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Mark Cavendish and Mark Renshaw to race Cape Town Cycle Tour

This year, Mark Cavendish, one of Etixx – Quick-Step’s biggest, and his lead-out man, Mark Renshaw, will participate in the Cycle Tour for the first time. The Cycle Tour attracts 35 000 cyclists to Cape Town every year and, over the past 36 years, has emerged as one of the greatest cycling events on the […]

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PPA and Free State Cycling step up to bring a Cycle Tour seeding event to Bloemfontein

Bloemfontein will have a Cape Town Cycle Tour seeding series event for 2014! After it was announced earlier this year that the OFM Classic was cancelled, a dedicated operation was launched to ensure that cyclists from primarily the Free State and surrounding areas will still be able to participate in a local event that can […]

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Additional Cape Town Cycle Tour entries ‘up for grabs’

Another 3 000 entries are to be made available to local riders wanting to take part in the 2015 Cape Town Cycle Tour. All available entries were snapped up in just eight hours when they opened last month, taking the race organisers by surprise and leaving many local would-be entrants disappointed. David Bellairs, a director […]

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Satellite Classic heads into the bush

The North-West Province’s premier seeding event for the Cape Town Cycle Tour has taken a detour – into the bush. Organisers of the Bestmed Satellite Classic, which is presented by ASG, have added a mountain biking component to create a whole weekend of scintillating cycling on October 18 and 19. On the Saturday, the 80km […]

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Cape Town Cycle Tour general entries close in record time

General entries for the 2015 Cape Town Cycle Tour, the world’s largest timed cycle race, have closed in record time – a staggering 8 hours! Entries opened at 14h00 on Friday, 26 September and by 22h00 all general entries had been filled. The Cycle Tour – in recognition of its global status and international appeal […]

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Cape Argus Pick n Pay Momentum Cycle Tour officially renamed the Cape Town Cycle Tour

The Cape Argus Pick n Pay Momentum Cycle Tour was officially renamed the Cape Town Cycle Tour at a launch event held in downtown Cape Town this evening. In recognition of the tour’s global status and international appeal, its organisers and owners – the Cape Town Cycle Tour Trust (CTCTT) – in association with the […]