After a pandemic-enforced hiatus, the Absa Cape Epic, widely regarded as the world’s premier mountain bike stage race, returned to action in fine style in Cape Town today
Valentí Sanjuan is a Spanish mountain biking personality, having turned his life around 10 years ago, he went from a couch potato to an ultra-endurance athlete.
The leading elite men’s and women’s teams, Goldwurst Power-Infinity and Gabriel Technologie, continued their perfect Swiss Epic streaks on Stage 3. Both teams claimed their third successive victories, on the Queen Stage from St. Moritz to Davos.
Claudio Caluori and Faranak Partoazar are racing the 2021 Swiss Epic to raise funds for one of the event’s official charities: Pump for Peace. The charitable arm of Caluori’s Velosolutions pump track construction company the charity aims to build pump tracks in impoverished areas.