Schedule & start times

Avani Lesotho Hotel & Casino, Maseru

Paddock set-up from 08:00.

Avani Lesotho Hotel & Casino, Maseru

• Documentation & registration 10:00–17:00
• Plews tyre service 09:00–16:00
• City parade 14:00–15:00
• HEWC signing session 15:15–15:45 — invited riders
• Press conference 16:00–16:45 — invited riders
• Technical control, Gold and FIM riders 16:00–18:00
• Riders briefing 18:00–18:45 — all classes, Avani Lesotho Hotel & Casino. Livestreamed, so crew and anyone who cannot be in the room can follow it.
• Your time trial start sticker is in your race pack.

The public tracking map opens on this day. Set your phone up before you travel, not at registration.

Gold at Music Box · Silver, Bronze and Iron at Thaba Bosiu

Be out of Maseru by

• Gold — out of Maseru by 10:55, driving to Music Box.
• Silver — out of Maseru by 07:35, driving to Thaba Bosiu.
• Iron — out of Maseru by 07:35, driving to Thaba Bosiu.
• Bronze Group 1 — out of Maseru by 08:15, driving to Thaba Bosiu.
• Bronze Group 2 — out of Maseru by 08:50, driving to Thaba Bosiu.
• Bronze Group 3 — out of Maseru by 09:25, driving to Thaba Bosiu.

Parking at Thaba Bosiu

Space inside is limited. Silver and Iron park inside. Bronze parks outside, at -29.342827, 27.663139 — private land with direct access to the rear gate. The landowner charges R20 a vehicle, in cash. That is his charge, not the event’s.

Gold paddock set-up at Music Box 09:00–14:00 · Motul bike wash and Plews tyre service at Music Box 10:00–16:00. Podium ceremony for every class at Music Box 15:30. Results on Telegram 16:00, starting order for Friday 19:30.

Start and finish at Music Box

Paddock set-up 05:00–08:00 · Plews tyre service 05:30–16:00 · start stickers from the Race Office 05:45–09:00 · Motul bike wash 11:00–16:00. Podium on arrival of the top three. Final results on Telegram 17:00, starting order for Saturday 18:30.

Start and finish at Music Box

Paddock set-up 05:00–08:00 · Plews tyre service 05:30–16:00 · start stickers from the Race Office 05:45–09:00. Podium and the overall Roof prize giving on arrival of the top three, HEWC prize giving after that, press conference after that. Final results on Telegram 17:00.

By race number:

• Group 1 — race numbers 301 to 385
• Group 2 — race numbers 386 to 451
• Group 3 — race numbers 452 to 560

DSP — designated service point

One DSP each day for all four classes. Friday it is Metolong Dam; Saturday it is Music Box. Your own fuel here, and your crew may work on the bike — Trademore’s fuel is at the USPs only. There is no decontrol and no mandatory stop — race time keeps running while you are in it.

USP — unassisted service point

Fuel is provided at every USP by Trademore, so you do not arrange your own — but you fuel your own bike. No outside assistance at all. Your crew may not fill the bike or give you tools, parts, food, drink, hydration packs, goggles or gloves. No support crew at a USP — spectators only.

Where you refuel

Friday, every class: USP 1 Back side Bushmans, then the DSP at Metolong Dam, then USP 2 Molengoane Area. Iron rides past Molengoane but does not stop there for fuel.

Saturday:

• Gold — two laps of 38 km. USP Road to Roma on both laps, and the DSP at Music Box between them.
• Silver — USP 1 Road to Ramabanta, the DSP at Music Box, then USP 2 Koro Koro Area.
• Bronze — USP 1 Road to Ramabanta, the DSP at Music Box, then USP 2 Koro Koro Area.
• Iron — the DSP at Music Box, then USP 2 Koro Koro Area.

Water and nutrition

USN at the start and finish of every racing day, and at the DSP and both USPs on Friday and on Saturday. Motul bike wash at the finish on Thursday and Friday. Plews tyre service at registration and at the end of each day’s racing.