Photo of the Day: The World’s Hardest Mountain Bike Race

On Mar 25, 2017

Heila Meintjes (L) and Nadine Pretorius (R) during the Prologue of the 2017 Absa Cape Epic Mountain Bike stage race held at Meerendal Wine Estate in Durbanville, South Africa on the 19th March 2017 Photo by Sam Clark/Cape Epic/SPORTZPICS PLEASE ENSURE THE APPROPRIATE CREDIT IS GIVEN TO THE PHOTOGRAPHER AND SPORTZPICS ALONG WITH THE ABSA CAPE EPIC ace2016 — Heila Meintjes (left) and Nadine Pretorius (right) race through the hills during this week’s 2017 Absa Cape Epic Mountain Bike stage race in South Africa. The eight-day race is said to be the toughest mountain bike race in the world. It ends this weekend.
(Photo by Sam Clark/Cape Epic/SPORTZPICS)

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