Statement regarding alternative routes for 2015 Cape Town Cycle Tour

blue route out and back and then climb up constantia nek and rhodes drive back to the m3?

blue route out and back and then climb up constantia nek and rhodes drive back to the m3?

Constantia nek is burning as i am typing this...

Constantia nek is burning as i am typing this...

On which side?  Right at the Nek?

oh fluff.......

Ou Kaapse Weg, ala Mont Ventoux lookalike

No Race = Big Party in Cape Town

I paid for my flights and accommodation so we coming to the Mother City

 

On which side?  Right at the Nek?

Media release from City of Cape Town:

Firefighters from various agencies continue to actively manage a fire in the South Peninsula, three days after it started in Muizenberg above Boyes Drive.

Currently, the firefighting efforts are focused on the following hotspots: Lower Constantia Nek and the upper Tokai area, Clovelly, Fish Hoek, Kalk Bay, Hout Bay and Noordhoek.

A total of six helicopters are water-bombing hotspots, including two paid for by the City of Cape Town, two from Table Mountain National Park and two Oryx helicopters from the South African National Defence Force (SANDF). Working on Fire sourced an additional 150 staff members who have been deployed with other ground crews.

Source:

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Cooler-weather-expected-as-Cape-fire-enters-fourth-day-20150304

I think at this moment it is safe to say that even OKW will be out because of the fire moving along Constantia towards Kirstenbosch and Table Mountain.

I think at this moment it is safe to say that even OKW will be out because of the fire moving along Constantia towards Kirstenbosch and Table Mountain.

Agree - what about the Cape Epic?

It's going to be difficult to make a call on the route today with the fire still burning the way that it is.  Also, wind is predicted to swing to SE which will be terrible news if it does jump Constantia Nek.

Agree - what about the Cape Epic?

The Epic doesn't go around the peninsula...

The Epic doesn't go around the peninsula...

Was referring to the prologue on Table Mountain - if the fire / smoke gets there.

I'm not riding in the northern suburbs.

Or up the west coast for that matter!

going to be a real tough call for the race organizers......

Does the T&C's mentioned anything about a natural disaster?

If so does the fire(be it, a possible cigarette tosser) not constitute this?

Conference moved to 6:30pm

https://twitter.com/CTCycleTour/status/573074197448146945

I, like many, travel in from Simons Town for the race, so could be a problem getting to the start no matter what the route if changed.....

Agree man! I rode through there on Saturday and the road has level changes (like manhole covers 10cm above the road surface) and only one lane (3m max) going between Muizenberg and St James - the other half is still sand and not even ready for tarmac

THAT section is now proudly sponsored by MediClinic and ER24 (+ a couple of ortho surgeons)...they will have a field day and might as well put up a field hospital right there... no need for evacuating poor cyclists!!

I, like many, travel in from Simons Town for the race, so could be a problem getting to the start no matter what the route if changed.....

Catch the train. I go from fish hoek and have caught the train the last few years. Works like a bomb.

Was referring to the prologue on Table Mountain - if the fire / smoke gets there.

to affect the Epic it is has to burn down another forest and about 10BillionZAR worth of houses and you care about a mountain bike race.....

really.....?

I'm not riding in the northern suburbs.

 

Or up the west coast for that matter!

 

going to be a real tough call for the race organizers......

Why not???

to affect the Epic it is has to burn down another forest and about 10BillionZAR worth of houses and you care about a mountain bike race.....

 

really.....?

Wow you're on a roll!

Catch the train. I go from fish hoek and have caught the train the last few years. Works like a bomb.

So I hope on the Train at Simons Town station with my bike? Start close to a station? Sorry from Jhb....

So I hope on the Train at Simons Town station with my bike? Start close to a station? Sorry from Jhb....

start is AT the train station. you get off the train, walk out the station door and into your start pen.

Hectic stuff

Has anyone thought of all the cyclists who actually DIED in preperation for this event? It would be such a tragic, yet ironic turn of events if the entire event has to be cancelled...actually un-imagainable!! (not that those loss of cyclists lives could ever have been justified...)