ABSA Cape Epic 2017 – Stage 2 – GoPro Highlight

Massive crashes, amazing landscapes and onboard action is guaranteed in the GoProHighlights Clip

Water crossings, steep hillslopes and on board action in the ABSA Cape Epic 2017 – Stage 3 – GoPro Highlight Clip. The riders traverse some of the most beautiful scenery in the Western Cape. Enjoy!

Nice on board action, steep hillslopes and amazing landscapes is guaranteed in the ABSA Cape Epic 2017 – Stage 5 – GoPro Highlight Clip.

Nice on board action, amazing landscapes and steep hillslopes is guaranteed in the ABSA Cape Epic 2017 – Stage 4 – GoPro Highlights clip.

Nice on board action, steep hillslopes and amazing landscapes is guaranteed in the ABSA Cape Epic 2017 – Stage 6 – GoPro Highlight Clip.

The racing has been amazing this year – perhaps the most exciting ever – and it was fascinating to see how the so called “cross-country riders” took hold of the event. Nino Schurter and Matthias Stirnemann are typical of this type of rider and their tactics may have changed the way the pros approach the race forever. Congratulations to them on a thrilling victory. And it was good to see Jennie Stenerhag coming home as a winner almost a year to the day after she had heart surgery for an ailme...

The 2017 Absa Cape Epic started exactly as they 2016 edition ended, with Manuel Fumic and Henrique Avancini (Cannondale Factor Racing XC) powering onto the Meerendal Wine Estate fields to take the win. Last year the pair claimed the final stage of the Cape Epic; this year they put their considerable cross-country talents to good use to out-race a star-studded field to claim the 26km Prologue at a blazing hot Meerendal. 2016 Olympic cross-country champion Nino Schurter and teammate Matthias...

Race debutants Andri Frischknecht and Michiel Van der Heijden (SCOTT-SRAM Young Guns), with a whole lot of help from 2016 Olympic champion Nino Schurter and partner Matthias Stirnemann (SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing), ruled the day on Stage 4 of the 2017 Absa Cape Epic. Overall leaders Manuel Fumic and Henrique Avancini (Cannondale Factory Racing XC) finished third on the day, two-and-a-half minutes off the pace. Their time was enough to retain the yellow zebra leader jersey, though.