Listen "#7 An Epic Route Reflection"
Episode Synopsis
In Episode 7 of the rebooted Diverge Podcast Seamus
Allardice talks you through the 2025 Absa Cape Epic route, after riding the route recce. As is usually the way of it, he didn’t complete every stage – because he came in unfit and exhausted – but if you’d like to avoid withdrawing from the race you should probably listen up and start training, hard. Without long passes, aside from the final climb of the Queen Stage, the route is punctuated by 2-3 kilometre long 10% average gradient challenges. These along with the amount of singletrack sap not just the legs but your whole body. So take a listen to a quick overview of what to expect.
Remember you can read all the news covered in the Diverge
Podcast on www.diverge.info:
2025 Absa Cape Epic Route Reveal
RH77-Factory Wins Fiercely Contested Edition of the Old Mutual Wealth Double Century
Please note the Diverge Podcast will be taking a break
over the festive season until the Momentum Medical Scheme Attakwas Extreme, presented by Biogen, which takes place on the 18th of January 2025. You can tune in again for news from the Hell of the South and previews of the racing season on, Thursday, 23 January next year.
Follow Diverge on social media: @diverge.info on Instagram, Diverge on Facebook, @Diverge_info on X and Diverge on YouTube. And subscribe on Spotify.
Allardice talks you through the 2025 Absa Cape Epic route, after riding the route recce. As is usually the way of it, he didn’t complete every stage – because he came in unfit and exhausted – but if you’d like to avoid withdrawing from the race you should probably listen up and start training, hard. Without long passes, aside from the final climb of the Queen Stage, the route is punctuated by 2-3 kilometre long 10% average gradient challenges. These along with the amount of singletrack sap not just the legs but your whole body. So take a listen to a quick overview of what to expect.
Remember you can read all the news covered in the Diverge
Podcast on www.diverge.info:
2025 Absa Cape Epic Route Reveal
RH77-Factory Wins Fiercely Contested Edition of the Old Mutual Wealth Double Century
Please note the Diverge Podcast will be taking a break
over the festive season until the Momentum Medical Scheme Attakwas Extreme, presented by Biogen, which takes place on the 18th of January 2025. You can tune in again for news from the Hell of the South and previews of the racing season on, Thursday, 23 January next year.
Follow Diverge on social media: @diverge.info on Instagram, Diverge on Facebook, @Diverge_info on X and Diverge on YouTube. And subscribe on Spotify.
More episodes of the podcast Diverge
#1: The 2026 Diverge Cycling Calendar
10/01/2026
#20: Ride Joburg
26/10/2025
#19: Gravel Burn Build-Up
21/10/2025
#17: Reflecting on the Cape Pioneer
08/10/2025
#14: Stedman Races to the Sea
09/09/2025
#13: 50 Days, Launches, and Gravel Build-Up
04/09/2025
#12: Back At It After the Winter Lull
19/08/2025
ZARZA We are Zarza, the prestigious firm behind major projects in information technology.