Versuchen GOLD - Frei
The Contenders
Bicycling South Africa
|Absa Cape Epic 2025 Race Guide
Matt Beers is undoubtedly the most popular cyclist in South Africa.

Matt Beers (RSA) / Keegan Swenson (USA) Team Outride / Toyota / Songo
His exploits at the Absa Cape Epic and his almost mythical status on the gravel scene in the US have made him a local hero to anyone who follows the sport in this country. His winning style – raw power, and an almost fearless attitude to taking on the best – lends itself to hero status. When Beers won the Absa Cape Epic for the first time in 2021, he had former XCO champion Jordan Sarrou as his partner, and the sight of the Frenchmen bent over his bike after each stage, trying to keep up with Beers, was confirmation of the lanky South African's world-class status. In 2025 Beers partners with American Keegan Swenson, and the two will start firm favourites.
Beers and Swenson became friends during the US Gravel Lifetime Grand Prix series, despite battling it out for the overall title – which Swenson eventually won, ahead of Beers. This may be Swenson's first Absa Cape Epic, but few would argue that he doesn't have the perfect partner to take him all the way.
Nino Schurter (SUI) / Filippo Colombo (SUI) Team Scott SRAM
At age 38, it's easy to assume that Schurter must be in the twilight of his career. The 10-time World Champion, 2016 Olympic champion and 36-time World Cup winner has pronounced that 2025 may be his last year at XCO World Cup level; but he's left the door open for a further assault on the Absa Cape Epic in 2025 and 2026.
The key to whether Schurter can win a third Absa Cape Epic title will be whether or not his partner, fellow Swiss Filippo Colombo, will be up to the task. On current form, the tall and powerful Colombo may well be the hammer to Schurter's nail.
Diese Geschichte stammt aus der Absa Cape Epic 2025 Race Guide-Ausgabe von Bicycling South Africa.
Abonnieren Sie Magzter GOLD, um auf Tausende kuratierter Premium-Geschichten und über 9.000 Zeitschriften und Zeitungen zuzugreifen.
Sie sind bereits Abonnent? Anmelden
WEITERE GESCHICHTEN VON Bicycling South Africa
Bicycling South Africa
101 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SHIFTING
TIPS, TRICKS AND FACTOIDS RELATING TO BICYCLE DRIVETRAINS.
6 mins
July/August 2025

Bicycling South Africa
GET FASTER WITH THESE WORKOUTS
TO GET FASTER ON THE BIKE, you need three main things: a big aerobic engine, the stamina to hold speed, and top-end power to drive you over the finish line. Try these three key workouts. Done regularly, they'll make you a speedier cyclist - guaranteed.
2 mins
July/August 2025

Bicycling South Africa
THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE MOUSTACHE
DURING LOCKDOWN, while others were baking sourdough and Zwifting their eyes out, Marco Joubert was digging - and thinking - deep.
3 mins
July/August 2025

Bicycling South Africa
EAT. RIDE. SUFFER. REPEAT
GO BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST CYCLING SHOWPIECE WITH SOUTH AFRICAN LEGENDS DARYL IMPEY AND JACO VENTER - AND CHALLENGE YOURSELF TO A MEMORABLE JULY, WITH TOUR-INSPIRED TRAINING TIPS AND A QUEEN STAGE CHALLENGE OF YOUR OWN. MAGNIFIQUE!
8 mins
July/August 2025

Bicycling South Africa
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A TOUR DE FRANCE RIDER
The mechanics are already at work, prepping bikes. Riders weigh in first thing. It's all part of the daily ritual.
2 mins
July/August 2025
Bicycling South Africa
LET’S ACCEPT THAT INDOOR RIDING SUCKS
It’s taken me too much time and money to understand that no accessory or subscription is going to change that!
2 mins
July/August 2025

Bicycling South Africa
HEAD IN THE CLOUDS
ON A MOUNTAIN ABOVE THE TINY SHEEP-AND POTATO-farming town of Aurora, with views east to the Cederberg and west to the Atlantic Ocean, you'll find a cycling escape like no other.
2 mins
July/August 2025
Bicycling South Africa
WHY YOUR NEXT BIKE SHOULD BE AN ALL-ROAD BIKE
THERE’S AN IMPORTANT and often overlooked category that fills the space between road-race bikes and dedicated gravel bikes. It’s usually called ‘all-road’ or ‘endurance’, but other names for this group pop up every few years.
2 mins
July/August 2025

Bicycling South Africa
SPIN IT TO WIN IT
Whether you're new to indoor training or looking to upgrade your existing pain cave, go from couch to KOM this winter with the best new gear, accessories and workouts from the pros - all guaranteed to boost your power.
4 mins
July/August 2025

Bicycling South Africa
GUARDIAN OR GANGSTER
THE UNBELIEVABLE TALE OF IGOR KENK, A FORMER POLICEMAN WHO BECAME THE WORLD'S MOST PROLIFIC - AND PHILOSOPHICAL – BIKE THIEF.
26 mins
July/August 2025