• Nino Schurter from Switzerland in action during the first stage of the Swiss Epic Race in Verbier, Switzerland on Monday. Maxime Schmid / EPA / September 15, 2014
    Nino Schurter from Switzerland in action during the first stage of the Swiss Epic Race in Verbier, Switzerland on Monday. Maxime Schmid / EPA / September 15, 2014
  • Switzerland's Thomas Tanner, left, and Charly Meier in action during the first stage of the Swiss Epic Race on Monday. Maxime Schmid / EPA
    Switzerland's Thomas Tanner, left, and Charly Meier in action during the first stage of the Swiss Epic Race on Monday. Maxime Schmid / EPA
  • Cyclists in action during the first stage of the Swiss Epic Race on Monday. Maxime Schmid / EPA
    Cyclists in action during the first stage of the Swiss Epic Race on Monday. Maxime Schmid / EPA
  • Jorge Ricardo Schiller from Mexico in action during the first stage of the Swiss Epic Race on Monday. Maxime Schmid / EPA
    Jorge Ricardo Schiller from Mexico in action during the first stage of the Swiss Epic Race on Monday. Maxime Schmid / EPA
  • Switzerland's Thomas Tanner, left, and Charly Meier in action during the first stage of the Swiss Epic Race on Monday. Maxime Schmid / EPA
    Switzerland's Thomas Tanner, left, and Charly Meier in action during the first stage of the Swiss Epic Race on Monday. Maxime Schmid / EPA
  • Cyclists in action during the first stage of the Swiss Epic Race on Monday. Maxime Schmid / EPA
    Cyclists in action during the first stage of the Swiss Epic Race on Monday. Maxime Schmid / EPA
  • Riders in action on a pedestrian bridge during the third stage of the Swiss Epic Race on Wednesday. Laurent Ruchat / EPA
    Riders in action on a pedestrian bridge during the third stage of the Swiss Epic Race on Wednesday. Laurent Ruchat / EPA

In pictures: The rugged terrain of the Swiss Epic Race


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Images from the Swiss Epic Race, a 16.7 kilometre mountain bike race running from September 15-20.