Always GRIT and determination to win the epic of AQDA Cape. In recent years, this proved to be more than ever since the teams came from behind in 2023 and 2024 to demand the crown in 2024. The 2025th route will undoubtedly produce high drama moments – ponxies and accidents – both the expected heat and teams to the Paarl will test the excessive extent. When the race continues – Meerendal will be a team of 16 March, March 16, March 16 – 50 UCI men’s team will be ready to fight for the cup, which will be awarded with the last yellow form of wine; March 23 Sunday. Among the favorites include four past winners, national champions and a number of other bidders.
Foreign | Toyota | Songo: Matt Beers (RSA) and Keegan Swenson (USA)
Protection Champion Matt Beers have the honor of starting with number 1 on the bike board. His 2025 teammates are a surprise choice for beer status as a long-term specialized athlete. American gravel guru, Keegan Swenson, supported by Santa Cruz, which introduces a problem prepared by the couple combined for charity. Supported by Official route of the competition, ToyotaWill compete for Beers and Swenson Tear – Non-profit aimed at improving children’s mental health by cycling Songo.info – Kayamandi Based Education and Sports Charity, Christop Sauser and Burry Standers were established to ensure partnership in 2008.
Palmares’s three abdaya cape epic titles along with Beers, Jordan Sarrou, Christopher Blevins and Howard Grotts. Swenson, in 2022 and 2023, has completed two editions of the 11th place in the 11th place, but it never actually has a teammate that allows you to extend their feet. Given both athlete’s North American gravel desires for 2025, the team will be closely monitored by the growing US fan base.
SCOTT SRAM: Nino Schurter (sul) and Filipo Colombo (sul)
Filipo Colombo was waiting for a pair of surveys for signing Scott Sram in 2023. Nino Schurter won the third Absa Cape epic epic of the Third Absa Cape since the dominant victory next to Lars Forster in 2019. In 2024, an Absa Cape Epic Teammate outside SCOTT has chose to focus on the country outside SCOTT SRAM for Epic Teammate. This year, a day in a day race in a day race, because a diary racing in a day racing was beaten this year.
The uniform of Schurter is not like a razor like a 2025 teammate in February, but the ten-time world champion and the 2016 Olympic gold medalist will be at the top on March 16. In the past, Schurter slowly emptied the reserves of the aggressive race partner. In Colombo, there is a teammate that is not able to finish the week to fight to protect the form.
Orbea Leatt Speed ​​Company: Georg Egger (GER) and LUKAS BAUM (GER | European XCM champion)
The only major teams to protect the partnership since 2024 are a five-star favorite of Georg Egger and Lukas Baum for several reasons. There is no more than amazing popularity. In 2022, the German couple, who are false in loving competitions until the title, like the crowd. A aggressive approach to Absa Cape Epic Racing saw them went to everyone at every opportunity. Mountain bike fans will be hopeful that the experience of experimentation is not the enthusiasm of the Orbea Leatt Speed ​​Speed.
The race is a bit uncertain because it fights the disease during a scene race in a stage race in early February. Baum will fight and disgrace the form of the European Marathon champion in 2025. Both both the Egger and the fans, but also the yellow, blue and gold stars in the Final Lourensford podium will be disappointed if they do not change yellow, blue and gold stars.
Singer KTM: Andreas Seewald (German XCM Champion) and Jakob Hartmann (GER)
In the teams specializing in the marathon and stage competitions, the trembling of the closed season 2025 Absa Cape Epic caused some interesting new compounds. Most of them are the singer of Andreas Seewald and Jakob Hartmann’s singer KTM. Seewald is the winner of the former XCM world champion, which is the current German XCM champion and the Epic Phase of Absa Cape twice. They were 2nd in 2022. Hartmann, last year’s debut was 6th and will be looking for an important development next to one of Marathon Racing’s most popular driver.
Kilmatiza Orble: Samuel ‘
Samuele Porro and Marc Stutzmann are new signatures for both Klimatiza Orbea staff. After finishing Porro, 6 finishes and 2 podium, Absa Cape Epic is not stranger to Epic. Stutzmann, in 2024, made a debut with Andreas Seewald and won the 4th stage. Both men and Spar are strong climbers described by Switzerland’s epic success, which leads to a threat to the above favorite of Orbea.
Buff Megamo: Wout Alleman (Belgian XCM Champion) and Martin Stošek (Cze)
A team, which is famous for the sequence, had a chance to have a chance from the race. This change resulted in a high result of Martin Stošek, who took a step for the famous Dutchman for the famous Netherlands. Becking fans will not evaluate the mood, but it has a proof to strengthen this staff on the paper. Czech and Belgian driver can determine how they are fair to how they combine as a partnership, but a place of the chair is a real goal.
Singer KTM 2: Simon Stiebjahn (GER) and Martin Frey (GER)
In nominal, the song, singer KTM 2 should not be evaluated. Combined Simon Stiebjahn and Martin Frey 14 Absa Cape Epic, two teams will get the best result in two and 2021. Only they must be able to help the Andreas Seewald and Jakob Hartmann to help a perfect conclusion, but Stiebjahn and Frey will finish the top 5 themselves.
IMBUKO CHEMCHAMP: Marko Joubert (RSA) & Tristan Northje (RSA)
South Africa’s best hope, the best part of the decade, Marco Joubert and Tristan Nortje’s best side of Nortje flew in the early season. They combined a scene race victory, Nortje was the best climber in a day race, and Joubert won both events in the National Marathon series in accordance with an important cash bonus. IMBUKO Chemchamp has also cleared the structures of the seeming support that created a more comfortable but professional atmosphere around the driver. Absa African Jersey is a minimum of 2025 Absa Cape Epic, the podium space is a very real opportunity.
Torpado Kenda FSA: Fabian Rabensteiner (Italian XCM Champion) and Casey South (Sui)
Fabian Rabensteiner and Casey as the southern line of Torpado Kenda FSA. Rabensteiner is a phased winner three times, but never ends in ABSA Cape Epic high than 4. South did not debut in 2024, but after Stage 2 could not show its true level due to the construction of a teammate. A solid top 10 is on a placement card for new pairing.
Bulls Mavericks: Simon Schnell (GER) and Axel Roodil-Cortinat (FRA)
Bulls Bicycles, Karl Platt is an ABSA Cape Epic Royalty, which participates in the German manufacturer in 2007. During a period of 18 years, the delegation checked 4 common victories and many stage victories. Simon Schneller and Axel Roodil-Cortinat, thereby cannot come to South Africa without significant racing desires. A scene victory and the first 10 finish are real for Bulls Mavericks in 2025.
BH Coloma: David Valero Serrano (ESP) & Tiago Ferreira (Portuguese XCM champion)
The chances of the BH Coloma team 2025 ABSA Cape Epic is difficult to predict in advance. David Valero Serrano has been a result since 2019, the results of Tiago Ferreira, which has been a result since 2019, he said in 2016 and had a discount on one’s threat. Ferreira, a whole world champion in the discipline of all one Olympic, double European XCM champion and marathon.
PYGA Euro Steel: Philip Buys (RSA) & Jaedon Terlouw (RSA)
An Absa African Jersey does not know how to win competition as anyone in Philippians. PYGA Euro Steel Team manager, including 6 times in 2023 and 2024, and PYGA Terlouw and PYGA Euro Steel 2 will be difficult to beat again with Michael Foster and Pieter du Tit.
Computer Mania Cannondale: Daniel Van Der Walt (RSA) & Ursin Speccha (Sui)
The built-in ABSA Cape must be a group above to eliminate the list of epic candidates. Computer Mania Cannondale’s Daniel Van Der Walt and Ursin Spescha 2025 can be a surprise package. Both South Africa and Swiss teammate are strong mountaineers, there is a point. Van Der Walt, in 2021, SPESCHA was the 12th in the epic of the Absa Cape, which debuted in 2025.
GVA Gold: Greg Van Avermet (Waist) and Julian Semons (Waist)
Greg Van Avermet does not require no access to access to bicycle fans, no instructions on how to race for the race in March. 2017 Paris – Roubaiux Winner and the 2016 Olympic gold medalist competed gravel since he retired the road at the end of 2023, but African mountain bike races are a new problem. Julian Siemons, a fellow road expert turned into a gravel racer and the GVA Golden team will be closely monitored in the best 10, especially in the local Belgium.
HONEYCOMB 226ERS: Marc Pritzen (RSA) and Wessel Botha (South African XCM Champion)
If there was a premium to defeat one’s rating, 226 will be a favorites before 226ers. On the bike boards, they will look better than 39, 30 places or more in Marc Pritzen and Wessel in Wessel. The best South African team will have a great result for a relatively new structure in a competition that is difficult to crack in the first four years of the presence.
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