Cape Epic. #capeepic.

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2 years

Stage 6 steam train. #capeepic #untamed

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2 years

Bike Yoga. It's a thing. #capeepic #untamed

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Amy Wakefield now riding on her rim in an effort to get to the next tech zone. #capeepic #untamed

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6 years

Flying into the weekend with @nschurter #EpicMen

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3 years

The winners of the 2022 Absa Cape Epic men's race. Speed Company Racing's Georg Egger and Lukas Baum. Ride of a lifetime on this final stage to overturn a 2:45 deficit and claim the win ahead of Canyon Northwave MTB. #capeepic

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2 years

And now it's the official start of the 2023 Absa Cape Epic - we've had our first bokkie attack of the event, a sign that the racing is really underway! Luckily the buck didn't stop there. #untamed #capepic

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2 years

Nino having fun. As always. #CapeEpic

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2 years

The 2023 Absa Cape Epic champions, Matt Beers and Christopher Blevins (Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne). They made up an 8-minute deficit after Stage 1 to win the event.

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2 years

Almost home for the top women on Stage 7. #CapeEpic

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8 years

Catch @Josehermida and @PuritoRodriguez in the Rider Dining marquee this evening when we chat to them about their Epic so far

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6 years

In it for the long run. #CapeEpic #Untamed

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6 years

How much more can the son push? And how much more pain can the dad handle? #Untamed

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3 years

Warning, what you are about to see is way too thrilling for a Saturday morning. You will be tempted to exclaim "whoah, and wow, and what the hell". Do not attempt this a home. #capeepic

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3 years

Lindo has made it! For context: his freehub exploded, he then ran for 35km, and now he’s just finished Stage 3. Never give up. Never surrender. @martindreyer3 #changealifeacademy

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7 years

Good morning from Stage 5!

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2 years

Candice Lill helping out partner Amy Wakefield on Stage 5 of the Absa Cape Epic. #capeepic #untamed

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2 years

Nino Schurter (SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing) leads the hunt for ORBEA x Leatt x Speed Company. #untamed #capeepic

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1 year

Going up! The waterpoint at the top here is manned by Zeus. #AbsaCapeEpic #Untamed #Epic2024

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2 years

Stefan Sahm from the media e-bike: "It is so wet and soggy it feels like riding on liquid tar." .#capeepic

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4 years

The final finisher of the 2021 @AbsaSouthAfrica #CapeEpic! Please put your hands together for Ben! He walked the last 10km after destroying his rear wheel!

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2 years

4km to go for Beers and Blevins. What a ride from these two. #CapeEpic

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2 years

Every bike mechanic in Cape Town is grimacing right now. #untamed #capeepic

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7 years

She went to the top of the hill, got water for her ailing partner, waited for medics to reach him and then got back to the top seconds before the cut-off. Well done Raquel Lisbona! Here she gets a kiss from partner Xavier Sancho before contunuing #Untamed #CapeEpic

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2 years

Hey guys. Ja?.Let's go ride bikes today. Ja cool, let's do it. Should be fun. #capeepic

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6 years

You never know what the road will throw at you and you've always got to remain tough. @MattBeers55 proved that today; here's today's @PlasconSA #MicaTexToughMoments

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8 years

A beautiful and emotional moment as @taylorchick1 pays her respects to the late, great Burry Stander. #IrideforBurry. Video: @ZoonCronje

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2 years

Wilier Pirelli Factory win Stage 1 of the 2023 Absa Cape Epic. #untamed #capeepic

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3 years

Up the Rusty Gate climb, it's Speed Company Racing on the attack. These men just get better each day. They have no backup team, they are their own mechanics, and they make their own food every day. Incredible performance so far. #capeepic #untamed

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2 years

Baum and Egger power walking at the potentially perilous portage. #capeepic

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2 years

The leaders on Stage 7 make a splash. #capeepic

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7 years

110-kilometres and 1900-metres of vertical ascent, those are but two of the challenges you'll need to overcome to safely navigate Stage 1. #Doyouhavewhatittakes?

