← All eventsKing Price Race to the Sun
South African multi-day gravel stage-race epic with huge cumulative climbing on remote farm/district gravel and mountain passes, at heat and altitude. ~400 km / ~20,000 m total and the May 2027 date are approximate — confirm all figures with organiser.
A South African multi-day gravel stage race that climbs roughly 20,000m across the whole event. The challenge isn't one big day. It's the stack: ride hard, climb thousands of metres, recover, do it again.
Around 400km of remote farm and district gravel, linked by long mountain-pass climbs, out across the high, dry South African interior in May. All figures approximate, confirm with the organiser.
This is a durability epic, not a threshold race. Heat, altitude and days of climbing on tired legs decide it. Recovery between stages is a discipline, not an afterthought.
Is King Price Race to the Sun for you?
- Riders who love long days and can back up the next morning. The event rewards durability across a whole week, not one big effort.
- Steady climbers who meter their pace. With roughly 20,000m of climbing stacked over days, attacking a pass early costs you tomorrow.
- Self-reliant riders comfortable a long way from support. Remote gravel with big gaps between towns rewards on-bike problem-solving.
- Anyone who treats recovery as training. Nightly refuel, sleep and kit prep decide how well you back up each stage.
Training plan for King Price Race to the Sun
A training plan for King Price Race to the Sun isn't a generic base build. Beina reads the event's exact demands, looks at your specific profile and the time you actually have, and maps a highly adapted plan to the start line.
- Around 20,000m of climbing across the event, on cumulatively tired legs
- Back-to-back stages, with fatigue carrying from one day into the next
- Heat and real altitude in the dry South African interior
- Rough, corrugated gravel and fast, loose pass descents for hours
- Back-to-back long gravel days, the core rehearsal for the multi-day stack
- Ride-tired climbing efforts on the second or third consecutive day
- Big high-vert climbing rides and long, durable pass tempo
- Heat and altitude exposure where you can get it, plus nightly recovery rehearsal
- Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have
- Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond
- Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo
- One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet
