SHIMANO MTB Grand Prix Series decided in 8 hr and 4 hour

Series Wrap - Media Release / 12.10.2011

With naming rights and major sponsor SHIMANO Australia already confirmed for the 2012 season, the MTB events organiser took riders to some of the most loved endurance racing trails in NSW and ACT.


The series kicked off in March with the first ever race at Sydney's newest MTB trail – at The Australian Botanic Garden, Mt Annan, were Rocky Trail will host their JetBlack 24 Hour Sydney race in December to end the 2011 racing year on another high note. With a sold out venue at Mt Annan, the series then headed north to Awaba MTB Park near Gosford in July with another record attendance and a massive solo field. The third round was hosted at the exclusive Dargle Farm property in August and the final round summoned enthusiastic endurance racers to Canberra and its MTB mecca, Stromlo Forest Park.

As co-host for the final round, Rocky Trail had invited "The Voice of Cycling" in Australia, Mike Tomalaris, who was excited about the "up and coming Australian cycling and mountain biking talents represented among the racers and the professional and Euro-style race atmosphere by Rocky Trail".