Live examples
Real races. Real maps. See for yourself.
The best way to judge a race map is to use one. Fly the route, read the elevation, open an aid station, and imagine it on your own event page.
Absa Cape Epic
MOUNTAIN BIKE STAGE RACE · WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA
A multi-stage mountain bike race across the mountains of the Western Cape, ridden in teams of two over eight days. The kind of course riders want to study stage by stage before they commit, now explorable from the event's own website.
While you're in there, try this.
Hit play on the flyover and let the camera take you through the course. Hover the elevation profile to feel the climbs. Open an aid station to see the amenities, cutoffs, and notes. Then picture that on your own site, with your sponsors on the course.
Now do it with your route.
Start the trial, drop in your GPX, and see your own course in 3D in minutes.