AS the mountain biking season builds up to the South African Cross Country Championships and beyond to the UCI XCO World Championships, national selection hopeful Stuart Marais has singled out the Illovo Eston MTB Challenge on Sunday, 4 August, as an important part of his month’s racing.
Defending champion Marais is expecting there to be another strong field this year for the 60km Illovo Eston Marathon. “The usual suspects should be there like Andrew (Hill), Tyronne (White) and Julian (Jessop),” the Expedient Africa rider said. “The race has become one of those iconic races that you have to do and along with the Sappi Karkloof Classic is one of the top one day races that you can race.”
Marais will be hoping for one of the spots in the South African team that will do battle at the UCI Cross Country World Championships in Canada at the end of August into September. Should he make the side, or not, Eston is going to form an important part of the remainder of his racing year. The Illovo Eston MTB Challenge, which will be at the Eston Farmers Club, will be the eighth leg of the popular and ever competitive Quattro ROAG Series, powered by Momentum.
ALSO READ: Families welcome at Eston trails weekend
The 18km Trail Run is R140 for pre-entry and R160 for late entry, the 9km Trail Run is R100 for pre-entry and R120 for late entry, the 60km Illovo Eston Marathon is R220 for pre-entry and R250 for late entry, the 40km aQuellé Eston Half Marathon is R180 for pre-entry and R210 for late entry, the 18km STIHL Tala Family Ride is R140 for pre-entry and R160 for late entry and the 10km Omnia Kids Ride is R79 for pre-entry and R80 for late entry.
Enter via ROAG (www.roag.co.za). Pre-entries are open and will be accepted until 28 July. Late entries will be accepted online from 29 July to 1 August until midnight or at the venue on the day.
Do you want to receive news alerts via Telegram? Send us a message (not an sms) with your name and surname to 060 532 5535.
You can also join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
PLEASE NOTE: If you have signed up for our news alerts you need to save the Berea Mail Telegram number as a contact to your phone, otherwise you will not receive our alerts
Here’s where you can download Telegram on Android or Apple.
