Cape Town Cycle Tour 2020

The Cape Town Cycle Tour (formerly know as Cape Argus Tour) is the biggest road cycling event on the South African calendar and the World’s Largest Timed Cycle Race. The bike ride was the first event outside Europe to be included in the UCI's Golden Bike Series. More than 35 000 people from around the globe join Cape Town Cycle Tour each year on the second Sunday of March. For 2020 its date is will be 8 March 2020.

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route Cape Town Cycle Tour 2020

start and finish

The Cycle Tour starts and finishes in the shadow of Table Mountain, one of the seven natural wonders of the world. For the 2020 edition, the start of the Cape Town Cycle Tour will be on the Grand Parade, in front of the Cape Town Castle. This new start sees riders head past the Cape Town Castle for the first time in 35 years. The finish is next to the Cape Town Stadium in Green Point.

Route Cape Town Cycle Tour 2020

The route of the 2020 Cape Town Cycle Tour is 109 km long with 1692 meters of elevation. As usual, the race follows the scenic circular route from Cape Town down the Cape Peninsula and back. After the start it follows a short section of the N2 called Nelson Mandela Boulevard, then the M3 to Muizenberg, and then Main Road along the False Bay coast to Simon's Town and Smitswinkel Bay. The route then crosses the peninsula in a westerly direction, past the entrance to Cape of Good Hope section of the Table Mountain National Park. It then heads north along the Atlantic coast through Scarborough, Kommetjie, Noordhoek, Chapmans Peak, Hout Bay over Suikerbossie hill to Camps Bay and the finish.

climbs

The route of the Cape Town Cycle Tour 2020 counts six climbs, with a total elevation of 1692 meters. Important climbs in the Cape Town Cycle Tour 2020 are:

Hospital Bend
Edingburgh Drive / Wynberg Hill
Smitswinkel
Red Hill
Chapman's Peak
Suikerbossie

news CTCT 2020

Where to Hit the Roads These Holidays in Pursuit of CTCT Fitness

12 Dec - For cyclists the long days and great weather in December means early morning or late afternoon rides. Gaining fitness and working off the festive season’s inevitable overindulgences. Somee of the best spots to ride your road bike this December.
Read more on capetowncycletour.com

ride the cycle tour yourself!

In for a nice cycle challenge? Ride the cycle tour yourself all year round with this route description! It's not recommended to follow the official route except on the official race day, since some dangerous roads are only then closed to other traffic. A route in which you will ride a large part of the real route is this All Year Cape Town Cycle Tour route. You'll ride the wonderful coastal road from V & A Waterfront to Noordhoek back and forth, plus the loop on the Cape Peninsula.

winners cape town cycle race

The first Cape Town Cycle Tour was held in 1978 and the first winners were Lawrence Whittaker and Janice Theis. Below you find a complete list of all winners of the Cycle Tour Race to date. Anriette Schoeman is the record holder with no less than seven victories in the Cape Town Cycle Tour between 2000 and 2013.

Click here for a list of all winners from 1978 to now.

Last 5 winners:
2019	Sam Gaze (New Zealand) & Cherise Willeit (South Africa)
2018	Nolan Hoffman (South Africa) & Kim Le Court (Mauritius)
2017	Race cancelled
2016	Clint Hendricks (South Africa) & An-Lin Kachelhoffer (South Africa)
2015	Nolan Hoffman (South Africa) & Linette Burger (South Africa)