The Port to Port is a 4-day mountain bike stage race that takes in vineyards of the Hunter Valley, the old school singletrack around Mount Sugarloaf, the monster climbs in the Watagans and the super scenic Glenrock trail network.
The 4 day event has run every year since 2014, with tweaks made to the courses each year. In 2019 the organisers shook things up by introducing a team category. This is the style of racing used in bigger badder stage races like the Cape Epic. You race as a pair. You stay within 2 minutes of your team mate for the whole event and do what you can to support one another, physically, mentally… (and medically or mechanically if things go pear shaped!).
120 teams lined up at the start line of the 2019 event. Most of those were mens or mixed teams. There were only 9 women’s pairs taking part.
HWC wants to see that number increase – so – on a bit of a whim, Karen and Georgia have just signed up as a team for the 2020 event.
The HWC duo will climb 4,300 vertical metres and cover 195km of singletrack, fire trail, grass, gravel sand and bitumen over 4 days at the end of May.
Stay tuned for updates from the team! And check out the 2018 doco to get a feel for what the event is all about.
HWC 2020 