News bot Posted March 13, 2020 Share Out of concern for the health and safety of our riders and other stakeholders, following recent advice received from the Western Cape Government, we have no choice but to cancel the 2020 Absa Cape Epic due to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Click here to view the article BigDL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oufy MTB (Roadie) Posted March 13, 2020 Share Oi oi oi dunno what to say. I'm thankful that I am not the one having to make this call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headshot Posted March 13, 2020 Share Eish Oufy MTB (Roadie) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDL Posted March 13, 2020 Share No real choice in light of all of the other cancellations. Prudent thing to do Oufy MTB (Roadie), paul goddard, MORNE and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuzzy Posted March 13, 2020 Share Any one of these sporting decision is tough, dammed if you do, dammed if you don't. BigDL, MORNE and Oufy MTB (Roadie) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveno7 Posted March 13, 2020 Share appropriate decision to make... well done wester government for taking a lead here...the load on a local health care system with positive tests could be immense Gen, Oufy MTB (Roadie) and Rowl 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matchstix Posted March 13, 2020 Share So now is good time to take some riders here out on small tours Dusty and BikeGenie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipV Posted March 13, 2020 Share As someone who picked up a droplet spread virus at the 24hr race, I'm not going to be throwing any stones here. This can't have been an easy decision, and my heart bleeds for the riders. arendoog, hansolo, Rowl and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowl Posted March 13, 2020 Share ???????? DieselnDust 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titleist Posted March 13, 2020 Share Hope to see full refunds and free entries for 2021 to everyone who entered for 2020. ChUkKy, Mr. G and Eddy Gordo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansolo Posted March 13, 2020 Share Tough decision but maybe a bit too late. Hope the riders can do it again in 2021 with their current entries. Still alot of expenses for the organisers, participants and vendors that can't be recovered easily. Dusty, cat-i and DieselnDust 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetseun Posted March 13, 2020 Share I hope that Coronavirus realises how hard some people worked to make this race enjoyable for us normal folk that would have followed it with keen interest. RocknRolla, DieselnDust, Kalahari Vegmot and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted March 13, 2020 Share now i have to keeps last years highlights another year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
River Rat Posted March 13, 2020 Share Tough choice but it is the right one. I feel for all those that trained hard, got their bikes sorted and were chomping at the bit to just get going. Saying there's always next year is not going to ease the pain. CatzSpace "frail" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewbacca Posted March 13, 2020 Share Hope to see full refunds and free entries for 2021 to everyone who entered for 2020.Full refunds AND free entries? Surely full refunds OR free entries? ChUkKy, Pure Savage, BikeGenie and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grease_Monkey Posted March 13, 2020 Share It is the right call, but I feel for the guys that put in all those hours and cash into preparing for Epic. It's a massive commitment, and regardless of why it was cacelled, I can imagine it must really suck... ChrisF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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