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Overall winners crowned Vice Marathon World Champion & Swiss National Champion Martin Stosek (CZE) and Marc Stutzmann (SUI) winning the men title 2023 Cape Epic winners, Kim Le Court (MRI) and Vera Looser (NAM) are the first team to win the Cape Epic and the Swiss Epic in the same year In its 10th edition, taking place from 15 – 29th of August 2023, the SPAR Swiss Epic is one of Europe’s premier mountain bike stage races. The five-day stage race takes in 339km and 10.850m of climbing. A...

The Queen Stage proofed it’s name with a nail-biting sprint finish in the men race and drama in the women race. In the men race it all came down to a sprint finish between the two top teams, Canyon Northwave and Wilier Pirelli. After being in the lead at the top of the Scalettapass Canyon were chased down by Wilier Pirelli in the downhill. All four riders approached the final few hundreds meter together and it was Wout Alleman (BEL) from Wilier Pirelli who made the first move and got in front...

St. Moritz has hosted the SPAR Swiss Epic on two previous occasions, and with over 400 kilometers of dedicated MTB trails, and many dual-purpose trails surrounding the town, it is easy to understand why. Stage 3 explores these trails like never before and includes flow trails in the loop around St. Moritz in its 58km and 2.100m of climbing. The men race had some drama as Torpado Factory, Casey South (SUI) and Jakob Dorigoni (ITA) made an early move in the race. Their attack was successful...

The first transition day of the 2023 SPAR Swiss Epic sees teams set off from Lenzerheide with St. Moritz in their sights. Stage 2 is no mean feat as teams are required to race through a route of 81 kilometers with 2 350 meters of climbing, including a trip to the top of the Albula Pass at 2 312 meters above sea level. In both UCI categories the overall leaders extended the gap with another stage win. Local Marc Stutzmann and Czech rider Martin Stosek won after 3h20min while the battle for...

Stage 1 was a 51km loop with 2.000m of climbing around Lenzerheide. The recently crowned silver medal winner at the Mountain Bike Marathon Championships, Martin Stosek (CZE) and his teammate, fresh crowned Swiss Marathon champion Marc Stutzmann of team Canyon Northwave won this stage. In the women category it was the African duo, Kim Le Court (MRI) and Vera Looser (NAM), team Elysator Efficient Infinity Insure winning todays stage and starting into tomorrow’s stage 2 with the leader jersey.

Stage 6 marked the penultimate day of the ABSA Cape Epic 2023. For the first time in history, outside of a time trial, the entire stage was hosted by a single landowner. It was a dramatic day, as wind and rain was on the cards for the riders today. The trails were wet and soggy, which caused a dramatic shake up in the general classification. Matthew Beers (RSA) and Christopher Blevins (USA) won the penultimate stage 6 with a time of 3hours 26minutes 48seconds. SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing’s Nino Sch...

Stage 4 marked the second time trial of the race. It took the riders around the trails of Oak Valley Estate in a short but intense day of racing with 47km to go and 875m of climbing. The course was packed with singletrack, making it a test of skill as well as fitness. Maintaining a rhythm to climb twisting trails like Berg Adder and then descend down trails like Puff Adder, Vissie’s Magic and Sounds of Silence required absolute focus. Matthew Beers (RSA) and Christopher Blevins (USA) from tea...

Stage 2 of the 2023 ABSA Cape Epic marked the longest stage of this year’s race. The riders looped around the beautiful trails of Hermanus. At 116 kilometers it had everything from long grinding climbs to hair-raising downhills and technical demanding single tracks. The men’s race saw a very fast and technical race with the best end for Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne’s Matthew Beers (RSA) and his partner Christopher Blevins (USA). The pair took the win of Stage 2 after they already won the Prol...

Stage 1 of the ABSA Cape Epic was traditionally tough and tested the riders to their limits as it has been a real marathon stage. The bare numbers sat at 98 kilometers with 2,550 meters of climbing, the highest of this year’s route. After a relatively short Prologue, things were being turned up a notch as the race properly got under way. The route headed through the best of the Hemel en Aarde Valley singletracks and into the searing Overberg planes. The outbound loop trended relentlessly uphi...