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News | Singletrack heaven for 2016 Absa Cape Epic riders

The Absa Cape Epic mountain bike stage race is often referred to as the “Tour de France of mountain biking” and now the route for the 2016 race has officially been revealed. The 647km long route contains more singletrack and climbs per kilometer than ever before and runs through a variety of South Africa’s beautiful landscapes. Find out more about all the stages in this article.

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European Enduro Series | Back at the beach for the season finale

On October 17th and 18th the European Enduro Series will conclude in sunny Benalmádena, Spain, crowning the EES 2015 champion. Today´s mandatory training wheted the rider´s appetite for the season finale tomorrow. Who will be champion of the Elite classes? The results are close and nothing is certain, but we can be sure that the riders will fight down to the last meter – until then check out these amazing photos from today’s practice.

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News | Cannondale Partner with British Enduro Series

American performance bicycle brand Cannondale have partnered with The British Enduro Series (BES) as title sponsor for the 2016/17 series, creating The Cannondale British Enduro Series – (The Cannondale BES).

The series will comprise of five key events held around the UK with venues in Scotland, Wales and England making the series truly national. The format will comprise of six individual timed...

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Interview | Fabien Barel’s Finale Thoughts

Fabien Barel. Where do we start? After 17 hugely successful years of downhill racing including 2 world championship titles, he switches to enduro and continues where he left off, battling at the top. Then he suffered a horrendous, potentially life and career ending injury and comes back that same year for the last race of the season and wins it! Fabien announced his retirement from competitive racing earlier in the year and had a very emotional send off in Finale after smashing it to a 2nd place. Sporting success aside, what is the real Fabien like? The man in super driven, hugely intelligent and very professional yet is the first to crack a joke and have some fun. We caught up with Fabien in Finale Ligure before he took to the stages for the last time.

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Racing | Enduro Girls of Finale Ligure

The women’s field in the Enduro World Series is now stronger than ever, and while we were in Finale Ligure for the final round of the year we caught up a with a few of the ladies who were there riding! Unfortunately we couldn’t meet all of them so here are a select few that we bumped into over the weekend.

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