{"id":22060,"date":"2013-02-11T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T14:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2013\/02\/11\/entries-open-for-the-2013-wines2whales-mtb-adventure-and-race-r439\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T12:33:47","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T12:33:47","slug":"entries-open-for-the-2013-wines2whales-mtb-adventure-and-race-r439","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/entries-open-for-the-2013-wines2whales-mtb-adventure-and-race-r439\/","title":{"rendered":"Entries open for the 2013 Wines2whales MTB Adventure and Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Entries for the much anticipated Wines2Whales MTB Adventure and Race will open on Thursday, 14 February 2013.  You can\u2019t ask for a better gift on Valentine\u2019s Day!<\/p>\n<p>Riders that participated at the 2012 events or that were placed on the waiting list will have just over two weeks in which to enter the Wines2Whales Adventure and\/or Race, entries open at 08h00.  Public entries will open at 08h00 on Friday, 01 March 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Entries are limited to 600 teams (1200 riders) per event and will be accepted on a first come first served basis.   Once the entry limit has been reached, riders will be placed on a waiting list.  Only paid entries are guaranteed.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12px\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:Calibri, sans-serif\">Photo Credit ~ Cherie Vale \/ Newsport Media<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">Event Information<\/span><\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Starting in the Winelands of Somerset West, riders will cross through (and over) 13 wineries, 26 private farms, six mountains, historic roads and mountain passes, nature conservation areas (including the Kogelberg Biosphere) before finishing within sight of the famous whales of Hermanus!<\/p>\n<p><strong>WINES2WHALES MTB ADVENTURE:  <\/strong><strong>Friday, 01 November 2013 until Sunday, 03 November 2013 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WINES2WHALES MTB RACE:  <\/strong><strong>Friday, 08 November 2013 until Sunday, 10 November 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>STAGE ONE:   <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Distance:  \t  <\/em><\/strong>70km<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Start:\t\t\t   <\/em><\/strong>Lourensford Wine Estate (Somerset West)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Finish:\t\t\t <\/em><\/strong>Oak Valley Sport Field (Elgin)<\/p>\n<p><strong>STAGE TWO: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Distance:  \t  <\/em><\/strong>70km<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Start:               <\/em><\/strong>Oak Valley Sport Field (Elgin)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Finish:\t\t\t <\/em><\/strong>Oak Valley Sport Field (Elgin)<\/p>\n<p><strong>STAGE THREE: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Distance:  \t  <\/em><\/strong>75km<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Start:\t\t\t  <\/em><\/strong>Oak Valley Sport Field (Elgin)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Finish:\t\t\t<\/em><\/strong>Onrus Caravan Park (just outside Hermanus)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Follow us on Twitter:<\/em><\/strong><strong>  @w2wmtb<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Follow us on Facebook:<\/em><\/strong><strong>  Wines2Whales<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Wines2Whales MTB Adventure and Race contact 076 118 0874, e-mail <a href=\"mailto:entries@wines2whales.co.za%20\" rel=\"\">entries@wines2whales.co.za <\/a>or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wines2whales.co.za\/\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.wines2whales.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entries for the much anticipated Wines2Whales MTB Adventure and Race will open on Thursday, 14 February 2013. You can\u2019t ask for a better gift on Valentine\u2019s Day! Riders that participated at the 2012 events or that were placed on the waiting list will have just over two weeks in which to enter the Wines2Whales Adventure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-22060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22060","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22060\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22060"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=22060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}