Mountain bikers interested in tackling next year’s PwC Great Zuurberg Trek will have an opportunity to see what the boutique event offers through a highlights package aired on SuperSport from tomorrow night.<\/p>\n
The sixth edition of the three-stage event took place from the Zuurberg Mountain Village, which overlooks Addo just outside Port Elizabeth, in late May.<\/p>\n
Prospective participants will get a glimpse of some of the finest mountain biking trails in the Eastern Cape in the half-hour premiere, with the show being repeated several times until Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Trails through orange orchards at the foot of Zuurberg Pass and across the Great Karoo on the other side, as well as panoramic views of the Indian Ocean, make it a unique experience.<\/p>\n
Race organiser Siska van der Bijl said the high-quality footage would bring the event to a wider audience.<\/p>\n
“People who have heard about the GZT will get an accurate idea of what it is all about in the show,” she said.<\/p>\n
“It is one of the best productions of the race I have seen and it highlights not only the diversity of the trails, but also its true spirit and luxurious nature.<\/p>\n
“It will give viewers a wonderful insight into what it offers – both on and off the bike.”<\/p>\n
Entries for next year’s race – which takes place from May 29 to 31 – have opened, with the Platinum package already sold out. However, Van der Bijl said there were still some options available for interested riders.<\/p>\n
Cyclists will have a further opportunity to “sample” the PwC Great Zuurberg Trek experience when the Hayterdale Classic, sponsored by Tavcor Commercial Vehicles, takes place on August 24 this year. This one-day race, which incorporates three distance options, takes in all the best single-track sections of stage three.<\/p>\n
The 60km Classic – with its 1 000m of climbing across equals portions of gravel road, jeep track and single-track – is a proper mountain biking test.<\/p>\n
Participants should also not be fooled by the 30km Challenge, which provides a decent examination of one’s cycling credentials, whereas the 12km Ramble is an entry-level event.<\/p>\n
The beauty of the Hayterdale Classic, said Van der Bijl, was that competitors could make a weekend of it.<\/p>\n
Accommodation is available for the Friday and Saturday nights and there will be a spit braai and live music after the race. Riders can then enjoy the four different trails at Hayterdale at their leisure on the Sunday.<\/p>\n
Broadcast schedule: July 11 (SS8, 8pm), July 12 (SS8, 10.30am and SS10, 11.30pm), July 13 (SS8, 12.30pm), July 14 (SS8\/SS8A, 2.20pm), July 15 (SS8, 9am), July 16 (SS8, 11.30pm).<\/p>\n
More info: www.greatzuurbergtrek.co.za<\/a>; www.hayterdaleclassic.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mountain bikers interested in tackling next year’s PwC Great Zuurberg Trek will have an opportunity to see what the boutique event offers through a highlights package aired on SuperSport from tomorrow night. The sixth edition of the three-stage event took place from the Zuurberg Mountain Village, which overlooks Addo just outside Port Elizabeth, in late […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":58746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3260],"tags":[2025,2305,4090,3219,1755,1747,30,4089],"class_list":["post-30593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-entries","tag-great-zuurberg-trek","tag-hayterdale-classic","tag-highlights","tag-mountain-bikers","tag-mtb","tag-news","tag-pwc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30593\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}