To take part in the Absa Cape Epic, you have to be the best of the best. And so, when CPUT set out to choose team members for Team CPUT and Team CPUT PPS, we were looking for the very best.
The teams were chosen from individuals who are part of the CPUT community; staff, students, and alumni were invited to apply to participate in the process to choose the team. All in all, 75 people applied and 11 eventually went on to complete a battery of physiological tests at the High Performance Lab at the Mowbray Campus, and a 2-month training programme. After the training programme, participants were retested to measure their improvement.
Participants also took part in psychometric testing conducted by Student Counselling on the Bellville Campus.
From the start, it was decided that CPUT would enter a mixed team and a development team.
The team was chosen based on the outcome of the two rounds of testing to ensure the best possible outcome for the two teams at the Absa Cape Epic, which is labelled as the toughest mountain bike stage race in Africa.
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