Rudy Project T-shirt to all Val de Vie MTB early bird entrants With little over a week to go to the Rudy Project Val de Vie Mountain Bike Challenge, event sponsors ASG have put up a nice entry incentive to help Capetonians shake off their wet weather hibernation. All riders who enter before Friday evening at 23:59 (6 September 2013) will receive a special edition Rudy Project T-Shirt from ASG valued at R180 (limited sizes available). To enter go to asgevents.co.za or click here. Participants in the Rudy Project Val de Vie Mountain Bike Challenge, which takes place in the Paarl wine valley on 15 September, are in for a real treat. The popular event this year boasts various route improvements and wonderful added features – including a trip past the house where Nelson Mandela was held captive in the Drakenstein prison. Cyclists will ride through the prison to the Mandela Statue at the entrance where a photographer will be on hand to capture the special moment. From there they will cycle to the house where Mandela was held, through the yard and out the prison’s back gate. Other changes to the event include a slight shift in the start/finish area. The event will now start and finish in front of the main clubhouse, and not on the back polo field. At the start of the event the 4x4 track has been cut out to avoid bottlenecks while the drop down at river on Avondale Wine Farm has also been cut out and moved to a safer, easy river crossing lower down, also to avoid last year’s bottleneck there. Cape Nature has given the race the go-ahead to use vast sections of their land, and this has opened some wonderful terrain, including a stunning viewpoint. From the viewpoint there is a wicked 3km descent which is tricky but awesome. Cape Nature’s approvals as well as Pearl Valley Estate allowing the event thoroughfare means that there won be any double backing on the way back to Val de Vie. There were a few contrived sections last year on the way back where cyclists passed each other out and back, but these have now all been circumvented. The waterpoints at the inaugural Val de Vie MTB Challenge left an indelible impression on riders and this year will be no different. Partners that have come on board already with the waterpoints include Cipla Nutrition, Vrede Foundation, Freedom Hill Farm, Durr Farm, Raw Nutrition, Val De Vie Estate, Organic Energy, Virgin Active, Drakenstein Prison, Ion Camera (Premium brands). Entries for the event are open on asgevents.co.za. For further information email [email protected] or phone 076 621 1807
Posted on: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 05:29:46 +0000
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