What to expect in the 2023 Cape Town Cycle Tour Elite Women’s Race

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Since the move to a separate elite women’s race, in 2018, only two women have won the Cape Town Cycle Tour. Both will be lining up once more in 2023. They are five-time champion, Cherise Willeit, and the three-time victor Kimberley Le Court De Billot. Both the South African and the Mauritian are likely to […]

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[Shebeen]

https://youtu.be/IcWpyYZ9yvE?t=7918 you can watch the closing moments of the 2022 ladies\' race here. A nice carpet ride for Kim all the way to the finish from the other two

[FootballingCyclist]

I see Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio is in CT with her great programme she has started and the partnership with Khaltsha ladies cycling club, Today is actually the bike hand over to the club for the newly purchased bikes which were bought from donations. Seems like a Qhubehka type programme but for ladies, which I'm 100% behind. Just wondering if Ashleigh will both waking up early to do a 79km "race" with 3 "climbs" which are all less than 10mins at her pace I'm guessing. Would be cool to see her racing the CTCT though, or Maybe she can race in the $ bunch where I'm pretty sure she will be a contender.

Edited March 9, 2023 by FootballingCyclist

[Jewbacca]

11 minutes ago, FootballingCyclist said:

I see Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio is in CT with her great programme she has started and the partnership with Khaltsha ladies cycling club, Today is actually the bike hand over to the club for the newly purchased bikes which were bought from donations. Seems like a Qhubehka type programme but for ladies, which I'm 100% behind. Just wondering if Ashleigh will both waking up early to do a 79km "race" with 3 "climbs" which are all less than 10mins at her pace I'm guessing. Would be cool to see her racing the CTCT though, or Maybe she can race in the $ bunch where I'm pretty sure she will be a contender.

I hear your disdain, I agree, but what is the alternative to avoid the ladies having an exclusive race with no men doing tactical towing etc AND avoiding the devastation that happened in PE a while back when the leading me caught the ladies and ploughed into the back of them?

 

[PregoRoll]

Just hope for no crashes, being so close to Epic and all.

 

[Shebeen]

5 hours ago, FootballingCyclist said:

Just wondering if Ashleigh will both waking up early to do a 79km "race" with 3 "climbs" which are all less than 10mins at her pace I'm guessing. Would be cool to see her racing the CTCT though, or Maybe she can race in the $ bunch where I'm pretty sure she will be a contender.

ha ha 

 

like ha ha ha ha.

 

AMP actually won the Argus when this happened.

 

so. yes. She is entered the ladies "race" from fish hoek that is there basically because of this sort of thing..

 

[Akon]

20 hours ago, FootballingCyclist said:

20 hours ago, FootballingCyclist said:

Khaltsha ladies cycling club

Ashleigh will both waking up early to do a 79km "race" with 3 "climbs"

She'll be riding with those ladies?