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@CapeEpic

3 years

We gave you a little teaser of Nino having a blast on the trails earlier; here is the man in his element, jumping and whipping it like the champion he is. #Untamed

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2 years

It's all happening out there today, folks! Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne goes through 17km in 36:18.5, Baum and Egger are through 17km too, 17 seconds behind Beers and Blevins. Cooking. COOKING!.#capeepic #untamed

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2 years

We need more cowbell. #capeepic #untamed

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6 years

To all those eyes and ears who followed our race updates right here, and helped us cheer the 2019 Absa #CapeEpic riders on through the #Untamed, we thank you! This is the ticker signing-off for 2019; we'll see you again next year.

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@CapeEpic

2 years

Sweeping switchbacks on Stage 3. #capeepic #untamed

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2 years

Nino attacked by wildlife for the second time at this year's Cape Epic - can't bunny hop this time, and leads to a hare raising crash. But that's enough rabbiting on from me. #capeepic

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6 years

Word from Hyena Rich: "Retief has not listened to his dad and is pushing him to the finish." #Untamed

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3 years

After running for 35km due to a busted freehub, Lindokuhle is now pinning it with Hyena Rich on his heels. #capeepic

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7 years

Caption this:

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2 years

A good day for mountain biking. #capeepic #untamed

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2 years

Big issues here for the overall Orange Jersey leaders. #capeepic

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7 years

The 2018 Absa Cape Epic starts on the slopes of Table Mountain on Sunday . Do you have what it takes?

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8 years

.@Absa & Cape Epic donate 5 896 tents to disaster relief in Western Cape. Our thoughts go out to everyone affected

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2 years

Conditions out on the route are. interesting. The wind is starting to howl like a wolf with its paw in a bear trap. #untamed #capeepic

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2 years

Lovely sporting moment between Matt Beers and Georg Egger. #capeepic

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6 years

Yesterday's Queen Stage included a compulsory portage for all riders; this sounds like a free moment off the bike, but not for every rider. Here's Dax Jaikel showing the world what he's made of in the @PlasconSA #MicatexToughMoments

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7 years

Langvad and Courtney celebrate their win

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6 years

“We are warriors.” A tale of a father and son team who pushed, pulled and pedalled their way into the Book of Legend. 📷 Sam Clark

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2 years

ORBEA x Leatt x Speed Company's Lukas Baum and Georg Egger win Stage 5 of the Absa Cape Epic! Stunning ride. #capeepic

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8 years

This is what awaits you tomorrow. Try and a get a good night's sleep, you'll need it to conquer the #Untamed.

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2 years

"Insert Airwolf theme music here." .#capeepic #untamed

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8 years

The Masters superheroes, Orbea Factory's @ibzugasti and @tomimisser!

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7 years

Now that the dust has settled on another incredible Absa Cape Epic, we hope you take some time to reconnect with your bike to get over those post-epic blues and enjoy the mountain bike trails around every corner of the globe. #untamed

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2 years

Wowzers! Matt Beers surges ahead like lightning on the Highveld and drops the SCOTT-SRAM MTB Riders; Blevins times his attack to perfection and Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne wins Stage 2 with a brilliant tactical final kilometre. Superb cycling. #capeepic

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2 years

Kim le Court and Vera Looser win Stage 6 of the 2023 Cape Epic, 3 from 3, and move into the overall lead at the same time with one stage to go. #capeepic

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2 years

Berge, Beers, Blevins, bikes and bokkies. #CapeEpic

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2 years

Pardon me, coming through. #capeepic #untamed

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6 years

All together into Jonkershoek #EpicMen

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6 years

No truer words have been spoken!

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1 year

Nino Schurter & Sebastian Fini (World Bicycle Relief) racing home to claim the win at the 2024 Cape Epic Prologue. Red-hot racing in red-hot conditions. #AbsaCapeEpic #Untamed #Epic2024

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2 years

Traditional Cape Epic bokkie shot. Free virtual hugs from the live updates team for the first person to correctly label the species. #untamed #capeepic

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6 years

They've MADE IT!!.

