Absa Cape Epic 2025 | WATCH The 21st edition of the world’s toughest mountain bike race LIVE!
The Absa Cape Epic 2025 – the “Tour de France of mountain biking” celebrates its 21st edition from March 16th – 23rd.
In teams of two, the best mountain bikers in the world will compete in South Africa’s Western Cape for the prestigious victory in the world’s biggest and toughest MTB stage race.
This year, the Cape Epic leads through the impressive landscapes of the Western Cape of South Africa once again. The riders will tackle around 603 untamed kilometers and 16.500 meters of climbing consisting of many single tracks and technical terrains.
The best mountain biker of all times Nino Schurter (SUI) (multiple Olympic Champion, World Champion and overall World Cup winner in the discipline Cross Country) / Filippo Colombo (SUI) (Junior Cross Country Champion), defending champion Matthew Beers (RSA) / Keegan Swenson (USA), Lukas Baum (GER) (reigning European marathon champion, 2022 Cape Epic winner) / Georg Egger (GER) (2022 Cape Epic winner), Wout Alleman (BEL) (reigning European champion) / Martin Stosek (CZE) (Marathon Vice World Champion) the world’s best riders will compete against each other in the UCI Men category.
Annika Langvad (DEN) (5 times Cape Epic winner) / Sofia Gomez Villafane (ARG) (2022 Cape Epic winner), Vera Looser (NAM) / Alexis Skarda (USA) (both 2023 Cape Epic winner) and Rosa van Doorn (NED) / Janina Wüst (SUI) (2022 vice european champion MTB marathon) are the favourites to win the women’s race.
Broadcast times on DreamSports.tv:
| Date
| Stage | Live Broadcast Window (local time (GMT+2)) | Finish Location | ||
| 16-Mar-25 | Prologue | 07:00 – 15:00 | Meerendal Wine Estate | ||
| 17-Mar-25 | Stage 1 | 07:00 – 12:30 | Meerendal Wine Estate | ||
| 18-Mar-25 | Stage 2 | 07:00 – 13:00 | Fairview, Paarl | ||
| 19-Mar-25 | Stage 3 | 07:00 – 12:30 | Fairview, Paarl | ||
| 20-Mar-25 | Stage 4 | 07:00 – 11:30 | Fairview, Paarl | ||
| 21-Mar-25 | Stage 5 | 07:00 – 13:00 | Lourensford Wine Estate | ||
| 22-Mar-25 | Stage 6 | 07:00 – 12:00 | Lourensford Wine Estate | ||
| 23-Mar-25 | Grand Finale | 07:30 – 12:30 | Lourensford Wine Estate |
