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GARDEN ROUTE NEWS & VIDEO - Mossel Bay played host to the Cape Pioneer Trek, which started at Milkwood Primary School in Mossel Bay on Sunday, 15 October.
The Cape Pioneer Trek is a seven day, mountain bike stage race in the Southern Cape.
In 2017 it started in Mossel Bay, traverses the Outeniqua Mountains and concludes on the rugged singletracks of the Klein Karoo.
During these seven days it visits Mossel Bay, George and Oudtshoorn, takes in the first mid-race time trial in South African mountain biking since 2012 and features the only summit finish in the off-road discipline of cycling.
In this Momentum Health-sponsored event, the changed route for the 2017 Cape Pioneer Trek mountain bike stage race will be longer, and will be featuring more climbing than the race in 2016.
The 2017 race will cover a total distance of 553km, 72km further than last year. Total vertical ascent will be 11 420m.
This is 1 030m more than in 2016.
The Junto Team from South Africa, Frankie du Toit and Nicky Giliomee with the Mossel Bay municipal manager Advocate Thys Giliomee at the prize giving ceremony after Stage two.
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The seven stages of the trek, presented by Biogen, feature two journey stages - from Mossel Bay to George and from George to Oudtshoorn - and five exploration stages, including a mid-race time trial at stage four and the queen stage at stage six.
The seven-day race will feature a time trial and a mountain top finish on the Swartberg Pass.
Nico Bell and Gawie Combrinck of Team NAD Pro were congratulated by their peers for setting
the pace on Stage 2.
The race included more time in the Mossel Bay area than before.
The athletes enjoyed the hospitality of Mossel Bay and the Milkwood Primary School for two days.
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At the prize giving ceremony at the end of Stage 2, participants and support crew had only praises for the manner in which they were received in town, and for the support they received from the Mossel Bay municipality.
Mossel Bay deputy executive mayor Dirk Kotzé and the municipal manager Advocate Thys Giliomee attended the prize giving.
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