Bub Marley Posted March 3, 2015 Share No chance of them canceling the race. People have booked flights, accommodation and a lot of them are foreigners who will lose out big time. Long Wheel Base and Godzilla 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbeard Posted March 3, 2015 Share does that say we go over Constantia Nek? in 2002 & 2003 i dont recall going over Constatia Nek.We didn't. All the way back to the foreshore on the M3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cippo Posted March 3, 2015 Share Any detour will be over OKW and back on the M3. OKW will definitely spice things up in terms of a long climb as it is 6.6km Cat 3 with avg 4.3%. The wind will be interesting as a SE over 30kph is predicted. With a possible South Easter over next few days the fire might turn back to Hout Bay and burn itself out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flymango Posted March 3, 2015 Share No chance of them canceling the race. People have booked flights, accommodation and a lot of them are foreigners who will lose out big time. Most foreigners will have taken out travel insurance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy Posted March 3, 2015 Share No chance of them canceling the race. People have booked flights, accommodation and a lot of them are foreigners who will lose out big time.  If the fire is not completely out and any smoldering areas remain, it would be reckless to close any roads that the emergency services may need. Calling off the race may become a formality Edited March 3, 2015 by WalterWhite Bigmozzarella and GoLefty!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dev null Posted March 3, 2015 Share Question: Â How will this affect the Cape Epic Prologue? Blackbeard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure Savage Posted March 3, 2015 Share Cancellation is not going to happen. Wow, some real nanny pants here. Worse case they will go out on n1 the n7 some visserhoek and back. Â More chance of lance being given back his seven titles than the CTCT being cancelled. Edited March 3, 2015 by Pure Savage Long Wheel Base, Shebeen, Rotiringer and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dev null Posted March 3, 2015 Share Cancellation is not going to happen. Wow, some real nanny pants here. Worse case they will go out on n1 the n7 some visserhoek and back. More chance of lance being given back his seven titles than the CTCT being cancelled. N1 and N7 closures will not happen.  Not this late in any case.  Too much planning required. Oufy MTB (Roadie) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAAD4 Posted March 3, 2015 Share  Question: How will this affect the Cape Epic Prologue?[/quote Damn that's a good question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgian biker Posted March 3, 2015 Share No chance of them canceling the race. People have booked flights, accommodation and a lot of them are foreigners who will lose out big time.I'm here for a 3week holiday. Obviously, the CCTCT is a highlight and i really want it to go through. But I'm confident the organisation woud only cancel after serious contemplation and if there's no other option. There's no one to blaim for this Funny Carp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_black_stig Posted March 3, 2015 Share  There's no one to blaim for this except the duckhead who started the fire in the first place... Godzilla and FootballingCyclist 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrankShaft Posted March 3, 2015 Share A smoker started it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oufy MTB (Roadie) Posted March 3, 2015 Share N1 and N7 closures will not happen.  Not this late in any case.  Too much planning required. I would imagine that the CTCT organisers would have planned for all scenarios and have various contingency routes in place. I think given the timeframe, the execution thereof would be the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swart Kat Posted March 3, 2015 Share Unless it jumps over Constantia nek road I don't think it will. You should worry about the Grabouw side though. Heard that fire is also bad. Need to just wait and see over the coming days.Well, 2013 we rode im Citrusdal in burned down areas, so prologue can go on! Just some of the harsh elements of the Epic. Heard on the radio that Houwhoek is also burning badly. Prologue and stage one and two of the Epic will be hot, ashy and bedompig!  Looking forward to Argus weekend, no matter what route they throw at us, its about spending time with family this time round. O, and some sushi buffet Sat afternoon at Sake in Sable Square..... Who's joining??? Winstonian1984 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoLefty!! Posted March 3, 2015 Share Have you considered a route that takes us out on the N1, past Milnerton on to the R27 and then back to Cape Town and over Kloof Nek into Camps Bay and to the finish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flynnigan43 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Almost certain that we're facing an alternative route for Sunday. I can't see a cancellation of the event, however has there ever been a case in the past? Reg Lizard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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