Cascades MTB Park will play host to the second annual Pietermaritzburg MTB Festival from April 30 to May 2.
Cycling South Africa is pleased to announce that the second annual Pietermaritzburg MTB Festival will soon be making its way to Africa’s Bike City, as it hits the Cascades MTB Park from Saturday 30 April to Monday 2 May 2016. Photo: Craig Dutton / pics2go.co.za
The KwaZulu-Natal capital, which is gaining a reputation as Africa’s Bike City, has already held a number of successful high-profile events, including all three UCI MTB World Championships and the Para-cycling Road World Cup.
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The three-day festival includes the national masters marathon champs, elite and junior cross-country races, provincial inter-schools series and development race series, and the growing enduro event.
The festival kicks off on the Saturday with the UCI elite cross-country HC category race, in which elite and junior racers will be vying for valuable Olympic-qualifying UCI points. The junior race is part of the UCI Junior World Series.
On the Sunday, the national masters marathon champs take place, followed by the provincial department of sport and recreation’s mountain biking development programme.
A full day of enduro racing action brings the festival to a close on the Monday.
