The first part of the route to water point 1 at 25km (for those who know) will be the same as before. Then we depart from the norm and head straight to the coast and to our new ending at Scottburgh Golf Club.

After some chilled but fast riding through Sappi forests and Illovo Sugar cane farms, we head into some lush sub-tropical bush for a grand finale.

Our aim for Sage 9 is to bring more of sea into the finish and we think we have managed that.

For our previous riders who want a reference: back markers should be about an hour faster and for our front runners one and a half hours faster. The route is specific for joberg2c and is the brainchild of common sense and lots of feedback.