As Sunday Tribune Jeep Hill2Hill men’s defending champ, TIB Insurance’s Andrew Hill will hope to continue his winning ways at this year’s event on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 September and in so doing, keep his title defence of the Quattro ROAG Series well on track. \/\/ Photo: Anthony Grote\/ Gameplan Media.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\nRace organisers are enthusiastic about the impact that course designer Nick Floros has had on the route for Saturday\u2019s 45km race as well as Sunday\u2019s 15km and 100km events.<\/p>\n
They confirmed that the entry caps for both the 45km and 100km event were close to being reached, putting pressure on late-entering riders in the usual flurry of last minute entries.<\/p>\n
Eager riders keen to learn the subtleties of Floros\u2019 new single track will have a chance on Sunday 7 September to ride the last third of the route from Hill n Dale Farm to the finish at Shongweni.<\/p>\n
Currently leading the Quattro ROAG Series standings are the original winners of 2012\u2019s inaugural ROAG Series, TIB Insurance\u2019s Andrew Hill and Natalie Bergstrom of Coffeeberry\/Momsen.<\/p>\n
Both will need to fight hard to retain their overall lead at this year\u2019s Hill2Hill though as the likes of Kargo Pro MTB\u2019s new signing Brendon Davids and USN\/Hi-TEC\u2019s Jeannie Dreyer are hot on the respective leaders\u2019 heels and with the massive winner\u2019s cheque of R22 000 at stake for both the series\u2019 overall men\u2019s and women\u2019s winners, no one will be willing to give an inch next weekend.<\/p>\n
Men\u2019s Hill2Hill defending champion Hill admitted that this year\u2019s ROAG Series has been the tightest affair since ROAG first introduced the series three years ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really great to have KZN\u2019s top racers brought to events that they might not normally attend by the ROAG Series and help raise the profile of the smaller events while also enjoying the tough competition that some of the province\u2019s biggest races like the Hill2Hill have become known for,\u201d said Hill.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year\u2019s Hill2Hill is going to be a tough race with many of the top contenders firing on all cylinders for KZN\u2019s most prestigious marathon.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe route is super-fast in the first half with the bigger climbs coming in the last 40km so it\u2019s going to be tactical upfront for sure and most guys not wanting to show their cards too early,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The Quattro ROAG Series has successfully focused on encouraging young and up-and-coming riders, offering a platform for social riders to challenge their friends and encouraging elite riders to take part in local events.<\/p>\n
Business Manager of ROAG, Nicole Talbot said that the Sunday Tribune Jeep Hill2Hill has been a key part of the Quattro ROAG Series since its inception and is without a doubt one of KZN’s most iconic and largest mountain biking events.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are extremely proud to have the Hill2Hill as a part of our Quattro ROAG Series and we have enjoyed a close relationship with the organisers from the very beginning,\u201d said Talbot.<\/p>\n
All entrants for the Sunday Tribune Jeep Hill2Hill also stand in line to win the full suspension Specialized bicycle valued at over R20 000 to be handed over to one lucky entrant at the prize-giving along with loads of other lucky draw prizes including Jeep Apparel goodies and Thule bike racks.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year every entrant who has already completed five or more Hill2Hills will also receive a special little gift from us to prove to their friends that they are a true Hill2Hill hero!\u201d race organisers added.<\/p>\n
More information can be found and entries submitted via www.roagseries.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All roads lead to Hilton for mountain bikers from around the country as participants wrap up their final preparations for this year\u2019s edition of the Sunday Tribune Jeep Hill 2 Hill which takes place on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 September. USN\/Hi-TEC’s Jeannie Bomford will hope a successful title defence effort at this year’s Sunday […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":51378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1249,4316,1250],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-20940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-hill2hill","tag-mountain-biking","tag-roag"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20940","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=20940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20940"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=20940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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