Spring Cup 2025

Are you ready for some more hot racing while you make new friends battling it out on the race track?

After a great first year, the Spring Cup Series is back again for 2025 only bigger and better, this time we bring you 5 stages as Tokoroa MTB Club joins in the fun. 

By entering the entire series before the 1st of October you will get the early bird pricing and get an awesome pair of Green Monkey Spring Cup socks. 

For all of those people that are looking to enter the New Zealand Nationals in Rotorua in 2026 there are two free entries up for grabs also,  one in XCO and one in DH. To be eligible you must enter the entire series by the 1st of October. 

Once again you have the opportunity to ‘race up’ in the Spring Cup eg. an U15 can race in the U19 category if they wish to.

Points will be allocated for each stage. To be eligible for overall points you must compete in 4 out of the 5 stages. 

There will be a round with a Queen Stage where bonus points will be available, you will find out at rego before the race but it will definitely be worth riding the extra km’s.

Leader jerseys are up for grabs for all grades and KOM jerseys for the Open and general classification.  Each stage will have a timed section within the race either an uphill or downhill depending on the venue.

Please keep an eye on the Spring Cup FB and Instagram pages as we introduce new sponsors and supporters for the 2025 series.

Thanks to the support from Dynamo Events, Grassroots Trust and of course our amazing MTB Clubs for making this series possible. 

STAGES

STAGE 1 Hamilton 9th November 

STAGE 2 Taupo 16th November 

STAGE 3 Te Miro 23rd November 

STAGE 4 Pirongia 7th December 

STAGE 5 Tokoroa 14th December

COURSE  DISTANCE

Courses will be around 6km per lap with a shorter lap or course for U10/U13. 

We have added a new ‘sport’ category for those that want to join in but don’t want to do the longer distances.

Approximate course distances:

U10 6km

U13 10km

U15  12 to 15km

U19  20-25km

U25 25-30km

Open 25-32km (potential prize money available for Open depending on race entries)

U45/O45 20-25km

65+ 20-25km 

E-bike 20-25 km

Sport 15km approx (this category will depend on numbers)

ENTRY FEES  (prices will increase on the 1/10/25)

U10/U13  $60 series, $20 per race 

U15/U19  $100 series, $30 per race 

All other categories $125 series, $40 per race 

RACE SCHEDULE APPROXIMATE START TIMES - start times may vary slightly from venue to venue 

Race 1. 9 am U10/U13

Race 2. 10 am U15/U19/Masters Woman and E-bike

Prize giving for race 1 and 2  11:20 ish (as soon as possible after the completion of the races)

Race 3. 12pm U25/Open/Masters Men 

Prize giving for race 3  1.30 ish or as soon as possible after the completion of race 3

Male and females will race together excluding masters men and masters women.

Some older grades could combine  depending on entry levels.

QUEEN STAGE (BONUS POINTS)

Race 1. U10/U13/U15 9am  10km to 25km

Race 2. All other grades 10.30am ish 30km to 60km with staggered starts.

Prize giving will start with younger grades around 12.30 to 1pm