Epic Series

Epic Series

Race details
Date	March–December
Region	Australia   New Zealand   South Africa   Switzerland
Discipline	Mountain bike racing
Type	Stage race
Organiser	Various
Web site	www.epic-series.com
History
First edition	2018

The Epic Series is a series of mountain bike stage races held around the world. The most prestigious race is the Cape Epic. The other five functions as qualifier for it.

History

In 2018, the parliament of the Canton of Grisons signed a four-year contract with the Swiss Epic that they spend 300.000 CHF each year. ^[1] They will become a good pendant to the Cape Epic. ^[2]

Races

Name	Est.	Month	Region	Country	Stages	Legend	Qualifier	Triple Crown
Cape Epic	2004	March - April	Western Cape	South Africa	8
Port to Port	2014	late May	Newcastle	Australia	4
Reef to Reef	2018	mid August	North Queensland	Australia	4
Swiss Epic	2014	late August - early September	GR Grisons	Switzerland	5
Cape to Cape	2008	mid October	Western Australia	Australia	4
The Pioneer	2016	late November - early December	Southern Alps	New Zealand	6

Source: ^[3]

Qualifications

Performance Allocation

The winners of the men's, women's, mixed, Masters and Grand Masters receive a spot at the following Cape Epic. The second placed teams of the Swiss Epic receive also a spot. ^[4]

Draw Allocation

One spot per category will be drawn at the final days. Only finisher of the event and no winner's are able to win the spot. ^[5]

Epic Series Legend Race

The three big races Cape Epic, Swiss Epic and The Pioneer are so called Legend Races. ^[6]

Epic Legend Medal

Bikers who finished all three Legend races receive the Epic Legend Medal.

Accomplish at	Name	Country	Cape	Swiss	Pioneer	Duration	In one Year
2018 Swiss Epic	Minter Barnard	Australia	2011	2018	2016	7 years, 5 months and 12 days		[7]
2018 Swiss Epic	Haley van Leeuwen	New Zealand	2018	2018	2017	1 year, 7 months and 4 days	2018
2018 The Pioneer	Timothy Hammond	South Africa	2016	2018	2018	2 years, 8 months and 10 days	2018	[8]
2018 The Pioneer	Peter Felber	Switzerland	2018	2016	2018	2 years, 2 months and 13 days
2018 The Pioneer	David Wright	South Africa	2013	2018	2018	5 years, 8 months and 6 days
2018 The Pioneer	Enrico Theuns	Netherlands	2012	2014	2018	6 years, 7 months and 29 days
2018 The Pioneer	Chak Shing Cheng	Hong Kong	2014	2018	2018	4 years, 8 months and 10 days	2018
2018 The Pioneer	Alan Gordon	South Africa	2016	2018	2018	2 years, 8 months and 10 days
2019 Cape Epic	Alexander Donaldson	New Zealand	2019	2018	2018	6 months and 9 days		[9]
2019 Cape Epic	Kylie Burrows	New Zealand	2019	2016	2016	2 years, 6 months and 7 days

References

1. "1,5 Millionen für "einzigartige Mountainbike-Veranstaltung"" [1,5 million for a "unique mountain bike event"]. Die Südostschweiz (in German). 2018-08-23. Archived from the original on 2019-03-20. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
2. "Garantiert weitere Gäste in Graubünden" [Guaranteed more guests in Grisons]. Die Südostschweiz (in German). 2018-08-21. Archived from the original on 2019-03-20. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
3. "Series-races". Epic Series. Archived from the original on 2019-03-20. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
4. "Swiss Epic is an absa Cape Epic Qualifier". Swiss Epic . Retrieved 2019-03-20.
5. "Cape Epic Qualification". The Pioneer . Archived from the original on 2019-03-20. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
6. "Epic Legends". Epic Series. Archived from the original on 2019-03-20. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
7. "Five riders are in line to earn Epic Legend medals if they complete #ThePioneer 2018!⁣". Facebook . 2018-11-24. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
8. "Hammond and van Leeuwen make Epic Series history – six new Epic Legends at The Pioneer 2018". Epic Series. 2018-11-30. Archived from the original on 2019-03-20. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
9. "Old and new Epic Legends reflect on remarkable week at Absa Cape Epic". Epic Series. 2019-03-25. Archived from the original on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2019-03-27.

External links

• Official website