ENTRY INFORMATION

The 2021 FNB Wines2Whales entries will open on 14 Feb 2021

CHARDONNAY

5 – 7 Nov 2021

PINOTAGE

8 – 10 Nov 2021

SHIRAZ

12 – 14 Nov 2021

What you get

A unique and beautiful mountain biking experience
A Ciovita Rider Jersey
A W2W event garment
7 meals through the duration of the three days
Wifi available in the race village
Fully stocked waterpoints
Rider bag available for purchase

Entry Fee

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Secure your entry at the same price as 2019!

Basic (no accommodation) R13 250 per team

Excludes tented accommodation
Cost includes: 7 Meals over the course of the event
– Stage 1: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
– Stage 2: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
– Stage 3: Breakfast

Standard (standard tent) R14 950 per team

Tented accommodation for two evenings only for the event you have entered and each rider will be allocated their own single tent (including a mattress but NO pillow/sleeping bag)
Cost includes: 7 Meals over the course of the event
– Stage 1: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
– Stage 2: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
– Stage 3: Breakfast

Luxury (luxury tent) R20 950 per team

Accommodation is for two evenings only for the event you have entered and is for two (2) riders (registered and entered athletes) per tent.
Cost Includes:
- Access to the Luxury Tented Village Accommodation Area (this is security and accreditation controlled).
  The tent is complete with interiors, carpeted flooring, beds & fresh bedding
- A bedside lamp as to ensure that you aren’t fumbling around in the dark.
- Private Luxury Hot Showers, which will make you feel as though you are staying at a five star luxury game lodge.
- Toilets exclusive to the Luxury Tent Village
- Camping cupboard in order to make things a bit more comfortable.
- Bedside table & bin
- Two camping chairs
- Undercover sitting area outside the tent where you and your teammate can swap “war stories,” after each stage.
- Access to all rider accredited areas within the village (*riders only).
Terms & Conditions:
- This price excludes your own private butler
- No supporter services allowed outside the official supporter area. Masseuses, Physios and Mechanics operating in areas such as the Luxury Tented Village, will be removed from the premises.
- No advertising and branding of any sort will be permitted within the Luxury Tented Village and no rider will be allowed to sell any parts or product during the event within this area.
- The organisers of the FNB Wines2Whales, will not be responsible for, or liable for, any of the services or lack thereof provided by within the Luxury Tented Village
- The Luxury Tented Village Accommodation Area is a strictly no bicycle zone. All bicycles are to be stored at the Stor-Age bike park. The organisers of the FNB Wines2Whales, will not be responsible for, or liable for any damage to, theft of, loss of, or disappearance of bicycles taken in to or stored in the Luxury Tented Village.

Team Categories

Your team’s category is determined by the youngest member of the team. Teams who wish to compete for Open prize money must register in the Open category. These teams will no longer qualify for their age group leader jersey or prize money.

Women

Open (19+)
Sub Vet (30-39)
Vet (40-49)
Master (50+)

Men

Open (19+)
Sub Vet (30-39)
Vet (40-49)
Master (50+)

Mixed

Male and Female (19+)

Whale Category

This special category is reserved for those living on the larger side of life. Teams that consist of riders both over 90 kilograms can register as Whales and qualify for recognition that often comes in the form of bottles of wine from the award-winning farms along our route.

Prize Purse

The 2021 Prize Purse is a total of R550,000, the highest per day in any stage race in South Africa!

Prize money for all women’s categories will be awarded in the Chardonnay race, all other category prize money will be awarded in the Shiraz race.

OPEN

1st – R100 000
2nd – R50 000
3rd – R30 000
4th – R20 000
5th – R15 000
6th – R12 500
7th – R10 000
8th – R7 500
9th – R5 000
10th – R2 500

Awarded to the Open category at Chardonnay (Women) and Shiraz (Men)

SUB VET

VETERAN

MASTERS

MIXED

EXXARO JERSEY

Withdrawals & Cancellations

Cancellation Policy

Entry Cancellation

Should you wish to cancel your entry, please note the following and contact the Race Office at registration@wines2whales.com to have the cancellation processed.

75% of the entry fee is refundable if the cancellation is done before 31 August.
50% of the entry fee is refundable if the cancellation is done in or before 30 September.
0% of the entry fee is refundable if the cancellation is done in October or November.
If at a later stage your partner can no longer participate once substitutions have closed, you will be allowed to do a late substitution at Registration day.
Entries are not transferable to the following year.

Optional Extra Cancellation

Should you wish to cancel any of your optional extras, a 15% admin/cancellation fee will apply. Please contact the Race Office at registration@wines2whales.com to have the cancellation processed.

Optional extras are not transferable to the following year.

Substitutions & Withdrawals

Substitutions can be done online as follows:

The rider dropping out of the team must do so through their online profile. Click on the “Substitution” button under your team details.

The remaining rider must then sign into their online profile and pay the applicable substitution fee.

Once the rider change fee has been paid and received, the remaining rider may then invite a new partner via their profile. The new invited partner will then receive an invitation email where they will be required to sign in to their profile and complete their rider details.

Online substitutions close on 15 October 2021. Hereafter, late substitutions must be done at Registration day.

The following fees apply for substitutions:

Before 15 October 2021: R300 per substitution
Registration day: R500 per substitution

Please note:

Cyclists who have entered and paid, but cannot participate in the FNB W2W Event, for whatever reason, must inform the Race Office.
No cyclist is allowed to participate under the name of another participant. Such action will lead to immediate disqualification.
Substituted team participants will receive the clothing size of the initial participant, unless this is changed before 30 March 2021.

Indemnity

All riders must accept an online liability disclaimer upon registering their team for an event. Failure to accept the liability disclaimer will result in the rider not being allowed to start the race.

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ENTRY INFORMATION

CHARDONNAY

PINOTAGE

SHIRAZ

What you get

Entry Fee

Team Categories

Whale Category

Prize Purse

Withdrawals & Cancellations

Substitutions can be done online as follows:

Riders

Event

Involve

Media

Race Office