BY THE NUMBERS
FEMALE
MALE
FINISH
91% 9% 84%
AVERAGE WEIGHT 76KG AVERAGE WEIGHT 59KG OLDEST FINISHER 70
AVERAGE AGE 37
AVERAGE AGE 42
MOST
TELEVISED
MTB RACE IN
THE WORLD
34 000
188 COUNTRIES
WATCHED LIVE STREAM
1
YOUNGEST FINISHER 18
58
200
HOURS OF GLOBAL
TELEVISION BROADCAST
OCTOBER
6 MONTHS
OF TRAINING
12 HOURS TRAINING
PER WEEK
COUNTRIES
REPRESENTED
49% SOUTH AFRICAN
PARTICIPANTS
51% INTERNATIONAL
PARTICIPANTS
71% TRAVEL TO
ATTEND THE RACE
OLYMPIC
MEDALLISTS
WORLD
CHAMPIONS
17% USE A 90% HAVE DUAL
DROPPER POST SUSPENSION
643 OF BIKE
WASH USED
78 OF MUC-OFF
CHAIN LUBE USED
MEDIA CREW
& REPRESENTATIVES
LONGEST RACE
KM
CLIMBED SINCE 2004
M
SHORTEST RACE DISTANCE RIDDEN SINCE 2004
SHORTEST STAGE LONGEST STAGE
KM
KM
KM
KM
84 0
CREW AND VOLUNTEERS
BAGS OF RIDER LAUNDRY
R17,2 MILLI O N
R AISED FOR CHARITY SINCE 201 1
DRIVE TRAIN 1X, 2X OR 3X?
18% ENTIRE DRIVE TRAIN
42% CASSETTE AND CHAIN
18% CHAIN ONLY 30% SINGLE CHAINRING
67% DOUBLE CHAINRING
3% TRIPLE CHAINRING
1472
EQUIPMENT TRANSPORTED
DURING THE RACE
KG
RIDER LUGGAGE
TRANSPORTED
750 10 800
8 730 R225 000
CHILDREN
doing their literacy, sports
and lifestyle programmes
QHUBEKA BIKES
distributed since 2011
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20 000
60
MOBILE HOMES
CHILDREN
educated in three community outreach
programmes in Absa Cape Epic towns s
to be provided by IRONMAN Foundation
to organisations and initiatives in three
race village host towns