Cape Town Cycle Tour 2017 cancelled

[dev null]

First weekend of April would be a much better time to hold the race. Significantly reduced chance of strong winds in April compared with early March.

 

Didn't the Argus used to held on Easter weekend?

[Ferro]

Edit: Sorry, wrong thread.

Edited March 13, 2017 by Ferro

[splat]

This made international websites: http://road.cc/content/news/218967-videos-crazy-scenes-worlds-biggest-bike-race-cancelled-riders-battle-100kph

[J∆kk∆ls]

Yesterday I took the steel MTB to work off some carbs. While on the promenade in Mouille Point I saw a woman get pushed of her bike by a sudden cross wind. Landed on her face and definitely needed stitches. Even though the event organizers warned people they still tried to ride.

[Frosty]

For those still insisting that the wind was okay to ride in, here is an excerpt from the Safety and Security at Cycling Events manual/guide, under the heading Continuous Safety:

 

Legal responsibility to manage all risk related aspects of an event commences from the time of the first participant/spectator arriving at the event and prevails until such time that the last participant/spectator leaves the event. Subsequently, risk controls and provision of emergency related resources should be effective from at least 1 (one) hour prior to the first expected arrivals, until the last persons have departed.

 

So, with that statement in mind, what might be good for one person at the start might not be good for another person later one. It's one event, not multiple events (start batches) in one.

[Skubarra]

 

 

Legal responsibility to manage all risk related aspects of an event commences from the time of the first participant/spectator arriving at the event and prevails until such time that the last participant/spectator leaves the event. Subsequently, risk controls and provision of emergency related resources should be effective from at least 1 (one) hour prior to the first expected arrivals, until the last persons have departed.

who cares... Whatever idiot came up with this didn't clear it with thehub experts first.

 

Someone's buddy cycled somewhere in the peninsula yesterday and he was fine, so obviously the call was premature.

[Frosty]

who cares... Whatever idiot came up with this didn't clear it with thehub Bikehub experts first.

 

Someone's buddy cycled somewhere in the peninsula yesterday and he was fine, so obviously the call was premature.

Fixed! 

[Frosty]

This made international websites: http://road.cc/content/news/218967-videos-crazy-scenes-worlds-biggest-bike-race-cancelled-riders-battle-100kph

I saw a post on Twitter - some BBC feed. One person asked where this race was. I wanted to reply with "Fun Ride World Champs", but eventually called it by it's proper name, including the CTCT's self-proclaimed "largest individually timed bike race in the world".

[Carmichael]

hahah I am travelling all over the globe!!lol

[scotty]

http://www.iol.co.za/sport/cycling/winds-of-change-for-cape-town-cycle-tour-8171174

 

CAPE TOWN - Moving the starting line of the Cape Town Cycle Tour is one of the issues on the agenda this week when the event’s board of trustees gather to discuss the gale force conditions which contributed to organisers canning the annual event.

 

The possibility of changing the date of the Cycle Tour would also be up for discussion. In what was a Cycle Tour first on Sunday, event organisers were forced to put the brakes on the colossal tournament, in its 40th year, minutes before a sea of 35 000 cyclists were set to take to the cordoned-off streets of the Cape Peninsula.

[bclark]

They gonna interview Dave Bellairs on Cape Talk

[devocean]

Was hoping for some bargains on deep sections in the classifieds after yesterday

[Shebeen]

They gonna interview Dave Bellairs on Cape Talk

2nd Monday of March AKA "Bellairs has got some drama to explain"

[gazzacpt]

Just anounced guaranteed entry next year for all who collected race packs. Still have to pay but don't care next year will be my first CTCT

 

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[mikkelz]

I'd rather listen to the sound of a flushing toilet than John Maytham.

[VicanZA]

the 10k weekend that never was, its the right decision to call it off yesterday but it maybe time to consider a backup Day and a second route where road closure may not be a problem.