It’s here – the toughest Mountain Bike race in the world! Check out the results, stages & ranking below ahead of the 2025 Absa Cape Epic, rider will tackle 700km and 16000m of climbing over the 8 days.
The Stages
Prologue – Sunday 16th March
Distance: 26km
Climbing: 750m
Meerendal Wine Estate – Meerendal Wine Estate
Stage 1 – Monday 17th March
Distance: 96km
Climbing: 2750m
Meerendal Wine Estate – Meerendal Wine Estate
Stage 2 – Tuesday 18th March
Distance: 63km
Climbing: 950m
Meerendal Wine Estate – Fairview, Paarl
Stage 3 – Wednesday 19th March
Distance: 90km
Climbing: 2600m
Fairview, Paarl – Fairview, Paarl
Stage 4 – Thursday 20th March
Distance: 80km
Climbing: 1950m
Fairview, Paarl – Fairview, Paarl
Stage 5 – Friday 21st March
Distance: 98km
Climbing: 2850m
Fairview, Paarl – Lourensford Wine Estate
Stage 6 – Saturday 22nd March
Distance: 88km
Climbing: 2550m
Lourensford Wine Estate – Lourensford Wine Estate
Stage 7 – Sunday 23rd March
Distance: 64km
Climbing: 2100m
Lourensford Wine Estate – Lourensford Wine Estate
Teams to Watch
UCI Men
- Outride|Toyota|Songo – Matt Beers (RSA) & Keegan Swenson (USA)
- SCOTT SRAM – Nino Schurter (SUI) & Filipo Colombo (SUI)
- ORBEA leatt Speed Company – Georg Egger (GER) & Lukas Baum (GER)
- Singer KTM – Andreas Seewald (GER) & Jakob Hartmann (GER)
- Buff Megamo – Wout Alleman (BEL) & Martin Stosek (CZE)
UCI Women
- Specialized – Annika Langvad (DEN) & Sofia Gomez Villafane (ARG)
- Buff Megamo – Rosa van Doorn (NED) & Janina Wust (SUI)
- Canondale ISB Sport – Monica Calderon (COL) & Tessa Kortekaas (ESP)
- Bulls Swiss – Irina Lutzelschwab (SUI) & Alessia Nay (SUI)
- e-Fort – Magot Moschetti (FRA) & Samara Sheppard (NZL)
Cape Epic Results
We will be posting all the latest results and news from the 2025 Cape Epic, so keep checking back!