Matthew Beers (born 10 January 1994) is a South African cyclist who specializes in

cross-country mountain biking Cross-country (XC) cycling is a discipline of mountain biking. Cross-country cycling became an Olympic sport in 1996 and is the only form of mountain biking practiced at the Olympics. Terrain Cross-country cycling is defined by the terrain on w ...

and gravel racing. He has also won the

Cape Epic The Absa Cape Epic or the Cape Epic, founded by Kevin Vermaak is an annual mountain bike stage race held in the Western Cape, South Africa. First staged in 2004, it has been accredited as ''hors catégorie'' (beyond categorization) by the Un ...

three times, in 2021, 2023 and 2024. 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 Jersey red Cape Epic

African classification,

(with Alan Hatherly) ;2020 : 1st Attakwas Extreme : 2nd Cross-country, National Championships ;2021 : 1st Marathon, National Championships : 1st Jersey yellow Cape Epic

Overall

(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

(with

Christopher Blevins Christopher Blevins (born March 14, 1998) is an American cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Mountain Bike Team Specialized Factory Racing. Specializing in cross-country mountain biking, Blevins has also previously competed in road cycling (for ...

) : 3rd Attakwas Extreme : 3rd SA XCO Cup Series #1 : 3rd SA XCO Cup Series #2 ;2023 : 1st Marathon, National Championships : 1st Jersey yellow Cape Epic

Overall

(with

) ::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 (US) ;2024 : 1st Overall Tankwa Trek (with

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) : 2nd Attakwas Extreme : 1st songo.info Champions race : 1st Jersey yellow Cape Epic

Overall

(with

Howard Grotts Howard Grotts (born January 12, 1993) is an American cross-country mountain biker. He rode in the cross-country event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He also won the Leadville Trail 100 for 3 consecutive years from 2017 to 2019. He has also won t ...

) ::1st Stages 5 & 6 : 3rd Life Time Sea Otter Classic : 2nd Little Sugar MTB (US) : 1st Overall Wines2Whales (with

) ::1st Stages 1, 2 & 3

Gravel

;2022 : 2nd Belgian Waffle Ride California (US) : 2nd Rule of Three Texas (US) ;2023 : 1st National Championships : 1st Truckee Tahoe Gravel California (US) : 3rd Crusher in the Tusher (US) ;2024 : 1st Belgian Waffle Ride California (US) : 1st Around the Pot 100M Swellendam : 1st Race to the Sea Franschhoek/Hermanus ;2025 : 2nd Sea Otter Classic California (US) : 1st Belgian Waffle Ride California (US) : 2nd The Traka 200 (Spain)

Road

;2018 : 1st Overall ;2019 : 1st Overall ;2021 : 2nd

Time trial In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...

, National Road Championships

References

External links

* 1994 births Living people South African male cyclists South African mountain bikers 21st-century South African sportsmen Year of birth missing (living people) {{SouthAfrica-cycling-bio-stub