| Epic Series | |
| Date: | March–December |
| Discipline: | Mountain bike racing |
| Type: | Stage race |
| Organiser: | Various |
| Website: | www.epic-series.com |
| First: | 2018 |
| Official Website: | Official Site |
The Epic Series is a series of mountain bike stage races held around the world. The most prestigious race is the Cape Epic. The other five functions as qualifier for it.
In 2018, the parliament of the Canton of Grisons signed a four-year contract with the Swiss Epic that they spend 300.000 CHF each year.[1] They will become a good pendant to the Cape Epic.[2]
| Name | Est. | Month | Region | Country | Stages | Legend | Qualifier | Triple Crown | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Epic | 2004 | align=center data-sort-value=1 | March - April | Western Cape | 8 | |||||
| Port to Port | 2014 | align=center data-sort-value=2 | late May | Newcastle | 4 | |||||
| Reef to Reef | 2018 | align=center data-sort-value=3 | mid August | North Queensland | 4 | |||||
| Swiss Epic | 2014 | align=center data-sort-value=4 | late August - early September | 5 | ||||||
| Cape to Cape | 2008 | align=center data-sort-value=5 | mid October | Western Australia | 4 | |||||
| The Pioneer | 2016 | align=center data-sort-value=6 | late November - early December | Southern Alps | 6 |
The winners of the men's, women's, mixed, Masters and Grand Masters receive a spot at the following Cape Epic. The second placed teams of the Swiss Epic receive also a spot.[4]
One spot per category will be drawn at the final days. Only finisher of the event and no winner's are able to win the spot.[5]
The three big races Cape Epic, Swiss Epic and The Pioneer are so called Legend Races.[6]
Bikers who finished all three Legend races receive the Epic Legend Medal.
| Accomplish at | Name | Country | Cape | Swiss | Pioneer | Duration | In one Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Swiss Epic | Minter Barnard | 2011 | 2018 | 2016 | [7] | ||||
| 2018 Swiss Epic | Haley van Leeuwen | 2018 | 2018 | 2017 | 2018 | ||||
| 2018 The Pioneer | Timothy Hammond | 2016 | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | [8] | |||
| 2018 The Pioneer | Peter Felber | 2018 | 2016 | 2018 | |||||
| 2018 The Pioneer | David Wright | 2013 | 2018 | 2018 | |||||
| 2018 The Pioneer | Enrico Theuns | 2012 | 2014 | 2018 | |||||
| 2018 The Pioneer | Chak Shing Cheng | 2014 | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | ||||
| 2018 The Pioneer | Alan Gordon | 2016 | 2018 | 2018 | |||||
| 2019 Cape Epic | Alexander Donaldson | 2019 | 2018 | 2018 | align=right data-sort-value="0 year, 6 months and 9 days" | [9] | |||
| 2019 Cape Epic | Kylie Burrows | 2019 | 2016 | 2016 |