Race Day Information Centre

The world’s biggest bike race starts at the Grand Parade Precinct, outside the Cape Town Castle.

Here is everything you need to know to find your start chute, as well as what to do when you reach the race village in Green Point.

Event Guide

For all the important information you need to know about the 109km or 42km Cape Town Cycle Tour, read it here.

Travel and Directions

Where you can park, without attracting a pink ticket.

Start Line 101

What not to forget (shoes and timing chips are the norm) and when to enter your chute.

Start Procedure

On the Route

Sweep vehicles, cut-offs and on-the-route mechanical support

Cape Town Cycle Tour Route Map

One of the most popular events in Cape Town, the most beautiful bike race in the world circles the Cape Peninsula starts and finishes in the shadow of Table Mountain, one of the seven natural wonders of the world. Click here for a downloadable map, a full list of road closures and spectator spot suggestions.

Finish Line 101

Grab a medal and a Coke, and move through to the race village.

Spectator Information

The best spots to watch the cycle race, and where you can’t.

Training Tips

Last-minute-dot-com road cycling tips to make this bicycle race perfect.

Latest News

Cape Town Cycle Tour Official Strength Training Plan

Join cycling coach and personal trainer Richard Woolrich as he takes us through the strength and conditioning exercises for the

8-Week Advanced Programme

Plans developed by Prof. Ross Tucker and Richard Woolrich, official coaches of the Cape Town Cycle Tour. Is this programme

Mar 19

Shout-out to the spectators, the support crews, friends and family who brought the vibe and kept the cheers going all along the route last Sunday.

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Mar 18

☀️Cape Town showed off with some stunning weather last weekend for the 45th edition of the Cape Town Cycle Tour.

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Mar 15

The first ever 42km Cape Town Cycle Tour was a huge success with riders taking to Cape Town’s Nelson Mandela Boulevard and M3 highway. The route followed the M3, also known locally as the Blue Route, and turned back towards the city at the end of the M3. The atmosphere was jubilant, with numerous newbies, beaming beginners and tenacious teens enjoying the shorter option.

Mar 14

We might be biased, but we think the Cape Town Cycle Tour is the most beautiful bike ride in the world. Here’s a look at some of the spectacular scenery riders enjoyed this past weekend as they pedalled around the Peninsula.

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Mar 14

The inaugural 42km Cape Town Cycle Tour set off with racing categories for the Under 15 Boys and Under 17 Girls. Ronaldo Levendall from Ocean View took the win from Sven Tjallingii in a sprint finish with a time of 1:17:38 for the Under 15 Boys .
Congratulations to the following riders for a stellar performance on the 42km route.
🏆U-15 Boys
1. Ronaldo Levendall (1:17:38)
2. Sven Tjallingii (1:17:38)
3. Ferdi Botha (1:18:44)
🏆U-17 Girls
1. Nina Tjallingii (1:40:41)
2. Esona Ndzunga (1:48:15)
3. Konwaba Lili (2:13:09)

Mar 13

How are those legs feeling today? Here’s a look back at a sensational day of cycling at the 45th edition of the Cape Town Cycle Tour.

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Mar 13

🏆 2023 Cape Town Cycle Tour Category Winners
This morning we celebrated the exceptional cyclists' who claimed the top spots in their respective racing and age group categories at yesterday's Cape Town Cycle Tour.

Visit www.capetowncycletour.com for the full list of category winners.

#CTCycleTour #CTCycl3Tour2023

Mar 13

Mar 12

Proud Cape Town Cycle Tour finishers, we caught up with Mayor @geordin.hill.lewis who took part in the first ever 42km route and Premier @alan.winde who completed the 109km distance. Thank you to the wonderful supporters and people of Cape Town for keeping the Cycle Tour vibe strong along the route.

Mar 12

Start line nerves were aplenty this morning as riders lined up at the Grand Parade to start their 109km journey around the Cape Peninsula.

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Mar 12

@kimlecourt discusses her 2023 #CTCycleTour victory and race day tactics.

Mar 12

🥇🥈🥉Here they are, the Under 17 Boys, Elite Women and Elite Men podium prize winners of the 2023 Cape Town Cycle Tour.

Leko Mzamo from Rocacorba standing in for Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio, who took to the route a second time with 30 girls from Khayelitsha doing their first Cape Town Cycle Tour.

Read the full race report here:
https://bit.ly/CTCTEliteWomen
https://bit.ly/CTCTEliteMen

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