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Merida, Birzman and Alpina supported TransWales to start this weekend

On the 13th August 2011 it is TransWales time again. For the 6th time the UK’s only stage mountain bike event will open its doors in Builth Wells to welcome riders from 16 nations to some of the best riding spots the UK has to offer. As in 2010 the GORE BIKE WEAR™ TransWales 2011 powered Mercedes-Benz Vito Sport is once more supported by Merida, Birzman and Alpina.

The TransWales event will cover a whopping distance of over 500km and riders will climb over 15,000metres allowing all competitors to test themselves fully and experience the best Wales has to offer. The event has a unique character of combining un-timed with timed section letting the riders enjoy the terrain and scenery before diving into the next ‘special stage’ where every second counts.

Once again GORE BIKE WEAR™ is sponsoring the Trans Wales 7 Day MTB Challenge supported by Merida Bikes (open male pairs category sponsor), Birzman tools (mixed pairs category sponsor) and Alpina helmets (vets pairs category sponsor).

More details including the stage plan on the TransWales website.

Follow this event on the web
The event will once again see a growing number of press joining the field of riders reporting from the daily events and changes in rankings. So if you can’t make it to the event or you want your friends and family to follow your progress over the event period than make sure you check out the daily reports on the TransWales website as well as on Bikemagic, SingletrackWorld, Cyclist No 1. and Sleepmonster.co.uk.

Besides that you can follow ‘almost live’ updated from the event via the TransWales 2010 Facebook page. So if you are not already part of the group make sure you go to the TransWales Facebook page to ‘signed up’.

And if you fancy getting involved…
…why not join us for the day and ride your bike in one of the best locations the UK has to offer why not come to the GORE BIKE WEAR™ Prologue Marathon (open to everybody) which will take place this weekend in Builth Wells, Wales. The event will take place on Saturday the 13th August (start 11am) at start/finish will be at Penmaenau Farm, Builth Wells.

Expect 40km of fun packed marathon style riding with a great mixture of fast flowing single and double tracks, open moorland trails and swoopy forest trails. And if you have some juice left in the tank than you can take sample a timed special stage back in the start and finish venue.

Details of the event can be found here.

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