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6 years

Rider news: The reigning Olympic & @UCI_cycling Road World Champion @AnnavdBreggen will be teaming up with 4 x Absa Cape Epic winner & reigning @UCI_MTB XCM World Champion @AnnikaLangvad for @Investec @songoinfo @iamspecialized.

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2 years

That winning feeling. Stage 6. #capeepic

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9 years

We'll remember Gugu for his big smile & warm soul at the Cape Epic! Thinking of his family during this tragic time

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6 years

(VIDEO) @AnnikaLangvad and @AnnavdBreggen of Investec-songo-Specialized keeping it ticking over. #EpicWomen

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2 years

Nino Schurter races hard. He races to win. But the man knows how to have fun at the same time. #capeepic #untamed

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8 years

The Men's category podium after some serious racing in today's #CapeEpic Prologue.

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3 years

They’re safe! Our nerves are shot. Well done Nkululeko and Lindo!

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3 years

A reminder to our Twitter viewers that the Live Update team gets a Nik Nak from the oganisers for every "like". Please like generously so we might have a full packet by the end of the day. #untamed.

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The 2019 Absa Cape Epic has come to an end, and we congratulate each and every one of you who dug deep to earn your Finisher medal; you are all heroes of the #Untamed. Early Bird entries for the 2020 Absa Cape Epic open at 15:00 GMT+2 tomorrow,

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Beers and Blevins (Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne) in Yellow after the Prologue of the 2023 Absa Cape Epic. A powerhouse ride to take the first stage win of 2023 in the men's elite race. SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing in second (seven seconds back) and ORBEA x Leatt x Speed Company in third

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2 years

The Daring Dames of Downhill!.#untamed #capeepic

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2 years

Our man on the ground with the footage from the floating bridge; Matt Beers leads. #capeepic

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6 years

Your overall #CapeEpic #EpicMen's 2019 champs. @scottmtbracing

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First climb of the day and it's Georg Egger making some sweet hill music, closely followed by Marco Joubert (Imbuko TypeDev) and then the chopper for drama. #capeepic #untamed

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Sheer joy. Pure bliss. Unbridled happiness. Stage 1 winners at the 2023 Absa Cape Epic in the @CMcom_ Women's Category. Candice Lill and Amy Wakefield also move into the Orange Jersey for the overall lead. #untamed #capeepic

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8 years

Incredible racing! Well done @scottmtbracing and SCOTT-SRAM Young Guns!

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6 years

RELIEF! They made it with mere minutes to spare. #Untamed

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1 year

Candice and Mona take in the cheers!.#AbsaCapeEpic #Untamed #Epic2024

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3 years

That winning feeling for BMC MTB Racing. #epicwomen

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8 years

Olympic gold medalist Jenny Rissveds will be taking on the Absa Cape Epic wih @scottswisspower in 2017!

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1 year

Early morning scenes from today's Stage 1 racing. #AbsaCapeEpic #Untamed #Epic2024

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2 years

The racing in the men's category is getting topsy-turvy on the climbs. First, Fabian Rabensteiner attacks, then Andreas Seewald has a dip. Nino is having none of their nonsense and he surges ahead. #untamed #capeepic

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8 years

Here's a look at the overview of the 2018 Route. Starting UCT and finishing @valdevieestate. Do you have what it takes?

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2 years

Matt Beers and Christopher Blevins have pulled back, seemingly nursing Blevins's bike to the tech zone. While the scenes look Swiss Alps(ish), we confirm that the men are still in the Hermanus area!.#untamed #capeepic

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At the Absa Cape Epic we celebrate the winners of the race, but also the participants who struggle through the day, those who ride at the back of the field and overcome punctures, the African elements, tired legs and long hours in the saddle. Do you have what it takes? They do.