17 março 2017
The route of this year's Absa Cape Epic will take riders through 691km of South Africa's Western Cape countryside and up a lot of hills: the accumulated vertical gain over the eight days will be 15 400m. The Prologue at Meerendal Wine Estate will offer spectacular singletrack riding. A week later the event will finish near Franschhoek. In between those landmark dates the race village goes to Elandskloof in Greyton for two nights and Oak Valley in Elgin, for three. Compared to previous years, the circular stages at the 2017 Absa Cape Epic tend to be shorter, with a higher percentage of singletrack.