This will be the first year that South Africa will be a Regional Championship. The automatic Kona slot for the winners, the large number of KPR points (it a P-4000 race now) and the increased prize purse of $150.000 has managed to attract a string field. Race registration is closed by now and while there may be a few withdrawals, we can get a good indication of the participants. I will post my regular longer predictions closer to the race.
Male Race Participants
| Bib | Name | Nation |
| 1 | Cyril Viennot | FRA |
| 2 | Frederik Van Lierde | BEL |
| 3 | Bart Aernouts | BEL |
| 4 | Michael Weiss | AUT |
| 5 | Kyle Buckingham | ZAF |
| 6 | Bas Diederen | NED |
| 7 | Matt Trautman | ZAF |
| 8 | Johann Ackermann | GER |
| 9 | Mike Aigroz | SUI |
| 10 | Konstantin Bachor | GER |
| 11 | Bertrand Billard | FRA |
| 12 | Gerhard De Bruin | ZAF |
| 13 | Fraser Cartmell | GBR |
| 14 | Alberto Casadei | ITA |
| 15 | Emanuele Ciotti | ITA |
| 16 | Will Clarke | GBR |
| 17 | Greg Close | USA |
| 18 | James Cunnama | ZAF |
| 19 | Karl-Johan Danielsson | SWE |
| 20 | Michael Davidson | ZAF |
| 21 | Victor Del Corral | ESP |
| 22 | Trevor Delsaut | FRA |
| 23 | Marc Duelsen | GER |
| 24 | Karol Dzalaj | SVK |
| 25 | Herve Faure | FRA |
| 26 | Frederik Flagstad | GRL |
| 27 | Hannes Cool | BEL |
| 28 | Kent Horner | ZAF |
| 29 | Allan Hovda | NOR |
| 30 | Martin Jensen | DEN |
| 31 | Kirill Kotshegarov | EST |
| 32 | Roman Krutina | CZE |
| 33 | Eneko Llanos | ESP |
| 34 | Carlos Lopez Diaz | ESP |
| 35 | Jim Lubinski | USA |
| 36 | David Mcnamee | GBR |
| 37 | Johannes Moldan | GER |
| 39 | David Plese | SLO |
| 40 | Ivan Rana | ESP |
| 41 | Michael Ruenz | GER |
| 42 | Till Schramm | GER |
| 43 | Boris Stein | GER |
| 44 | Swen Sundberg | GER |
| 45 | Sylvain Sudrie | FRA |
| 46 | TJ Tollakson | USA |
| 47 | Craig Twigg | GBR |
| 48 | Urs Mueller | SWI |
| 49 | Hendrik-Jan Verhaegen | BEL |
| 50 | Andrej Vistica | CRO |
Female Race Participants
| Bib | Name | Nation |
| 38 | Camilla Pedersen | DEN |
| 51 | Jodie Swallow | GBR |
| 52 | Linsey Corbin | USA |
| 53 | Beth Shutt | USA |
| 54 | Lucy Gossage | GBR |
| 55 | Stefanie Adam | BEL |
| 56 | Anne Basso | FRA |
| 57 | Anja Beranek | GER |
| 58 | Svetlana Blazevic | SRB |
| 59 | Susie Cheetham | GBR |
| 60 | Tine Deckers | BEL |
| 61 | Amber Ferreira | USA |
| 62 | Amy Forshaw | GBR |
| 63 | Astrid Ganzow | GER |
| 64 | Alyssa Godesky | USA |
| 65 | Eleanor Haresign | GBR |
| 66 | Corina Hengartner | SWI |
| 67 | Jessica Meyers | USA |
| 68 | Caroline Koll | ZAF |
| 69 | Heather Leiggi | USA |
| 70 | Maria Lemeseva | RUS |
| 71 | Caroline Livesey | GBR |
| 72 | Britta Martin | NZL |
| 73 | Nina Pekerman | ISR |
| 74 | Lucie Reed | CZE |
| 75 | Diana Riesler | GER |
| 76 | Riana Robertson | ZAF |
| 77 | Linda Scattolin | ITA |
| 78 | Caitlin Snow | USA |
| 79 | Sonja Tajsich | GER |
| 80 | Kathrin Walther | GER |
| 81 | Eva Wutti | AUT |