Entries & Info
INFORMATION ABOUT EVENT
aQuellé Tour Durban
Commemorative medals to category winners.
Free quality sublimated sports shirt to all pre-entries who have entered by midnight 31 March 2024. Sizes will be strictly as ordered (no swopping on collection), so please consult the size chart below.
E-Bikes are welcome in all events, but due to interest and rise in numbers of E-Bikes they will be batched separately.
Failure to comply with E-Bike or any other batching will result in time penalties or disqualification.
Tandems and E-Bikes may take part in the 110km Team Road Race but are not eligible for prizes,
PLEASE NOTE:
ALL MTB & GRAVEL EVENTS WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY 20 APRIL
ALL ROAD EVENTS WILL TAKE PLACE ON SUNDAY 21 APRIL.
| RACE | START TIME | Price | |
| GRAVEL 48km | 08:00 | Pre Entry effective from 07 Nov 2023 to 16 Apr 2024 | ZAR 300.00 |
| Late Entry (at Registration) | ZAR 380.00 | ||
| MTB 40km | 08:10 | Pre Entry effective from 07 Nov 2023 to 16 Apr 2024 | ZAR 250.00 |
| Late Entry (at Registration) | ZAR 330.00 | ||
| MTB 20km | 08:35 | Pre Entry effective from 07 Nov 2023 to 16 Apr 2024 | ZAR 150.00 |
| Late Entry (at Registration) | ZAR 200.00 | ||
| MTB 10km | 08:50 | Pre Entry effective from 07 Nov 2023 to 16 Apr 2024 | ZAR 150.00 |
| Late Entry (at Registration) | ZAR 200.00 | ||
| Team Road Race 110km (must already have an individual entry) | 06:15 | Team Price effective from 07 Nov 2023 to 16 Apr 2024 | ZAR 0.00 |
| Road Race 110km | 06:15 | Pre Entry effective from 07 Nov 2023 to 16 Apr 2024 | ZAR 675.00 |
| Late Entry (at Registration) | ZAR 750.00 | ||
| Road Race 42km | 08:40 | Pre Entry effective from 07 Nov 2023 to 16 Apr 2024 | ZAR 425.00 |
| Late Entry (at Registration) | ZAR 500.00 | ||
| Road Race 28km | 09:00 | Pre Entry effective from 07 Nov 2023 to 16 Apr 2024 | ZAR 300.00 |
| Late Entry (at Registration) | ZAR 370.00 | ||
| TANDEM 110km (price per person) | 06:15 | Pre Entry effective from 07 Nov 2023 to 16 Apr 2024 | ZAR 675.00 / Person |
| Late Entry (at Registration) | ZAR 750.00 / Person | ||
| TANDEM 42km (price per person) | 08:40 | Pre Entry effective from 07 Nov 2023 to 16 Apr 2024 | ZAR 425.00 / Person |
| Late Entry (at Registration) | ZAR 500.00 / Person | ||
| TANDEM 28km (price pre person) | 09:00 | Pre Entry effective from 07 Nov 2023 to 16 Apr 2024 | ZAR 300.00 / Person |
| Late Entry (at Registration) | ZAR 370.00 / Person | ||
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MTB 40km
This event is for riders who are comfortable on a mountain bike and able to ride 40km off road.
There are some climbs that will require a decent level of fitness, and riders will need a moderate level of skill, but there are no sections of difficult technical riding.
Team race (top three times from team of four) will be included in the 40km MTB race only.
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MTB 20km
Intermediate MTB race with some hills and some sections where riders will need moderate skills.
This event is aimed at riders who have some experience of cycling and feel comfortable riding on relatively easy off-road sections.
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MTB 10km
THIS EVENT IS NOT TIMED
Short and relatively easy MTB event for the younger and less fit or inexperienced riders.
This route is relatively flat and will not contain any big climbs or technical sections.
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Team Road Race 110km (must already have an individual entry)
NO TEAM ENTRIES ALLOWED AT REGISTRATION/LATE ENTRY!
This is a team event and is open to all riders who have already entered the 110km event.
There is no entry fee to enter a team, but only riders who have been entered and paid the entry fee to take part in the 110km Road Race will be allowed to be part of a team. A rider may only be part of one team. Failure to comply with the above will render the entire team entry null and void.
Times for teams will be taken on the sum of the times of the first 4 riders out of 5 entrants to cross the line.
Team race (top four times from team of five) will be included in the 110km road race only.
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Road Race 110km
NO LATE ENTRIES ON SUNDAY 21 APRIL 2024
The longest road race predominantly on the M4 north of Durban.
With full road closure at all times, riders will start with the first of two 42km loops, followed by a short 25km loop with a King of the Mountain point at The Ridge, and then the second 42km loop out and back on the M4.
