{"id":17907,"date":"2016-07-08T05:45:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T04:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2016\/07\/08\/hot-mid-winter-racing-expected-at-trailseeker-hazeldean-r5136\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T07:57:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T07:57:32","slug":"hot-mid-winter-racing-expected-at-trailseeker-hazeldean-r5136","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/hot-mid-winter-racing-expected-at-trailseeker-hazeldean-r5136\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot mid-winter racing expected at Trailseeker Hazeldean"},"content":{"rendered":"

The mid-winter chill has had little effect on Gauteng mountain bikers with more than 2900 expected at Saturday\u2019s Nissan TrailSeeker Hazeldean event in Pretoria.<\/p>\n

The event is the second round of the 2016 Nissan TrailSeeker Gauteng Series and offers participants four different distances \u2013 the 70km marathon, 40km half-marathon, 20km fun race and 10km fun ride.<\/p>\n

The routes explore some of the best riding in Pretoria East, with a completely new Half-marathon route.<\/p>\n

Half-marathon racers can expect a rough start on old farm roads before hitting some smoother district gravel roads. The first major climb, Leeuwkop, comes after 10km with a stimulating singletrack descent down to Tyger Valley College. From there, another ascent up Leeuwkop, this time a challenging singletrack climb for 400 metres, before heading back to Hazeldean Valley Trails for another 20km for singletrack riding to the finish.<\/p>\n

\"ccs-62657-0-18372600-1467956941.jpg\"<\/a>Photo Credit: ZC Marketing Consulting<\/span><\/p>\n

The marathon has a total of 600 metres of ascent with a start loop along the banks of the Pienaars River before heading out to the Boschkop Trails to the East. There\u2019s a gradual, but steady drag for the first 25km before turning at Legends MX along undulating farm roads towards Rosemary Hill. Riders will do a 10km loop around the Rosemary Hill Trails network before heading back to the finish along Hazeldean Valley Trails via Boschkop Trails.<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s women\u2019s winner and South African champion, Robyn de Groot (Ascendis Health), is on the start list, but is still recovering from a shoulder injury so won\u2019t be on the start line. That will leave a fairly open race with the likes of Theresa Ralph (Galileo Risk) and Adrienne Moolman sure to be gunning for the top step of the marathon podium.<\/p>\n

\"ccs-62657-0-71052300-1467956938.jpg\"<\/a>Photo Credit: ZC Marketing Consulting<\/span><\/p>\n

The men\u2019s race sees a collection of some of the country\u2019s top marathon racers, including last year\u2019s winner, Nico Bell (Team NAD), HB Kruger (Team Telkom), fresh off his win at the Knynsa Marathon, Grant Usher (Kargo Pro), Thinus Redlinghuys and 2015 South African champion, Gawie Combrinck (Team NAD).<\/p>\n

As usual, the race village will cater well for spectators and offer a relaxing environment for riders and supporters before the start and after the finish. Entries will be available until prior to the start at www.trailseekerseries.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nissan TrailSeeker Hazeldean schedule of events:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Venue:<\/strong> Cowhouse Market, Hazeldean Valley<\/p>\n

Registration:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday 8 July<\/strong>
10h00\u201316h00: Bruce Reyneke Cycles, Graham Road, Lynwood
10h00\u201316h00: Torq Zone Cycles, Doringkloof
10h00\u201316h00: Bruce Reyneke Cycles, Featherbrook Village, West Rand<\/p>\n

Saturday 9 July<\/strong>
06h00-13h00: Cowhouse Market, Hazeldean Valley<\/p>\n

Race start times:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, 9 July<\/strong>
06h45: Riders briefing
08h00: Start 70km
08h45: Start 40km
09h50: Start 20km
10h20: Start 10km
13h00: Prize giving<\/p>\n

For more information on Saturday\u2019s event, visit www.trailseekerseries.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The mid-winter chill has had little effect on Gauteng mountain bikers with more than 2900 expected at Saturday\u2019s Nissan TrailSeeker Hazeldean event in Pretoria. The event is the second round of the 2016 Nissan TrailSeeker Gauteng Series and offers participants four different distances \u2013 the 70km marathon, 40km half-marathon, 20km fun race and 10km fun […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":41580,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[954,1083,1069],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-17907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-hazeldean","tag-nissan-trailseeker-series","tag-trailseeker-series"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17907"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=17907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}