Swiss Epic

Swiss Epic

Race details
Date	August–September
Region	Canton of Grisons, Switzerland
Discipline	Mountain bike racing
Competition	Epic Series
Type	Stage race
Organiser	Swiss Epic AG
Web site	swiss-epic.com
History
First edition
Editions	6
First winner	See Winners
Most wins	(CHE)   (CHE) 5 times (Masters)
Most recent	See Winners

The Swiss Epic is an annual mountain bike stage race held in the Canton of Grisons, Switzerland. It has been accredited as hors catégorie (beyond categorisation) by the Union Cycliste Internationale. It is part of the global Epic Series and was once inspired by the pinnacle event of it, the Cape Epic.

Alongside the Cape Epic and in New Zealand, the Swiss Epic is considered a Legend Race. Legend races are the top category of the global Epic Series, and any rider resolute enough to complete three Epic Series races, including the pinnacle event, the Absa Cape Epic, gets awarded with Epic Legend status. This status is immortalised in the form of an Epic Legend medal.

History[]

The Swiss Epic was founded in 2014. Joko Vogel, Dany Gehrig, and Thomas Frischknecht had the idea of a multi-day stage race in Switzerland whereby the Cape Epic in South Africa has been used a model.

In 2014, two months after the first edition, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) granted the hors categorie.^[1]

In 2018, the parliament of the Canton of Grisons signed a five-year contract with the Swiss Epic that they spend 300.000 CHF each year.^[2] Therefore, the race was relocated from the Canton of Valais to the Canton of Grisons. The Swiss Epic is considered the European equivalent of the Cape Epic.^[3]

Editions[]

Winners[]

Men's winners[] Main article: Year Team Winners Time Teams Stöckli-BiXS -1-   (CHE) -1-  Mathias Flückiger (CHE) -1- 19:05:45,9 90 [10] BiXS STÖCKLI -2-  Mathias Flückiger (CHE) -2-   (CHE) -2- 20:11:13,7 76 [11] BMC  Lukas Flückiger (CHE)  Reto Indergand (CHE) 16:39:54,0 52 [12] CENTURION VAUDE  Daniel Geismayr (AUT)   (GER) 17:58:13,0 38 [13] SCOTT-SRAM MTB RACING  Matthias Stirnemann (CHE)  Andri Frischknecht (CHE) 16:56:25,8 50 [14] Trek Selle San Marco A   (ITA)   (CHE) 16:00:06,0 86 SCOTT-SRAM  Nino Schurter (CHE)  Lars Forster (CHE) 15:13:44 66

Women's winners[] Main article: Year Team Winners Time Teams Specialized II  Annika Langvad (DNK)   (CHE) 24:26:14,5 8 [10] Topeak Ergon Racing Team  Adelheid Morath (GER) -1-   (GBR) 25:34:57,7 5 [11] Stöckli Pro  Jolanda Neff (CHE)   (CHE) 20:32:15,0 8 [12] Team Meerendal CBC  Esther Süss (CHE)   (SWE) 22:25:49,0 8 [13] Team Canada  Haley Smith (CAN)  Catharine Pendrel (CAN) 21:03:47,8 8 [14] KS TREK - Sportograf  Adelheid Morath (GER) -2-   (GER) 20:36:27,5 10 Specialized - Racing  Annika Langvad (DNK) -2-  Haley Batten (USA) 19:08:09 12

Masters winners[] Main article: Year Team Winners Time Teams SCOTT ROAD  Pierre Bourquenoud (CHE)   (CHE) 24:40:46,7 77 [10] DANi SCHNIDER RADSPORT -1-   (CHE) -1-   (CHE) -1- 20:14:51,0 32 [11] DANi -2-   (CHE) -2-   (CHE) -2- 20:32:15,0 8 [12] DANi SCHNIDER RADSPORT -3-   (CHE) -3-   (CHE) -3- 20:45:44,0 29 [13] DANi SCHNIDER RADSPORT -4-   (CHE) -4-   (CHE) -4- 20:12:51,5 50 [14] DANi SCHNIDER RADSPORT -5-   (CHE) -5-   (CHE) -5- 18:51:52,6 89 Auer Velos/Stoll Bikes   (CHE)   (CHE) 18:29:23 52

Grand Masters winners[] Main article: Year Team Winners Time Teams BiXS / Bikeholiday.ch -1-   (CHE) -1-   (CHE) -1- 20:51:23,7 15 [14] BiXS Bikeholiday -2-   (CHE) -2-   (CHE) -2- 20:00:03,4 39 CST PostNL Bafang MTB Racing Team  Bart Brentjens (NLD) -2-   (SVN) 19:21:24 30

Mixed winners[]

Year	Team	Winners	Time	Teams
	BiXS - Wheeler	(CHE)   (CHE)	24:19:15,8	26	[10]
	Giant Team Obwalden	(CHE)   (CHE)	28:52:44,2	20	[11]
	R'ADYS SCOTT	(CHE)   (CHE)	21:47:04,0	15	[12]
	CrazyVeloShop SCOTT / TG-Hütten	(CHE)   (CHE)	25:55:11,0	7	[13]
	Fitness Maréchal	(CHE)   (CHE)	22:06:37,1	15	[14]
	Team VeloCity	(NOR)   (NOR)	21:30:39,6	29
	Velosolutions #pumpforpeace	(ZAF)   (LSO)	20:27:11	20

References[]

External links[]

• Official website