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Christoph Sauser Cape Epic

Christoph Sauser goes it alone

Thursday, 29th March 2007 at 5:43 pm

In 2006, the Absa Cape Epic looked almost too easy for Christoph Sauser, as he and Specialised team-mate Silvio Bundi destroyed the field and stormed home to an emphatic victory. One year on, and it’s a very different story… Riding …

Cape Epic start

Absa Cape Epic: two days in…

Sunday, 25th March 2007 at 3:54 pm

When the top-ranked riders met up at Friday’s pre-race press conference, the realisation of just how strong the 2007 Absa Cape Epic field is suddenly hit home: Olympic medallists, World Champions, seasoned winners on the world’s mountain bike circuits. No …

Silvio Bundi

Cape Epic favourites almost ready

Saturday, 24th March 2007 at 12:08 am

Thank God the amatuer riders in this year’s Absa Cape Epic weren’t at the final pre-race press conference (hosted by Feverpitcher ed Dan Nicholl). Most of the are nervous enough as it is; if they’d heard two leading German professionals …

Christoph Sauser

Cape Epic raring to go

Thursday, 22nd March 2007 at 1:18 am

Knysna is slowly filling up with mountain bikes, as the 2007 edition of the Absa Cape Epic prepares to kick off on Saturday morning. Months of training have come to an end, and eight days of gruelling, unrelenting cycling lie …

Robbie Hunter

Robbie Hunter breaks his duck

Monday, 12th March 2007 at 9:11 am

Robbie Hunter and Jan Ullrich in the same peleton has usually meant the Tour de France in the past, with Hunter very much a peripheral player. That turned on its head on Sunday, however, as Ullrich took a gentle stroll …

Argus start

35 000 lycra-clad madmen

Sunday, 11th March 2007 at 7:47 pm

Another year on, and it’s only getting bigger. Jan Ullrich, Greg LeMond and Robbie Hunter may have hogged the headlines building up to Sunday’s Cape Argus Pick ‘n Pay Cycle Tour, but it’s the 34 997 other riders who’re the …