{"id":66732,"date":"2026-03-10T10:27:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T09:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/massi-isb-sport-at-the-absa-cape-epic-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T10:27:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T09:27:23","slug":"massi-isb-sport-at-the-absa-cape-epic-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/it\/massi-isb-sport-at-the-absa-cape-epic-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"MASSI ISB SPORT AT THE ABSA CAPE EPIC 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Team Report: Massi ISB Sport, Ambassador of ISB Sport<\/p>\n<p>The Massi ISB Sport team will be present at the 2026 Absa Cape Epic with two powerful pairs ready to tackle one of the most demanding XCM stage races in the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women&#8217;s Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The duo of Tessa Kortekaas and M\u00f3nica Calder\u00f3n will lead the women&#8217;s category. In the 2025 edition, they entertained us stage after stage, achieving several stage wins and reaching the podium on multiple occasions. They will undoubtedly be key players once again.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-66713 \" src=\"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-45-1024x963.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"746\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-45-1024x963.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-45-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-45-768x722.jpg 768w, https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-45-700x658.jpg 700w, https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-45-600x564.jpg 600w, https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-45.jpg 1204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Men&#8217;s Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the men&#8217;s category, we will have Axel Roudil, the current French champion, who will be competing in his third Cape Epic, accompanied by the young Mati Aran, who will be making his debut in this extremely tough 8-stage competition, classified as an HC event and considered by many to be the best XCM stage race in the world.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-66717\" src=\"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-46.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"746\" height=\"765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-46.jpg 1204w, https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-46-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-46-997x1024.jpg 997w, https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-46-768x788.jpg 768w, https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-46-700x719.jpg 700w, https:\/\/isbsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-46-600x616.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>We are Ready!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The team will travel to South Africa a week before the start of the race to acclimatize and fully prepare for this great challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned, because next week we&#8217;ll be unveiling the new Massi Aire SLR Replica Cape Epic.<\/p>\n<p>From ISB Sport, we wish you the best of luck and are proud to contribute our technology, confident that our high-end bearings will provide you with maximum reliability and performance during every stage of this great challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team Report: Massi ISB Sport, Ambassador of ISB Sport The Massi ISB Sport team will be present at the 2026 Absa Cape Epic with two powerful pairs ready to tackle one of the most demanding XCM stage races in the world. Women&#8217;s Team The duo&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":66723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[467],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cycling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isbsport.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}