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The 2023 Cape Town Cycle Tour drew the best weather imaginable, and a huge field of cyclists to enjoy the ultimate day out on a bike.

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The 2023 Cape Town Cycle Tour marked the 45 th  edition of the famous race around the Mother City. In that long history there have been few more perfect days for a big day out on a bicycle. The Cape’s fickle weather played along and helped the city celebrate the near 30 000 participants who came out to ride and race.  

At the sharp end the elite men and women probably faced the worst of the weather, as a South Easter made for cagy racing, particularly in the Southern Peninsula. In the women’s race the headwind meant that the field only split on Chapmans Peak Drive, when Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio split the field asunder. Despite this the groups came back together again, first in Hout Bay and then again in Camps Bay. This meant that the women’s race came down to a sprint finish and Kim le Court proved fastest for the third time in a row, adding a fourth Cape Town Cycle Tour title to her palmarès.

In the men’s race an early break was allowed to gain 4 minutes before the chase began in earnest. With the peloton having left their pursuit too late Chris Jooste was able to outsprint his breakaway companions, Andries Nigrini, Jaedon Terlouw and Daniel Loubser to win the 2023 title. “With such strong riders in the break, things fell into place,” an ecstatic Jooste stated afterwards. “I knew that if we kept up the speed and our confidence, victory would be ours.”

Moolman-Pasio, who finished third in the sprint, then started a second lap with a group of women from Khayelitsha’s Khaltsha Cycles. The 17 young women were kitted out in Rocacorba Cycling apparel and Avalanche Bicycles for their Cape Town Cycle Tour. Most took on the 109 kilometre full route; but a few, who felt unprepared such a long ride did the inaugural edition of the 42 kilometre race. By all accounts they had a fantastic ride.

As did the e-Bikers. The growth in electrically assisted bicycles saw a call for e-Bikes to be included in the Cape Town Cycle Tour, in 2020. They have become a more common sight on the route, buzzing up the climbs of Smitswinkel, Chapmans Peak and Suirkerbossie. The initiative makes the race more manageable for riders whose health or fitness would otherwise dissuade them from taking part. The same is true for the new 42 kilometre route. Racing down the Blue Route before turning around and heading back to the Castle of Good Hope and City Hall it provided a teaser for would-be full 109 kilometre race riders. The Under 15 boys and girls, as well as the Under 17 girls raced across the short course too, while the Under 17 boys started in Fish Hoek, for a 79 kilometre race.

With the final starters in the long route only setting out at 09:07 there were riders on the route until cut-off at 16:07. Helping them along were thousands of Capetonians. Kalk Bay, Simons Town, Noordhoek and Hout Bay were particular hotspots. Crowds gathered around speakers and pitched gazebos. Some sprayed water on sweltering riders and others offered ice cold beers. A group in Noordhoek even set up an inflatable slip-and-slide.

All of this helped encourage the strugglers around the course. For everyone knows that although the Cape Town Cycle Tour is permanently scheduled for the second Sunday in March, many enter and then forget to train for it. How hard can the unofficial fun ride World Championships be after all? Well… on a day with perfect weather, a lot easier than in years when the Cape Doctor howls or a winter storm arrives unseasonably early.

Though there was every reason for the 45 th  edition to be one for the record books, it will inevitably fade in the memories of those who took part. It is only the editions when mother nature conspires against cyclists that burn into cycling’s collective consciousness. Nobody who rode on Sunday, 12 March 2023, is sorry that this race was less eventful. Sometimes perfect is just perfect…

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The 45th Cape Town Cycle Tour, the world’s biggest timed bike race, will take place on Sunday, 12 March 2023. These are the start times. Photo: Ryan Wilkisky/BackpagePix

Cape Town Cycle Tour: Seeding and start times

The 45th Cape Town Cycle Tour, the world’s biggest timed bike race, will take place on Sunday, 12 March 2023. These are the start times.

The 45th Cape Town Cycle Tour , the world’s biggest timed bike race, will take place on  Sunday, 12 March 2023 .

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In addition to the ‘standard’ 109km race, there will also be a 42km route this year.

To accommodate the thousands of cyclists who will take part, several roads will be closed on race day.

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Welcome to the cape town cycle tour expo.

The Cape Town Cycle Tour Lifecycle Expo is South Africa’s leading cycling, health and fitness exhibition. It serves as the only registration venue for the Cape Town Cycle Tour, with thousands of excited cyclists passing through the Expo. Their family and friends and Expo visitors also come along, adding another 15 000 to 20 000 visitors to the event.

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The Expo will run from Thursday, 7 March – Saturday, 9 March 2024, the Cycle Tour takes place on Sunday, 10 March. 

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The 45th Cape Town Cycle Tour, the biggest timed bike race in the world, will be held on  Sunday, 12 March 2023.

Primarily, the Cycle Tour provides a glorious day out for tens of thousands of cyclists, no matter the weather. For just one day of the year, human power rules the roads of  the fairest cape in the whole circumference of the earth (Sir Francis Drake, 1579) .

It’s not all about riding legally on freeways, though; in the months following the Cycle Tour, millions of rand are ploughed back into the communities the 109km route crosses through the ongoing work of the event principals, the Pedal Power Association and the Rotary Club of Claremont.

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