The date for next year’s Cape Epic has been released, with it scheduled to take place from March 18 to 25.
Early bird entries for the race were snatched up by 100 ‘quick on the draw’ applicants today.
“It took just seconds for them all to be snapped up this year,” said Cape Epic chief executive Lynn Naudé.
“I didn’t think it was possible for people to fill in the forms and submit at this speed.”
The leaders head out of Grabouw for the final time during the final stage of the 2017 Cape Epic. Photo: Zoon Cronje/Cape Epic/SPORTZPICS
There were almost 1 000 hopefuls who completed the entry form when the process opened at 3pm but they were beaten to the ‘submit’ button by the lucky 100.
Those who missed out on an early bird entry can apply through the lottery system, which opened on the Cape Epic website after the early bird process was completed and runs until May 30.
In a new innovation riders in Cape Epic MTB World Series events will be able to qualify to take part in the Cape Epic.
The series is being rolled out at present and further announcements about these qualification opportunities will be made in due course.
