CAPE TOWN to host UCI Marathon Champs '28

[babse]

CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA TO HOST UCI MARATHON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2028 - Cycling South Africa (cyclingsa.com)

 

eeer what and where exactly? either way ive already started training haha 🤘

[Nick]

10 minutes ago, babse said:

eeer what and where exactly? either way ive already started training haha 🤘

TBC

"a tender process to appoint commercial partners and our event organizer to follow over the next 6 months."

[babse]

Will be interesting to see this unfold...

 

Struggle to see how they will manage a marathon route around CT, Table Mountain. Will be awesome if they pull it off.

[Spinnekop]

Knowing CSA, they'll just add it to CTCT August in March.  
Route done.  

😁

 

Edited August 4, 2023 by Spinnekop

[DieselnDust]

52 minutes ago, babse said:

Will be interesting to see this unfold...

 

Struggle to see how they will manage a marathon route around CT, Table Mountain. Will be awesome if they pull it off.

eeeer if you weren't such a roadie you do know we have and extensive trail network in Cape Town right....😂

[El Duderino]

It will never happen, but Karkloof in KZN is the perfect venue for a UCI Marathon World Champs. 

[Danger Dassie]

13 minutes ago, El Duderino said:

It will never happen, but Karkloof in KZN is the perfect venue for a UCI Marathon World Champs. 

PMB hosted both an Elite and Masters World Marathon champs a few years back. 
SA has a good track record of hosting World Cup and World Championship events.

[DieSwartGevaar]

Already plotted a route for them:

https://www.strava.com/routes/3122279095874678204

 

Can have a Waterpoint in Hout Bay, Tokai and Dead Man's Tree

Edited August 4, 2023 by DieSwartGevaar

[babse]

23 hours ago, DieselnDust said:

eeeer if you weren't such a roadie you do know we have and extensive trail network in Cape Town right....😂

Hahaha eish 

Guilty.... As I tighten my road shoes for a ride 🫣

[babse]

23 hours ago, DieSwartGevaar said:

Already plotted a route for them:

https://www.strava.com/routes/3122279095874678204

 

Can have a Waterpoint in Hout Bay, Tokai and Dead Man's Tree

Yeah much of the obvious route but will this route fly as significant distance is on tar? 

 

Beers does this route on his recovery rides 🫢

[BaGearA]

Good luck to all the riders and crews that will be mugged and hijacked in the lead up to this 💪🙁

Edited August 5, 2023 by BaGearA

[Shebeen]

On 8/4/2023 at 10:39 AM, Nick said:

TBC

"a tender process to appoint commercial partners and our event organizer to follow over the next 6 months."

Grandstand are my first choice.

Grandstand are my second choice.

 

Wonder how the tender went. A lot of work required to get a marathon course on table mountain, guess it will be a really hilly route. Sanparks will be a pain if they need new trails.

BUT trying to be optimistic here, really hope this is the key that unlocks the amazing potential for a true circular route around the front table

[DieSwartGevaar]

17 minutes ago, babse said:

Yeah much of the obvious route but will this route fly as significant distance is on tar? 

 

Beers does this route on his recovery rides 🫢

The only real stretch on Tar is Chapmans peak drive up to ou wapad. And its not the worst stretch of tar in the world. Ideally you can find some way to go off road again from Noordhoek to Ou Wapad, without having to resort to the single-track that is already there next to the road.

The rest are only short tar connections and the Promenade, which would make a stunning last 3km, so think its less than 30% tar all in.

 

Also you have Hamilton's sports fields right there to use as the race village.

That last section on Signal hill will be hard, going down Pat's Track after 3200m of climbing isn't a recovery ride, even for Mr. Beers

 

What's the alternative? 5 loops of the Epic Prologue? No thanks.

[Jewbacca]

I Don't think a full loop is really viable. I can imagine it will be more a case of linking the Front/Signal hill/Deere Park with Tokai/Silvermine and everything in between.

I can't imagine they will throw them over Chappies/15 plus km of tar road in one go. 

But I will wait and see. Often the speculation on things like that is completely different to the final product, so I'm happy to forget about it for a few years and re look at it when it happens

[DieselnDust]

What is exciting is that having the Marathon worlds here also means the rest of the cycling disciplines World Championships will/could/should be in Cape Town...........?

Edited August 6, 2023 by DieselnDust

[splat]

I imagined that it would be hosted out of Town where there would a bit of space and logistics and road closures would less of an issue.
Perhaps using some of the Durbanville/Tygerberg trail network or similarly the Stellenbosch area with its massive choice to trails there.