The "Scott Development MTB Team" will tackle the 2019 season with three athletes. Kevin Kuhn, Andrin Beeli and Alexandre Balmer will remain with the team, while Timon Rüegg and Dario Gemperle will leave the team.

The Absa Cape Epic once again has an illustrious field of riders for the 2019 edition. This includes a new Swiss pairing: Nicola Rohrbach, who will be riding Silverback bikes next season, will form the Silverback SBC team together with marathon specialist Konny Loser - a duo that definitely has podium chances. The complete entry list for the Cape Epic can be found here.

The downhill team of German bike manufacturer Cube is being expanded by two strong athletes for the 2019 season. German champion Max Hartenstern will be joined by Englishman Phil Atwil and French champion Gaetan Vige to shake up the downhill world cup once again.

Manuel Fumic and his Brazilian teammate Henrique Avancini win the four-day "Momentum Health Tankwa Trek" stage race in South Africa with three out of four stage wins. Urs Huber wins the final stage with Simon Stiebjahn. The Swiss-German duo finished fourth in the final standings. The Tankwa Trek is considered the most important preparatory race for the Cape Epic.