{"id":21116,"date":"2014-05-21T11:20:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T10:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2014\/05\/21\/gauteng-to-host-sa-xco-and-dhi-championships-in-july-r1420\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T12:02:56","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T12:02:56","slug":"gauteng-to-host-sa-xco-and-dhi-championships-in-july-r1420","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/gauteng-to-host-sa-xco-and-dhi-championships-in-july-r1420\/","title":{"rendered":"Gauteng to host SA XCO and DHI Championships in July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gauteng will be hosting the once-off 2014 South African National MTB Championships, which incorporates the cross-country and downhill disciplines, at Thaba Trails near Alberton from 19-20 July.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-41808-0-56811500-1400671354.jpg\" data-fileid=\"360315\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"360315\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"ccs-41808-0-56811500-1400671354.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-41808-0-56811500-1400671354.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"italic text-sm text-slate-500 block mt-1 mb-4\">Track builders at the rock garden and drop-off dubbed \u201cnumber six\u201d, which is nearing completion. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Race organiser Wendell Bole has hosted several National Cup races over the past few years, and is tweaking the routes ahead of the prestigious championship event this winter.<\/p>\n<p>The cross-country (XCO) track currently measures between 4-4.5km, and includes a few new rock gardens to bring the total to seven. Each technical section also offers a \u201cB-line\u201d for the less technical riders.<\/p>\n<p>More rocks have been added to the downhill (DHI) track, which has also been revamped since the 2013 National Cup Series event. Bole estimates that the re-worked track adds approximately 15-20 seconds to the descent.<\/p>\n<p>Route maps and route profiles are not yet finalised and will be disseminated in due course, as will entry details and a list of recommended accommodation options in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gauteng will be hosting the once-off 2014 South African National MTB Championships, which incorporates the cross-country and downhill disciplines, at Thaba Trails near Alberton from 19-20 July. Track builders at the rock garden and drop-off dubbed \u201cnumber six\u201d, which is nearing completion. Race organiser Wendell Bole has hosted several National Cup races over the past [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":51836,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3780],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-21116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-sa-mtb-championships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21116","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=21116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21116"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=21116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}