EWS Racer McKay Vezina during practice for the Giant TOA Enduro on Stage 1. Photo / Boris Beyer, Crankworx
Registration opens tomorrow for Crankworx Rotorua 2018.
Athletes can register for the Giant Toa Enduro presented by CamelBak, the Giant Toa Enduro Challenger, Crankworx Rotorua Air DH, Crankworx Rotorua Downhill, the all-new Redwoods Downhill and 100% Dual Slalom Rotorua.
Crankworx Rotorua event director Ariki Tibble said all downhill events in
Rotorua sold out in 2017 and the Giant Toa Enduro presented by CamelBak has just been designated as an Enduro World Series (EWS) qualifier race, so spaces were expected to go quickly.
The significance of the Giant Toa Enduro being a qualifier race is that competitors will be eligible to collect EWS global ranking points, and will have an opportunity to qualify for priority registration for all rounds of the 2019 EWS. Racers must be Enduro Mountain Bike Association (EMBA) members to collect EWS Global Rankings points.
Also, new for this year, the winner of each official EWS category at an EWS qualifier (providing the racer is an EMBA member) will be automatically added to the EWS Reserve List and will then be eligible for priority registration for any of the 2019 EWS rounds.
