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Cape Epic, From the Source, Orbea - December 10, 2021

Orbea Factory Team Uncovers the Cape Epic in “The Mecca of MTB”

Orbea Factory Team Uncovers the Cape Epic in "The Mecca of MTB"

For many, the Absa Cape Epic is the pinnacle of an MTB race. With growing popularity and media attention year after year, it has earned the name of the “Mountain Tour de France” among the cycling community. In this documentary, Orbea Factory Team rider Ibon Zugasti and KMC Orbea rider Oliver Avilés show us everything […]

EF Gone Racing Live Premier – The Cape Epic that never was

Devised to disrupt the status quo in cycling, EF Racing’s alternative calendar took them around the world in 2019. This year, two familiar faces returned, heading to South Africa to take on a new challenge in the form of the world’s most prestigious mountain bike race: the Cape Epic. The scene was set, the duo …

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Road to Cape Epic EP6: What gear had we been using?

At the time we made this video the 2020 ABSA Cape Epic was still going ahead and we had spent nearly 12 months training and testing the gear we were going to use. Many of you wanted to know what gear we chose; what gear we thought would stand up to the test. So here …

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The road to Cape Epic has reached a dead end

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Cape Epic is cancelled. We’re sitting at dinner outside Cape Town, and the word just came through. It’s been a year since we set off on our Road to Cape Epic journey, and it was almost complete. The biggest challenge was yet to come: Eight ridiculously challenging days of racing. We arrived here knowing that …

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Brendan Johnston on overcoming cancer, winning the Warny, and advice for two old blokes

Brendan Johnston (aka ‘Trekky’) is a four-time XCM National Champion of Australia, he finished 24th in the Elite category of the 2019 Cape Epic (with partner Cam Ivory), and just won one of the world’s oldest road races, the Melbourne – Warrnambool. Trekky is not only an extraordinary human being because of his race results, …

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