February 16, 2005 – With the world’s best mountain bikers at the start, this year’s CAPE EPIC will be a race of the stars and the opening battle in the 2005 mountain bike season. For the first time in history, an Olympic Champion, the current number one in the UCI World Ranking and the reigning overall World Cup Champion Cross Country will compete in a mountain bike race in South Africa.

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