CYCLING NEWS - The 2017 Momentum Health Cape Pioneer Trek, presented by Biogen, is upon us and this year’s edition promises to be one of the most exciting yet.
The seven day Union Cyclist Internationale (UCI) accredited stage race boasts a field of riders from nineteen nations and takes place from Sunday 15 to Saturday 21 of October.
The event will also feature the biggest international coverage in its nine edition history, with daily news and highlight productions which will be available globally on Facebook and YouTube.
Rather than limit the audience by broadcasting to television, Dryland Event Management have taken the decision to commission daily television quality productions for social media, which mountain biking fans can watch for free at 20:00 throughout the event.
“With international riders making up nearly 30% of the 2017 Momentum Health Cape Pioneer Trek, presented by Biogen, entrants it makes sense to provide their friends and families back home with the opportunity to watch the Cape Pioneer’s daily highlight shows,” Henco Rademeyer, of Dryland Event Management explained.
“We would like the viewers to make full use of the superb quality of videos Bigshot Media will be producing. If they can only watch the shows on their cell phones or computers that is okay, but ideally we would like people to tune in on their smart TV’s or cast the videos from their phones to their TVs in order to appreciate the beauty of the Garden Route and Klein Karoo. And of course to immerse themselves in the racing action, because the elite line up for this year’s race is very exciting.”
The seven stages of the 2017 Momentum Health Cape Pioneer 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 on stage four and the Queen stage on stage six.
To find out more about the event you can visit www.capepioneer.co.za. The race will once again be live Tweeted by Oliver Munnik on @CapePioneerTrek and mountain biking fans can see all the photos, taken by Zoon Cronje and Oakpics.com, on the Cape Pioneer Trek Facebook page.
In addition to that the daily news and highlight videos can be watched online on the Dryland Event Management YouTube Channel and on the event’s official Facebook page.
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