Cape Town Cycle Tour 2021

[Jbr]

6 minutes ago, babse said:

you better be sitting on front of $ up suikers if you considering a second lap...

anyway, I will be there ???? on

not gonna happen, I'm planning on getting dropped right there ???? and that's if I manage to stay in touch on the two previous climbs ????

[babse]

Just now, Jbr said:

not gonna happen, I'm planning on getting dropped right there ???? and that's if I manage to stay in touch on the two previous climbs ????

alaphilippe planning to get dropped? ????

[DieselnDust]

22 hours ago, Karman de Lange said:

So your time will start, just like all the other years.. when you cross the matts ....

will believe that when I see it.

 

you race time has never started when you cross the fiorst matt, it has always started when the gun fires signaling the start of your seeded group.

Hence with this new start procedure you don't want to rush across the line but you want to hang with the group.

[DieselnDust]

2 hours ago, chainsaw said:

I think the line up on the mat should be bike specific so the better riders can get a better time e.g.

1. First on the mat should be Specialised bikes - well, because they special

2. Second line is all the Italian brands like Pina, Bianchi etc, because they paid a lot of money for those bikes

3. Any french bike because of Julien and finishing on a french bike is an achievement in itself

4. Then all the Scott, cannondale riders. Those guys would really like a chance at winning sometime

5. I'm putting Canyon on the fith row because they have so much potential

6. This row is for Merida, Fuji etc. Those bikes are like redneck cousins who should'nt really be on the same road at the same time as the others but we cant really exclude them.

7. BMC because they Swiss and are neutral. They should not be racing but sweep at the back.

 

Any other brand should be among the MTB riders. Good luck to them.

 

Good luck to all. Hope you all cross that mat safely

 

 

 

Putting the Canyon that far back is placing the rider at risk of toptube failure...#semanet

[K20Champ]

Don't be fooled by the mat to mat timing.

#Gun to mat it will be 

[Karman de Lange]

11 minutes ago, DieselnDust said:

you race time has never started when you cross the fiorst matt, it has always started when the gun fires signaling the start of your seeded group.

Hence with this new start procedure you don't want to rush across the line but you want to hang with the group.

ok.. gona try and do this one more time.  i'm obviosuly not explaining myself properly..  dalk moet ek die taal praat?

i KNOW its always been gun to mat.  BUT they always advertised it that its neutral zone, then when you cross the matt, then timting start. this was said many times in the FB family meetings and caused confusion many times (was even discussed on bikehub before (I did qoute the thread somewhere).

My only comment was .. in "sarcastic font" (that noone for some reason can see) is that..    They advertising it yet again as mat to mat, but in most likely it will be gun to mat again.

 

Edited October 6, 2021 by Karman de Lange

[lechatnoir]

1 hour ago, Jbr said:

I can't believe this weather... we haven't had a day like this in forever ! Makes me consider a second loop, has anyone seen anything about it ? I heard in the previous years you could pay a little extra to go for a second loop ?

Even statisticians think weather forecasts are lies...

[DieselnDust]

15 minutes ago, lechatnoir said:

Even statisticians think weather forecasts are lies...

roads start opening from 10h30 already so its a move or be moved approach. 

[MORNE]

4 hours ago, Jewbacca said:

Lance Armstrong rode the CTCT bro!

hey... i thought it came out that he was the quintessential wannabe? he wasnt good enough so he doped? LOL

[alleyne]

For those that have done the substitution process. Does the original rider just need to release their entry on the CTCT entry portal and then provide a letter to the new rider who hands that in at the expo?

[Max Headroom]

A bit confused about whether the new 'starting flow' will be vc19 safer.

This year, the Start times are given as the Transition release time. You need to start accumulating in your Transition area -Plan to arrive at your Transition Area no more than10 min before your transition release time,  - and will  then be released into a "rolling start".

You will be released from your Transition area (within 10 min from arriving) So, no more 1 hour waiting in your cage.   (and then just continue on a rolling start. i.e. no gun ? at start line, gun is effectively at the Transition release time, but timing only starts at crossing the mat.)

Ok so far, the idea is to prevent gatherings (200-500 riders) for an hour in start cage.  - But, to prevent being late at race starts, everyone tries to get to their start time 'a bit earlier'  (and now only a small 10 minute window - not 1 hour +) and as we know from experience at races, most riders want to be early/front in their start groups.  On top of that, the X, Y, Z etc. guys are always there early and right in everyone's way. So, will we have a 18,000 (?) rider/bicycle traffic jam near cage entry points ?  Further, will this bicycle congestion on the approach roads, let 300 (18,000/61groups) (?) guys get to their cages on time, and can the flow be fast enough to let organisers at the gates check numbers etc of all 300 (?) riders in 10 minutes ? (1 every 2 seconds).

Thinking about this makes one more anxious about being on time for your '10min window time' - so will we be there (in the jam) even earlier !

 

 

[Duane_Bosch]

1 hour ago, ouzo said:

this is cape town, that weather forecast is still 5 days out, by the time sunday rolls around there could be gale force winds pushing through

That is true but it's unlikely. This is purely anecdotal but I've noticed a massive improvement in the accuracy of sites like windguru (my go to) over the last 2-3 years.

[MORNE]

as long as that cloudy patch happens by friday ish, it will be glorious on sunday

[K20Champ]

Weather is looking perfect for the guys to come out with the deep dish wheels, 50, 60, 80mm, take advantage of the good weather predicted????

[thisismyotherbike]

4 minutes ago, Duane_Bosch said:

That is true but it's unlikely. This is purely anecdotal but I've noticed a massive improvement in the accuracy of sites like windguru (my go to) over the last 2-3 years.

Forecasts have objectively improved over the last few years.

[Paul Ruinaard]

BTW does someone have a GPS file for the route for a Garmin - asking for a friend.