The Absa Cape Epic - world’s premier mountain bike stage race - returns to Cape Town in March 2022 for a grand journey across the Western Cape. The route for the 2022 Cape Epic has been revealed, taking riders on 657 kilometres of Cape Town and the Western Cape’s most rugged and demanding trails. The course kicks off from Somerset West’s Lourensford Wine Estate and makes it way, to Elandskloof, Greyton, to Stellenbosch, and finally to Val de Vie. While the route promises to be hugely demanding o

The Queen Stage of the 2024 Absa Cape Epic - home of the iconic Cliffhanger switchback, a descent etched in mountain biking folklore. #epic2024 Watch as riders tackle this epic trail on Canetsfontein. | Cape Epic

Every metre of the Absa Cape Epic is a challenge, an opportunity to get caught out by the #Untamed terrain but along the route's 658 000 metres there are 8 sections in particular that challenge riders more than most. Be it for their rough and rocky surfaces, their gradient up or down, these are the Toyota SA Tough sections. | Cape Epic