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| [[1] www.epic-series.com/ 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

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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

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Name | Est. | Month | Region | Country | Stages | Legend | Qualifier | Triple Crown

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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

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### Performance Allocation

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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

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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

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

### Epic Legend Medal

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

Accomplish at | Name | Country | Cape | Swiss | Pioneer | Duration | In one Year |

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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

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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

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* Official website

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Epic Series

Legend|

Cape Epic

Swiss Epic

The Pioneer

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Triple Crown|

Port to Port

Reef to Reef

Cape to Cape

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