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March 26, 2007
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By MURRAY WILLIAMS

Staff Writer

In one of the Cape’s most beautiful nature reserves yesterday, nearly 100 riders were wrenched out of the annual Absa Cape Epic mountain bike race.

The eight-day 886km race between Knysna and Cape Town began on Saturday with a gruelling 101km climb through the Outeniqua forests and down into Uniondale in the Little Karoo. But yesterday’s 132km leg took a brutal turn as the 1 200-odd riders had to scale a rock-strewn mountain path over 35km in the Kammanassie ...

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