Matthew Beers Explained

Matthew Beers
Birth Date:10 January 1994
Discipline:Gravel
Amateuryears1:2018–2019
Amateurteam1:Nad Professional[1]
Proyears1:2019
Proteam1: (stagiaire)
Proyears2:2023
Proteam2:Toyota Specialized

Matthew Beers (born 10 January 1994) is a South African cyclist who specializes in cross-country mountain biking and gravel racing. He has also won the Cape Epic three times, in 2021, 2023 and 2024.[2] [3] He has won multiple national titles in South Africa including the cross-country marathon and the gravel race.

Major results

Mountain bike

2018
  • 1st Sani2C (with Nico Bell)
  • 2nd Cross-country, National Championships
    2019
  • 1st African classification, Cape Epic (with Alan Hatherly)
    2020
  • 1st Attakwas Extreme
  • 2nd Cross-country, National Championships
    2021
  • 1st Marathon, National Championships
  • 1st Overall Cape Epic (with Jordan Sarrou)
  • 1st Prologue & Stage 2
  • SA XCO Cup Series
  • 1st Cape Town
  • 1st Gauteng
  • 2nd Bloemfontein
  • 1st Western Cape
    2022
  • 2nd Overall Tankwa Trek (with Tristan Nortjie)
  • 2nd Marathon, National Championships
  • 1st Stage 3
  • 3rd Overall Cape Epic (with Christopher Blevins)
  • 3rd Attakwas Extreme
  • 3rd SA XCO Cup Series #1
  • 3rd SA XCO Cup Series #2
    2023
  • 1st Marathon, National Championships
  • 1st Overall Cape Epic (with Christopher Blevins)
  • 1st Prologue & Stages 2, 3, 4 & 6
  • 1st Sani2C (with Tristan Nortjie)
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 1st Overall Tankwa Trek (with Tristan Nortjie)
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 1st Attakwas Extreme
  • 2nd Little Sugar MTB
    2024
  • 1st Overall Tankwa Trek (with Alex Miller)
  • 2nd Attakwas Extreme
  • 1st songo.info Champions race
  • 1st Overall Cape Epic (with Howard Grotts)
  • 1st Stages 5 & 6
  • 3rd Life Time Sea Otter Classic

    Gravel

    2022
  • 2nd Belgian Waffle Ride California
  • 2nd Rule of Three Texas
    2023
  • 1st National Championships
  • 1st Truckee Tahoe Gravel California
  • 3rd Crusher in the Tusher
    2024
  • 1st Belgian Waffle Ride California
  • 1st Around the Pot 100M Swellendam

    Road

    2018
  • 1st Overall
    2019
  • 1st Overall
    2021
  • 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Matthew Beers . FirstCycling.com . 10 April 2022.
    2. Web site: Cape Epic 2024: Beers and Grotts, Terpstra and Koller claim overall titles . . 25 March 2024 . 26 April 2024 . Giuliani, Simone.
    3. Web site: Matt Beers and Jordan Sarrou win 2021 Absa Cape Epic . bikehub.co.za . 24 October 2021 . 10 April 2022.