Cape Town Cycle Tour 2017 cancelled

[News bot]

Based on consultation with all the emergency services, the Joint Operations Centre of the Cape Town Cycle Tour 2017 regrets to announce that they have had to take the unprecedented step of cancelling this year’s 40th Cycle Tour. This is due to winds in excess of 100km/hour on parts of the route, and the need to urgently clear the roads for emergency vehicles to attend to fires.

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[FCH]

Will just sit here with my popcorn, waiting for the inevitable comment:

"the wind was predicted days ago, why did they not just move the race to another date".....

['Dale]

100 kms +

Moer

 

Imagine the KOMs possible

[Iceman.]

 

It's quite disappointing showing up for the race and then it's cancelled, but the safely of all is more important.

 

Hopefully next year's race will be worth the wait.

 

See you then.

[Mamil]

Ever the optimist Dale!

100 kms +

Moer

 

Imagine the KOMs possible

[Kalahari Vegmot]

Eish ja. Not nice, but rather safe than sorry

[wisecrack]

Disappointing ,but nessasary. I remember 2009 wind pumping MTN tent, start finish banners etc all blew away and the race still went ahead.

 

I finished in one piece ,but going down chappies was no joke...

 

Light bike=kite :-)

 

PS:I would have preferred the race cancelled that year

[Long Wheel Base]

Where on the route was it that bad? I got to end of blue route where they physically stopped us from going further. Yes it was hectic at the start but after that it was ridable. There are going to be a lot of angry people, me included.

 

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['Dale]

Beyond the control....

[FCH]

same arguments were made when they canceled the swim leg at half ironman; a few people would have made it if they allowed it; even some of the pros came out shaken up.

Problem is you have 40 000 odd ppl, if a single % of them get into serious crashes then its carnage to try and remedy. One 100km gust of wind coming a around a corner at 60km a hour when you have 20 sets of wheels around you... instant bone yard. 

[No Hare]

Screaming southerly on this side. Was my intent to going rowing this morning but with this wind I will keep myself busy in the workshop for the rest of the day. this wind is a heart attack waiting to happen.  

[bikebloke]

they are playing down the protest /road damage  angle but that seems to be part of it also

 

 

http://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Cycling/South-Africa/cape-town-cycle-tour-cancelled-20170312

Edited March 12, 2017 by bikebloke

[thisismyotherbike]

That's after we received this earlier in the morning:

 

Urgent route update! The #cycletour2017 will be diverted over Glencairn express way due to protest action on the route.Distance now approx 78km

 

I'm very much interested to hear more about the protest action and why it was decided to target the Cycle Tour. Protests don't magically spring up at 6am on a Sunday morning, there must be a story.

[Patchelicious]

[dev null]

I feel for the people that travelled far and spend much money to attend this race. I think the wind excuse is BS, and that the real reason lies elsewhere. I believe the wind was worse in 2009, yet many people finished that race.

[Bloukrans]

Wind is part of cycling. HTFU

 

Entering the race you agree to indemnify the race organisers against a host of stuff.

 

And what if we get hold hostage again next year by protesters on a hot sunny day.

 

Blaming the wind is an easy excuse to avoid the political stuff

 

Im sure the Epic will cancel the prologue because its to windy on Dorsberg

 

Im now lekker die moer in