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Cape
Epic Pages
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Check out links to our previous
Cape Epic
Pages
for 2005 and 2006.
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Absa Cape
Epic 2007 - Team Subaru in the Press
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 We
recently got some great press coverage following our
West Coast training Camp. Both Ride Mag and Mountainbiker
magazine published articles on our camp. We are also featuring
in a short case study documentary on using technology in
training. read
more.... |
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CAPE EPIC
2007 - The Hat Trick
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Welcome to our Cape Epic 2007 website. For some insane reason
we are doing it all again for the 3rd time. We completed
Cape
Epic 2005 and Cape Epic 2006 and now the Amabubesi (3 timers
club) looms. Check out The Cape Epic
Pages for details on our last two
epic rides. The Cape Epic 2007 event
promises to be the best yet. Subaru South Africa will once
again sponsor us for the build up and the actual 2007 event.
Subaru was very impressed with our
2006 sponsorship and the
return on investment that they received from our unique
marketing offerings. We will once again ride
Raleigh bikes as
they have proved to be truly reliable and the support from
Raleigh has been exceptional.
Follow our progress, go to
www.cape-epic.com and
check the daily results for our positions.
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Top Riders use
Giro del Capo as warm-up for Cape Epic
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 Four
of the world’s top mountain bike riders, Silvio Bundi, Thomas
Zahnd, Sandro Spaeth and Gion Manetsch will be competing in
this year’s Giro del Capo in preparation for the 2007 Absa
Cape Epic. Silvio Bundi, the 2006 Absa Cape Epic defending
champion will be teaming with fellow Swiss riders Zahnd,
Spaeth and Manetsch, as well as two South African riders,
Dawid Griesel and Anton Wynand, to make up the six-member
Outriders team for the Giro del Capo.
read more
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EPIC
Training Rides
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 As
part of our training program we e planned some epic
training rides. These
Cape Epic
training camps have proved critical for focused training
as well as being great to simulate race conditions. We ran two training camps one at Sabie Mpumalanga and another at Langebaan on the Cape West Coast. It is a great
opportunity to do some back to back riding and meet some
other epic riders.
Sabie Training camp was a great
success and we did some awesome rides and plenty of climbing,
read the
Sabie
training camp report.
Read the
ride report from out December training camp on the west
coast. Kevin Vermaak joined us for all three days and rode
some routes that he never knew existed on the West Coast |
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| The Cape Epic
2007 |
| The Magical and Untamed
Mountain Bike Race The Cape Epic 2007 is happening again and
we are going to be in it. A 900km 8 day
mountain bike race from Knysna to Cape Town. This is the
ultimate mountain bike race in South Africa. Cape Epic 2007
promises to be one of the most scenic epics yet. With a
healthy amount of technical riding included each day it is
going to be challenging. The first 3 days will be the
toughest, but there are no easy days at the epic so the rest
will more than likely be just as tough.
Our
main goal will again be to complete the race and share the experience with the other
riders. After two successful finishes we feel comfortable to set some targets
in terms of finishing. Having just finished outside the Top 100 teams in our
previous attempts we are aiming for an overall top 100 finish and under top 50
mens teams. |
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TEAM
Subaru
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Alan
Profile
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Age:
37
Club:
none
Bike: Raleigh Marathon Team
Years cycling: 13
Years racing: 6
Total Races
in 2004: 13
Best results:
104th overall (67th in class) - Cape Epic 2005
(900km) Apr-05
113th overall (71st in class) - Cape Epic 2006
Apr-06
6th Overall - Neu Bethesda 100km mountain
bike race Oct-05
35th overall (11th in class) - Argus MTB
challenge Mar-06
42nd overall (12th in class) - Stellenbosch MTB
Jul-06
32nd overall - Giant's Castle MTB Challenge
(75km) Apr-04 |
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Albert
Profile
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Age: 34
Club: Cyclosport
Bike: Raleigh RM Team
Years cycling: 7
Years racing: 5
Total races in 2003: 17
Recent results:
104th overall (67th in class) - Cape Epic 2005
(900km) Apr-05
113th overall (71st in class) - Cape Epic 2006
Apr-06
1st overall - Neu Bethesda 100km mountain bike
race Oct-05
10th overall - 94.7 mountain bike challenge
Nov-05
Ranked 6th sub vet Drifter 2004 series |
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