Stage 2 of FNB Wines2Whales had long been known as Play Day. But with the route being reimagined for the Switchback the route team had the opportunity to reinvent Play Day.
John Smit and Schalk Burger are taking on the 2021 FNB Wines2Whales Shiraz event in a reunion which brings two of South Africa’s most celebrated Springboks back together. The event is also Burger’s first MTB stage race.
When the FNB Wines2Whales Shiraz event gets underway from the Curro School in Hermanus on Friday, 12 November, South Africa’s male stage race specialists will all be in attendance.
The extended Rietvlei Magic singletrack had a new treat in the tail for FNB Wines2Whales Switchback riders in 2021. Rather than skirting the Rietvlei Dam the trail cut across it on a purpose-built trail.
While the Elite women raced the Chardonnay event and the Elite men, Mixed and Exxaro teams will duke it out in the Shiraz next weekend, the mid-week Pinotage is all about #SeriousGEES. Well, serious gees and an ePowered eBike race.