Limit Breaking At The CARPATHIAN MTB EPIC, An Amazing Adventure Into The Wilds

Press Release / 07.09.2017

September comes with an incredible challenge for passionate riders, eager to push their limits to the edge! CARPATHIAN MTB EPIC, the newest stage race in the worldwide calendar, offers 157 km of riding and 5,750 m of climbing in the heart of one of the last genuinely wild regions in Europe.

The 4-day event is scheduled for September 21-24, 2017, and is expecting more than 100 riders to arrive in the Race Village set at Cheile Grădiștei – Fundata Resort, in Brasov County, Romania. It's Wild, it's Rugged and it's EPIC.

CARPATHIAN MTB EPIC, organized by MPG Romania, challenges internationally ranked professional MTB cyclists alongside experienced as well as aspiring, avid community riders to test their skills and satisfy their desire for amazing experiences. The competition is all about self challenge and experiencing the most EPIC tracks, set in the heart of the Carpathian Mountains.

Whether you choose to take on the 4-day EPIC, starting with the Prologue on the 21st of September, or immerse yourself in the authentic 1-day Challenge on the 24th of September, the organizers promise to excite you with some amazing experiences.  Green and cooling valleys, stunning peaks revealing breathtaking views and natural monuments like Babele and the Sphinx guarding the mountain plateau are waiting for those who are ready to live the new adventure. The Carpathian Mountains will challenge you and the only way to respond is to fight back, ride strong and push ahead on your journey of self-discovery!

Over 100 riders from France, Germany, United Kingdom, Findland, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria and Republic of Moldova but also from other parts of the world, like Uganda, are waiting to take on the challenge of the 4-day EPIC. The presence of several national and Balkan MTB champions sets a high-level of competition for the first edition of the CARPATHIAN MTB EPIC.

“My favourite ride is made of a mix of flowy and technical single track with reasonable gradients in uphill. I consider the stage races with qualitative 50 km/day as the MTB Graal. That's why I will race the first edition of CARPATHIAN MTB EPIC! ", said very enthusiastically Frédéric Gombert, which won the title of the French XC Marathon Championship in 2016.

The female gender is well represented by some ambitious riders. Originating from Bulgaria, Aneliya Karagyozyan, the holder of the 2017 Bulgarian National XCO champion title, confessed to us that: “What helps me during my cycling activities... I think the will to evolve, to become better and to achieve more every day, to do things and develop ideas into reality. So, I was excited when I read about the race! When I saw the pictures, I was enchanted by the picturesque views and magnificent mountains. I think this will be my favourite part of the race: the scenery!”.

Others are more focused on the journey of discovering new lands and living some incredible escapeds into the wilds.

“CARPATHIAN MTB EPIC is an incredible chance to explore a country I’ve not known for cycling - the rugged, natural, mountainous nature of the trails sound fantastic and the limited amount of tarmac road is great. What makes it so easy is the full-service nature of the event, meaning it’s easy to just turn up and ride and know that everything is taken care of. For me, the equality in the prizes are also hugely positive. From riding friends that have seen the race, it’s really appealed as it’s a destination they had never considered before”, stated Catriona Sutherland, a passionate MTB rider and guide from UK, alsoa  writer for several online and printed cycling magazines.

The efforts of the fastest riders to conquer the Carpathians in this spectacular stage race will be rewarded with a generous prize pool of 12,540 Euro and products whose total value reaches an estimated amount of 30,000 Euros.

At the start line a few Romanian champions like Vlad Dascalu, Lucian Logigan, Robert Dobai and Daniel Crista are also expected.

After racing the Absa Cape Epic this year, Lucian Logigan is ready for a new challenge. “I am really excited to race at the first edition of this stage race. It is a new event in Romania and the region we will explore is particularly beautiful. It will be a difficult competition from both a technical point of view and the conditions of riding at very high altitudes. Even if Africa's stage race is considered more difficult, with higher vertical climbs and longer distances, CARPATHIAN MTB EPIC poses a greater challenge as we will be reaching higher altitudes during the 4-day race.”, appreciated Lucian Logigan, who already owns the Balkan XCO champion title and won the Romanian XCO Championship last year.

Robert Dobai, who won the title of the Romanian MTB Marathon Championship last year, thinks that the beauty of the routes worths every effort: “If a race creates intense, pleasant sensations or I can learn something about sports or myself, then it deserved the effort to be there. Also, for me… if the route is fine and I manage to get a performance that satisfies me personally, the official result counts very little in those conditions”.

If you are determined to take the challenge at CARPATHIAN MTB EPIC - www.carpathianmtb.ro – than you must hurry up to reserve your place at the start until September 15th, the latest!

CARPATHIAN MTB EPIC will have a broad promotion campaign that will include live broadcasts on various TV stations - Pro TV and Sport.ro - and radio, as well as advertisements in printed and online publications as well as social media. The riders’ perfomance will be monitored both by the media and the viewers from all over the country. Each person will have the opportunity to find all the information about the event in real time, checking the event’s social page and on the Riders Club official Facebook page  and feel the excitement of the competition.

Book your place and get ready for a unique experience at CARPATHIAN MTB EPIC!

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