The 45th staging of the Cape Town Cycle Tour on Sunday 12 March will see two routes for the first time. It will also include 30 young women from Khayelitsha on their first cycle race adventure.
Sometimes, out of adversity, ideas grow. In 2015, the Cape Town Cycle Tour was on the brink of being cancelled, after devastating wildfires ravaged the southern peninsula, raging through communities and areas synonymous with the largest timed bicycle race in the world.
A cyclist competes in the rain in the world’s largest timed cycle race, the Cape Town Cycle Tour, on 13 March 2022. Riders will start in the shadow of the Castle of Good Hope in Castle Street, and make their way southbound on Nelson Mandela Boulevard and the M3 until reaching Steenberg Road , before turning around to head home the way they came, finishing in Newmarket Street in the city centre.
“After the near-cancellation, I think there was a lot of relief that the event went ahead, but we also saw a lot of cyclists who were simply happy to ride 42km on the day. We have toyed with introducing the shorter route ever since and now, thanks to our excellent relationship with the City, we are able to bring the concept to life as an official part of the Cape Town Cycle Tour.”
“This will open up the Cape Town Cycle Tour to thousands of new participants, like me, and will spur the further growth of cycling in Cape Town. The Cape Town Cycle Tour is already one of the City’s flagship events for both local and international cycling enthusiasts, with the scenery rivalling any other major cycling tour in the world.
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