It’s all downhill now as one of the world’s toughest mountain bike races draws to a close and yet again, CPUT has excelled in hosting stage 4 of the race. Competitors, students, staff and onlookers all flocked to CPUT’s stand to try their luck in winning a thirty thousand Rand mountain-bike, and check out student innovations on display. The exposure and publicity the event gives to the Cape and South Africa is huge, with CPUT and the Wellington Campus reaping these benefits.
Riders from Team CPUT PPS, Seraj Abrahams and Mteza Boya mingled happily with the crowds. The pair are still looking fresh and fit despite the arduous challenges they’ve faced so far. Team CPUT suffered a severe setback however when Etienne Joubert had to withdraw from the race – his partner Sarita Louw is now riding solo.
Riders have now broken the back of the arduous race but there are still hundreds of kilometres to go in the “Tour de France” of mountain-biking. The Epic is the most televised mountain bike race of all time. Since its inception in 2004, the Absa Cape Epic has generated more than 24 500 hours of TV coverage in Europe, America, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. You can catch the very exciting final stage or Grand Finale of the race on Sunday 20 March on Supersport 6 from 09:45am – 13.30pm.
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