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KOEN BOUWMAN |
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LACHLAN MORTON |
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LAUREN STEPHENS |
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Team: Jayco – Alula DOB: 02 December 1993 | Age: 31 Top results: 2 stage wins + Mountains Classification 2022 Giro d’ Italia; 1 stage win + Mountains Classification 2017 Critérium du Dauphiné
“ I can’ t wait to race through the different landscapes in South Africa, and the camps look really cool!”
Team: EF Education-EasyPost DOB: 02 January 1992 | Age: 33 Top results: 2nd 2025 Unbound Gravel XL; 1st 2024 Unbound Gravel 200; 1st 2023 Wild Horse Gravel; 2nd 2023 Migration Gravel Race; 1st 2021 Telluride 100; 2nd 2021 Leadville 100
“ I’ m looking forward to the new courses and a deep field. My goal is to see new countryside and race in a way I feel proud of. I’ m scared of missing the soundings due to the level of competition, but I’ m excited for the camp out situation.”
Team: Aegis Cycling Foundation DOB: 28 December 1986 | Age: 38 Top results: 1st 2023 Pan-Am Games Road Race; 1st 2024 Pan-Am Road Race Championships; 2023 + 2024 US Gravel Champion; 2021 US Road Champion; 1st 2019 + 2021 Unbound Gravel 100
“ I’ m excited to experience a new country and culture, and I plan to take the race day by day, enjoy the experience and compete to the best of my ability.”
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LAWRENCE CARPENTER |
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LAWRENCE NAESEN |
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LOOD GOOSEN |
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Team: More Stories Tomorrow DOB: 02 August 1993 | Age: 32 Top results: stage winner Ras Mumhan
“ I’ m looking forward to exploring the vastness and wildness of the Karoo. I’ ll be bringing along all my camera equipment as, for me, what’ s just as important as racing is making it into a story for others to share with me. Whether on Instagram reels or YouTube, I love to capture my adventures.”
Team: Next Level Racing: Rapha – Orbea DOB: 28 August 1992 | Age: 33 Top results: Multiple Belgian pro road wins; 3 stage wins at Migration Gravel; multiple Grand Tours finished over 8 years on the WorldTour.
“ I’ ll be racing for stage wins, and am looking forward to discovering South Africa.”
Team: Imbuko ChemChamp DOB: 6 September 2005 | Age: 20 Top results: Top 20 at 2025 Cape Epic; 10th 2025 Attakwas Extreme; 2024 Western Cape XCM Champion
“ A career highlight has been joining the Imbuko ChemChamp team and getting good results at all the major gravel and MTB races across SA. I’ m looking forward to proper tough racing with great scenery, and my aim is to get the best possible result for me and the team. We’ ll be well prepared for some good racing!”
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LUIS NEFF |
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LUKAS BAUM |
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LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER |
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Team: Rose Racing Circle DOB: 15 Jan 1997 | Age: 28 Top results: 25th 2024 Gravel World Championships; 8th 2024 The Traka 200; 7th 2025 The Rift
“ I’ m hoping for a top 10 overall, maybe a stage podium. I’ m looking forward to a community of racers all travelling together from race village to race village, good spirits at the end of the year, an easygoing atmosphere and discovering a new region of SA.”
Team: Orbea x Leatt Speed Company DOB: 28 February 1995 | Age: 30 Top results: 1st 2022 Cape Epic; 2024 European XCM Champion; 2023 German Gravel Champion
“ I want to win the first edition. I’ m excited to race seven days through the backcountry of SA, competing against the best in the world.”
Team: Rose Racing Circle DOB: 10 January 1992 | Age: 33 Top results: stage win 2017 Giro d’ Italia; stage win 2021 Criterium du Dauphine; 2012 + 2018 Austrian Road Champion
“ This will be my first gravel stage race and I’ m looking for a stage win and a good overall result.”
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