Racing | Cannondale British Enduro Series – Opens Entries
The Cannondale British Enduro Series is open for business! With an exciting schedule and lots of great prizes it looks like UK enduro racing will be hotting up next year! Entries have just opened and it’s expected to be busy, so get those orders in quick, here’s the latest news from the series:
Elite Female and Male entries open now!
Entries for the Cannondale British Enduro Series are open for all riders entering the Elite Female and Elite Male categories; enter here. The remaining category entries will open on Saturday the 2nd of January at 10:00.
The British Enduro Series – The BES will be delivered by the tried and trusted team that brings you the successful British Downhill Series – The BDS. This will comprise of five Enduro style events held around the U.K with the following venues; Ae Forest, Afan, Dyfi, Eastridge and Innerleithen.
The format will copy that of car rallies, where each competitor will have to compete over two days. The event itself will comprise of six individual timed stages over the event weekend. Riders will have strict start times for each stage meaning they will be under both physical and mental pressure to land at the next stage start line on time and ready to race. Failure to start on time will mean the riders will receive a time penalty.
The first three stages will be raced on Saturday afternoon, those three times will be collated and count as seeding. This will then be added to the three stages to be raced on Sunday afternoon to give a combined time for the event (over six stages). Open practice will commence each morning for that afternoons race stages. The final stages of each day will finish in the finish arena adding to the impact of the event. Each live stage will be covered by two medics and several stage marshals.
Riders race in age categories from the age of 16 up to 50 years plus. The cream of the crop will be the Elite men and women who will be racing for increased exposure and prize money of £6,000 over the series, supplied by Continental Tyres.
Event details and schedule:
- BES Rd1 26/27th March at Ae Forest.
- BES Rd2 30th April / 1st May at Afan.
- BES Rd3 11/12th June at Dyfi.
- BES Rd4 13/14th August at Eastridge.
- BES Rd5 8/9th October at Innerleithen.
Friday:
- 13:00 Venue open for team pits, parking and camping.
- 18:00 – 22:00 Race registration.
Saturday:
- 08:00 – 10:00 Race registration.
- 09:00 Open practice for all riders on stages One, Two and Three.
- 14:00 Racing stages One, Two and Three.
- 18:00 Course Closed.
- 18:30 Riders meeting.
Sunday:
- 08:30 Open Practice for all riders on stages Four, Five and Six.
- 13:00 Racing stages Four, Five and Six.
- 17:30 Podium for top five in each category.
Category Racing Order:
- Elite Women – Riders in the year of their 19th birthday or onwards. Riders eligible on a performance related basis. Please contact Event Director Si Paton*.
- Women – Riders in the year of their 16th birthday or onwards.
- Hardtail – Riders in the year of their 16th birthday or onwards.
- Junior Men– Riders in the year of their 17th or 18th birthdays.
- Grand Veterans – Riders in the year of their 50th birthday and onwards.
- Veterans – Riders in the year of their 40th to 49th birthdays.
- Masters – Riders in the year of their 30th to 39th birthdays.
- Senior – Riders in the year of their 19th to 29th birthdays.
- Elite Men – Riders in the year of their 19th birthday or onwards. Riders eligible on a performance related basis. Please contact Event Director Si Paton
For further information on the series, check the website:
Words and photos: BES
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