Swiss Epic

The Swiss Epic is an annual mountain bike stage race held in the Canton of Grisons, Switzerland. It has been accredited as hors categorie (beyond categorisation) by the Union Cycliste Internationale. It was inspired by the Cape 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	2014
Editions	6
First winner	See Winners
Most wins	Dani Schnider (CHE)  Oliver Imfeld (CHE) 5 times (Masters)
Most recent	See Winners

The Swiss Epic belongs beside the Cape Epic and The Pioneer to the Legend Races which are the three most important races of the Epic Series.

History

Joko Vogel ha d the idea of a stage race like the Cape Epic in Switzerland. He and Dany Gehring and Thomas Frischknecht founded. Frischknecht started the first two editions with his son Andri Frischknecht.

In 2014 two month 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 four-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. They will become a good pendant to the Cape Epic.[3]

Editions

Year	Date	Start	Finish	Altitude (m)	Distance (km)	Riders
2014	15. - 20. September	Verbier	Zermatt	15.000	400	201	[4]
2015	14. - 19. September	Verbier	Zermatt	15.000	400	133	[5]
2016	12. - 17. September	Zermatt	Verbier	12.500	360	83	[6]
2017	11. - 16. September	Grächen	Zermatt	12.000	350	82	[7]
2018	11. - 15. September	Bettmeralp	Zermatt	12.550	331	138	[8]
2019	20. - 24. August	Davos	Davos	12.000	350		[9]

Winners

Men's winners Year Team Winners Time Teams 2014 Stöckli-BiXS -1-  Lukas Buchli (CHE) -1-  Mathias Flückiger (CHE) -1- 19:05:45,9 90 [10] 2015 BiXS STÖCKLI -2-  Mathias Flückiger (CHE) -2-  Lukas Buchli (CHE) -2- 20:11:13,7 76 [11] 2016 BMC  Lukas Flückiger (CHE)  Reto Indergand (CHE) 16:39:54,0 52 [12] 2017 CENTURION VAUDE  Daniel Geismayr (AUT)  Jochen Käss (GER) 17:58:13,0 38 [13] 2018 SCOTT-SRAM MTB RACING  Matthias Stirnemann (CHE)  Andri Frischknecht (CHE) 16:56:25,8 50 [14] 2019 Trek Selle San Marco A  Michele Casagrande (ITA)  Fabian Rabensteiner (CHE) 16:00:06,0 86

Women's winners Year Team Winners Time Teams 2014 Spezialiced II  Annika Langvad (DNK)  Ariane Kleinhans (CHE) 24:26:14,5 8 [10] 2015 Topeak Ergon Racing Team  Adelheid Morath (GER) -1-  Sally Bigham (GBR) 25:34:57,7 5 [11] 2016 Stöckli Pro  Jolanda Neff (CHE)  Alessandra Keller (CHE) 20:32:15,0 8 [12] 2017 Team Meerendal CBC  Esther Süss (CHE)  Jennie Stenerhag (SWE) 22:25:49,0 8 [13] 2018 Team Canada  Haley Smith (CAN)  Catharine Pendrel (CAN) 21:03:47,8 8 [14] 2019 KS TREK - Sportograf  Adelheid Morath (GER) -2-  Bettina Janas (GER) 20:36:27,5 10

Masters winners Year Team Winners Time Teams 2014 SCOTT ROAD  Pierre Bourquenoud (CHE)  Serge Robadey (CHE) 24:40:46,7 77 [10] 2015 DANi SCHNIDER RADSPORT -1-  Dani Schnider (CHE) -1-  Oliver Imfeld (CHE) -1- 20:14:51,0 32 [11] 2016 DANi -2-  Dani Schnider (CHE) -2-  Oliver Imfeld (CHE) -2- 20:32:15,0 8 [12] 2017 DANi SCHNIDER RADSPORT -3-  Dani Schnider (CHE) -3-  Oliver Imfeld (CHE) -3- 20:45:44,0 29 [13] 2018 DANi SCHNIDER RADSPORT -4-  Dani Schnider (CHE) -4-  Oliver Imfeld (CHE) -4- 20:12:51,5 50 [14] 2019 DANi SCHNIDER RADSPORT -5-  Oliver Imfeld (CHE) -5-  Dani Schnider (CHE) -5- 18:51:52,6 89

Grand Masters winners Year Team Winners Time Teams 2018 BiXS / Bikeholiday.ch -1-  Bärti Bucher (CHE) -1-  Hansjürg Gerber (CHE) -1- 20:51:23,7 15 [14] 2019 BiXS Bikeholiday -2-  Bärti Bucher (CHE) -2-  Hansjürg Gerber (CHE) -2- 20:00:03,4 39

Mixed winners

Year	Team	Winners	Time	Teams
2014	BiXS - Wheeler	Bärti Bucher (CHE)  Milena Landtwing (CHE)	24:19:15,8	26	[10]
2015	Giant Team Obwalden	Hans Flück (CHE)  Anita Bucher (CHE)	28:52:44,2	20	[11]
2016	R'ADYS SCOTT	Adrian Ruhstaller (CHE)  Cornelia Hug (CHE)	21:47:04,0	15	[12]
2017	CrazyVeloShop SCOTT / TG-Hütten	Bendicht Küpfer (CHE)  Viviane Spielmann (CHE)	25:55:11,0	7	[13]
2018	Fitness Maréchal	Florence Darbellay (CHE)  Jérémy Huguenin (CHE)	22:06:37,1	15	[14]
2019	Team VeloCity	Anders Seim (NOR)  Synne Steinsland (NOR)	21:30:39,6	29

References

1. "Medienmappe" (PDF). Cape Epic (in German). 2015-08-11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-01. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
2. "1,5 Millionen für "einzigartige Mountainbike-Veranstaltung"" [1,5 million for a "unique mountain bike event"]. Die Südostschweiz (in German). 2018-08-23. Archived from the original on 2019-03-20. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
3. "Garantiert weitere Gäste in Graubünden" [Guaranteed more guests in Grisons]. Die Südostschweiz (in German). 2018-08-21. Archived from the original on 2019-03-20. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
4. "Perskindol Swiss Epic". Swiss Epic. 2013-10-14. Archived from the original on 2015-04-28. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
5. "PERSKINDOL SWISS EPIC 2015 in Kürze" (PDF). Swiss Epic (in German). March 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-01. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
6. "PORTRAIT". Swiss Epic. Archived from the original on 2016-10-03. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
7. "PORTRAIT". Swiss Epic. Archived from the original on 2016-11-03. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
8. "2018 Route". Swiss Epic. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
9. "The Route". Swiss Epic. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
10. "Gesamtwertung - Ergebnisse". Datasport. Archived from the original on 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
11. "Perskindol Swiss Epic 2015". Datasport. Archived from the original on 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
12. "3. PERSKINDOL SWISS EPIC". race|result. 2019-01-08. Archived from the original on 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
13. "4. SWISS EPIC". race|result. Archived from the original on 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
14. "Swiss Epic Race Results". Epic Series. Retrieved 2019-11-02.

External links

• Official website