The Gravel Burn, a new professional gravel bike stage race in South Africa, will feature a $150,000 prize purse, making it the wealthiest in gravel racing history.
Dedicated gravel racers and mountain biking pros who occasionally flirt with the drop-bar discipline have a six-figure incentive to be in South Africa during late October. Organisers has announced the wealthiest prize purse yet in gravel racing. Scheduled for the last week of October, the race is a seven-day, full-service gravel bike event, routing for 850km (528mi) across some of the world’s most challenging and inspiring gravel bike terrain.
is the event organiser and a celebrated name in off-road stage racing. Vermaak founded the Absa Cape Epic and developed it into the global standard for elite-level stage racing. After exiting the Cape Epic a few years ago, Vermaak’s entrepreneurship and love of South African off-road riding has found new expression in the Gravel Burn. As proved by the Cape Epic, there is an embarrassment of awe-inspiring South African off-road cycling terrain, journeying through deeply inspiring landscapes with an unrivalled distribution and density of wildlife. To leverage everything amazing about South Africa’s off-road riding geography, Vermaak’s Gravel Burn stage race will be hosted in the Great Karoo, one of the world’s most magnificent semi-desert wilderness areas.To position Gravel Burn as the world’s pioneering professional gravel bike event, Vermaak has confirmed an appropriate prize purse of $150,000. “For professional riders who make a living in the sport, this prize purse underscores our commitment to setting a new benchmark in gravel racing.” South Africa’s three-time Cape Epic winner and a recognised global force in gravel riding, Matt Beers, acknowledged the appeal of $150,000 prize funding.“This changes everything. Gravel Burn focuses on stage racing in the gravel category. A prize purse of this magnitude shows how serious gravel cycling has become. It’s a big step toward further professionalising the discipline and giving it the recognition it deserve
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