This route will be spectator friendly with friends and family able to see riders and cheer them on regularly.
Team race (top four times from team of five), King of the Mountain (points from three KOM points) and Sprint (points from three sprint points) competition will be included in the 110km road race only.
Follow the link below for PROVISIONAL maps:
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Road Race 42km
NO LATE ENTRIES ON SUNDAY 21 APRIL 2024
An out-and-back loop on the M4 from Moses Mabhida to Mdloti turn-point.
This event aims to give weekend warriors a chance to test themselves with an achievable target. The hills are never too strenuous but the undulating route provides some beautiful scenery and a chance to be part of the aQuellé Tour Durban vibe.
Follow the link below for PROVISIONAL maps:
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Road Race 28km
NO LATE ENTRIES ON SUNDAY 21 APRIL 2024
THIS EVENT IS NOT TIMED
Short flat out and back loop with full road closure on the M4 to a safe turning point at Umhlanga.
This event aims to give everybody who owns a bike a chance to be part of Durban's favourite cycling weekend.
Follow the link below for PROVISIONAL maps:
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TANDEM 110km (price per person)
NO LATE ENTRIES ON SUNDAY 21 APRIL 2024
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TANDEM 42km (price per person)
NO LATE ENTRIES ON SUNDAY 21 APRIL 2024
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TANDEM 28km (price pre person)
NO LATE ENTRIES ON SUNDAY 21 APRIL 2024
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No Race - Socks Orders Only
Sock orders are for colletion only at Race Day Registrations
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CSA Day LicensePrice: 50.00
Other Information About Event
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Race Apparel
Official aQuelle Tour Durban sock by Gilnokie for sale
20% of the profits from the sale of the socks will be donated to charity!
ORDERS CLOSE AT 12PM ON 12/04/2024
Two colour options
- White and Royal
- Black and WhitePrice R155/pair
Sizes:
3-7
8-12- The sock is produced using an Air blended Poly/Nylon fibre
- Treated with Hydrocool, a moisture management system
- Silver AGP for long lasting freshness
- The sock is an ultra light foot with padding in the heel and toe
- Seamless toe
- Mesh panels for heat release
- Bridge support
- New improved Elasticated leg for better hold
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Race Giveaways
Everyone who enters before midnight on March 31st will be guaranteed a quality, sublimated Female or Unisex aQuellé Tour Durban sports shirt.
Sizes will be strictly as ordered (no swopping on collection), so please consult the size chart below.
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Challenges
KOM competition
Three timing points (Pt 1 on laps 1 and 3; Pt 2 on lap 2)
Top 20 get points (20 down to 1)
Highest total wins
Tiebreaker (best result at last timing point; if still tied, then best position at second timing point) -
Challenges
Sprint competition
Three timing points (same point on all three laps)
Top 20 get points (20 down to 1)
Highest total wins
Tiebreaker (best result at last timing point; if still tied, then best position at second timing point) -
Race Information
aQuellè Tour Durban Trail Runs
20km: Price-R230 starting at 6:00 am
10km: Price R195 starting at 6:30 am
5km: Price R135 starting at 7:00 am
Late entries will be charges R50 extra.Entries will be opening in early December 2023 on the KZN Trail Runnning website,
with registration and late entries on Friday 19 April 2024 and race day on Saturday, 20th April 2024.
All participants will be expected to check in the starting line 15 minutes before the starting time of each distance for the race briefing. -
Race Information
Participant substitutions:
Substitutions are available at a 5% admin fee until 12 April 2024.
Thereafter no substitutions are allowed.
Please email [email protected] to make any participant changes -
Race Information
Seeding/Batching:
As this is a recreational ROAD Cycling event, the Tour Durban 2023 and Cape Town Cycle Tour 2024 results are used to seed/batch riders.
If participants did neither of those events, they are batched according to Entry DateThe ROAG MTB seedings are used to batch the MTB events.
OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT EVENT
T-SHIRT SIZING CHART
This is the SECOND event of the 2024 ROAG KZN MTB Marathon Series
MTB SERIES
Please note that to qualify for ROAG Series points:
· Nippers, Sprogs, Sub Juniors need to take part in the 20km
· Youths & Juniors need to take part in the 40km
· Seniors to Grand Masters need to take part in the 40km
· E-bike riders do not qualify for points in the ROAG Series
TRAIL SERIES
Please note that to qualify for ROAG Series points:
· 18 years & Under need to take part in the 10km Trail Run.
· 19 years & Over need to take part in the 20km Trail Run
For more info on the ROAG series rules please go to: https://roag.org/series/44/publicabout/
