Cape Epic MTB Race 2024 - riders to watch
Road cycling’s most celebrated and important race is the Tour de France. But for mountain biking the equivalent event is African and unique in its blend of amateur and pro riders, competing on the same route.The Cape Epic is a week of extreme stage racing, with teams of two navigating the rugged, at times brutal, Western Cape mountain ranges of South Africa.
The Cape Epic route 2024 measures 613km, with 16,850m of climbing, but it’s not continuous. Riders will start with a prologue at Lourensford farm, and then transfer by bus and camper vans, more than 100 miles north, to the town of Tulbagh, for stage one. Surrounded by towering mountains, with very little tree cover, the Tulbagh area hosts stages one and two, before riders loop a variety of trails around the town of Wellington, for stages three, four, and five.
Hydration and heat management are often a make-or-break factor for riders transitioning to the Cape Epic from a cold weather northern hemisphere training cycle. The need for more than two bike-mounted hydration bottles on those extreme heat Cape Epic stages has seen the development of new-generation hydration backpacks that are lighter and feature better ventilation. Even pro riders shoulder a hydration pack at the Cape Epic when weather forecasters predict extreme temperatures.
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