posted September 15, 2009 by trek7k

The first ever Pisgah Mountain Bike Stage Race is happening next month and from what we’ve read this could be a very cool race. Riders will compete over 4 days, riding 145 miles of technical, gnarly singletrack inside the Pisgah National Forest near Asheville, NC. Averaging 36 miles a day doesn’t sound like much until you realize the total includes 38,000 feet of climbing (that’s nearly 10,000 feet per day)!

There are already some big names signed up to compete this year including Jeremiah Bishop and teammate Ben Sonntag. BikeRumor reports some other well known riders are planning to race as well, though we can’t confirm. Registration is still open but there are only 150 spots available.

Race organizers claim the cash prize purse ($15,000) is the largest for any American (mountain bike) stage race which appears to be true. Of course more well known MTB stage races like La Ruta take pride in the fact that they don’t offer big cash prizes for the winners. I guess sometimes glory alone isn’t enough to lure top riders

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Tags: pisgah, race, stage race

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