This race was so good last year we just had to keep it on the calendar for another year. The Sooke Bike club is super excited to be hosting the Island Cup season opener. The trails are going to be rocky and technical but the trail crew continues to work tirelessly to improve the trails and there will be some great new flow sections.
7 Categories:
Expert, JR Expert (Under 19) and Masters (40+) will all do the Long Course (5 Stages)
Sport and U19 will ride the short course (3 Stages)
U15 Will ride 2 stages
Youth U12 will ride one Stage
Attendance is capped at 200 Riders
Pricing: $85 Adult, $65 U19, $50 Youth
*If you do not have a valid Cycling BC Provincial RACE license, or UCI License you will be charged and extra $10 during registration as a “non licensed rider” According to Cycling BC in 2023 You are only allowed 3 non licensed races per year. If you plan on racing more than 3 races you must purchase a License. We highly recommend doing this before registration day. VISIT CYCLING BC FOR MORE INFO
Race entry also includes food and beverage at the afterparty at Sooke Oceanside Brewery
Feed station on course will be stocked with Hornby ORGANIC Bars and lots of great goodies from Matthuw Ronald-Jones
Registration is online only from March 21 8:00am – April 19 10:00pm
You can currently register for our waitlist. Please note we usually fill waitlist spots in the last 5 days before the race so only sign up for the waitlist if you are going to take a spot.
Same course as 2023.
Total of 5 Stages depending on your category. Check out the Trailforks link to the right.
Please note that the stage order might be modified before the race. We want to keep riders flowing through the course and may have to juggle the order of stages to minimize bottle necks.
5 Stage course 14.7KM approx 800M up and down
| 1 |
Stage 1 (Zig Zag/Rocky Mountain Ridge) |
| 2 |
Stage 2 (GT1/2/Stonecrops) |
| 3 |
Stage 3 (AirFlow/Arbutus) |
| 4 |
Stage 4 (K2/Manzanita) |
| 5 |
Stage 5 (3 Bears/Bracken) |
Expert/Jr Expert/Masters Long Course do 1/2/3/4/5
Sport/U19 Short Course 4/5/2
U15 ride Stage 5 and 2
Youth ride Stage 2
