It’s here – the toughest Mountain Bike race in the world! Check out the results, stages & ranking below ahead of the 2024 Absa Cape Epic… it’s going to be Epic!
The Cape Epic began on Sunday 17th of March with the prologue. Over the 8 days, riders will tackle 617km of South Africa’s most untamed trails! They will also climb a whopping 16500 meters of climbing.
Final Overall Standings
Elite Male
1st – Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne – Matt Beers & Howard Grotts – 25:22:17
2nd – World Bicycle Relief – Nino Schurter & Sebastian Fini – 25:33:24 +11:07
3rd – Buff Megamo – Hans Becking & Wout Alleman – 25:33:54 +11:36
Elite Female
1st – GHOST Factory Racing – Anne Terpstra & Nicole Koller – 30:56:22
2nd – Cannondale Factory Racing – Mona Mitterwalner & Candice Lill – 31:04:58 +8:36
3rd – Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne – Sofia Gomez Villafane & Samara Sheppard – 31:32:10 +35:48
Elite Results
Stage 6 – 23rd March
Male
1st – Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne – Matt Beers & Howard Grotts 3:36:48
2nd – Willer Vittoria Factory – Fabian Rabensteiner & Samuele Porro +0:41
3rd – Buff Megamo – Hans Becking & Wout Alleman +1:50
Female
1st – GHOST Factory Racing – Anne Terpstra & Nicole Koller 4:30:39
2nd – Cannondale Factory Racing – Mona Mitterwalner & Candice Lill +1:00
3rd – Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne – Sofia Gomez Villafane & Samara Sheppard +10:16
Stage 4 – 21st March
Male
1st – World Bicycle Relief – Nino Schurter & Sebastian Fini 3:22:39
2nd – Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne – Matt Beers & Howard Grotts +0:00
3rd – Canyon SIDI – Andreas Seewald & Marc Stutzmann +1:10
Female
1st – GHOST Factory Racing – Anne Terpstra & Nicole Koller 4:08:50
2nd – Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne – Sofia Gomez Villafane & Samara Sheppard +0:02
3rd – Cannondale Factory Racing – Mona Mitterwalner & Candice Lill +0:02
Stage 3 – 20th March
Male
1st – Canyon SIDI – Andreas Seewald & Marc Stutzmann 3:40:24
2nd – Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne – Matt Beers & Howard Grotts +0:49
3rd – Orbea Leatt Speed Company – Georg Egger & Lukas Baum +0:50
Female
1st – GHOST Factory Racing – Anne Terpstra & Nicole Koller 4:31:27
2nd – Cannondale Factory Racing – Mona Mitterwalner & Candice Lill +1:16
3rd – Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne – Sofia Gomez Villafane & Samara Sheppard +1:17
Stage 2 – 19th March
Male
1st – Buff Megamo – Hans Becking & Wout Alleman 4:05:22
2nd – World Bicycle Relief – Nino Schurter & Sebastian Fini +2:02
3rd – Orbea Leatt Speed Company – Georg Egger & Lukas Baum +2:07
Female
1st – GHOST Factory Racing – Anne Terpstra & Nicole Koller 5:11:00
2nd – Cannondale Factory Racing – Mona Mitterwalner & Candice Lill +0:07
3rd – Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne – Sofia Gomez Villafane & Samara Sheppard +0:25
Stage 1 – 18th March
Male
1st – Buff Megamo – Hans Becking & Wout Alleman 3:38:48
2nd – World Bicycle Relief – Nino Schurter & Sebastian Fini +0:02
3rd – Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne – Matt Beers & Howard Grotts +0:21
Female
1st – GHOST Factory Racing – Anne Terpstra & Nicole Koller 4:25:42
2nd – Cannondale Factory Racing – Mona Mitterwalner & Candice Lill +0:01
3rd – Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne – Sofia Gomez Villafane & Samara Sheppard +5:01
Prologue 17th March
Male
1st – World Bicycle Relief – Nino Schurter & Sebastian Fini 1:02:38
2nd – Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne – Matt Beers & Howard Grotts +0:51
3rd – Buff Megamo – Hans Becking & Wout Alleman +1:32
Female
1st – GHOST Factory Racing – Anne Terpstra & Nicole Koller 1:14:45
2nd – Cannondale Factory Racing – Mona Mitterwalner & Candice Lill +1:05
3rd – Toyota-Specialized-NinetyOne – Sofia Gomez Villafane & Samara Sheppard +3:10
Cape Epic Stages
Prologue – Sunday 17th March
Distance: 26km
Climbing: 700m
Lourensford Wine Estate – Lourensford Wine Estate
Stage 1 – Monday 18th March
Distance: 88km
Climbing: 2450m
Saronsberg, Tulbagh – Saronsberg, Tulbagh
Stage 2 – Tuesday 19th March
Distance: 97km
Climbing: 2200m
Saronsberg, Tulbagh – Saronsberg, Tulbagh
Stage 3 – Wednesday 20th March
Distance: 94km
Climbing: 2100
Saronsberg, Tulbagh – CPUT Wellington
Stage 4 – Thursday 21st March
Distance: 88km
Climbing: 3000m
CPUT Wellington – CPUT Wellington
Stage 5 – Friday 22nd March
Distance: 70km
Climbing: 1750m
CPUT Wellington – CPUT Wellington
Stage 6 – Saturday 23rd March
Distance: 87km
Climbing: 2400
Stellenbosch – Stellenbosch
Stage 7 – Sunday 24th March
Distance: 67km
Climbing: 2000m
Stellenbosch – Stellenbosch
Live Stream
You can watch each stage LIVE hit the link below!