CAPE TOWN to host UCI Marathon Champs '28

[J Wakefield]

2 hours ago, DieselnDust said:

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...........?

Yes imagine doing 427 loops around Lady Loch as part of the road race. That’s pretty much what I envision they will come up with at Csa 

[Danger Dassie]

On 8/4/2023 at 12:39 PM, El Duderino said:

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

Never say never. Exceptional riding around there and to date one of the best SA XCM events.

[Danger Dassie]

2 hours ago, DieselnDust said:

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...........?

That’s if UCI maintains the format of hosting. By 2028 it will likely split around discipline clusters, rather than an all in format.

[wolver]

2 hours ago, splat said:

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.

The press release says the route will be on Table Mountain though...

[wolver]

On 8/4/2023 at 1:25 PM, 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

Nice route but Chappies feels like too much tar, so perhaps they loop up around Silvermine/Noordhoek Peak, Tokai, back up to Bridle path then through the wine farms to Constantia nek, towards Hout Bay, through Victorskloof and onto the missing link. Think it'll have to include some private property/sections not normally open for riding.

Higgo forest could also be a nice little singletrack spectator section if you include that too.

[babse]

24 minutes ago, wolver said:

The press release says the route will be on Table Mountain though...

Yeah hence the query!?

F** it will be amazing balls if they pull it off. 

I'll probably still end up riding greenbelts on the daily @DieselnDust🤣

[DieselnDust]

1 hour ago, J Wakefield said:

Yes imagine doing 427 loops around Lady Loch as part of the road race. That’s pretty much what I envision they will come up with at Csa 

chirp of the week 😂

[DieselnDust]

36 minutes ago, wolver said:

The press release says the route will be on Table Mountain though...

Table Mountain a very large lump of rock littered with hiking trail. The event is 5 years away and we have a Premier with a passion for cycling so I'm sure the can make something happen that doesn't involve 5 prologue laps (which it will be if Grandstand organises it....

[DieselnDust]

55 minutes ago, Danger Dassie said:

That’s if UCI maintains the format of hosting. By 2028 it will likely split around discipline clusters, rather than an all in format.

lets see, from next year the UCI world cups will have XCC, XCO, XCM DH and Enduro at the same venue for some of the events and all events by 2025. Discovery+ is trying to do some really good things re the coverage so it the very least I would expect all the MTB World champs events to be in the same venue.

[J Wakefield]

1 hour ago, Danger Dassie said:

Never say never. Exceptional riding around there and to date one of the best SA XCM events.

Imbhuko challenge route alone is world class for a marathon world event. Better than Karkloof 

[splat]

53 minutes ago, wolver said:

The press release says the route will be on Table Mountain though...

On a clear day, you can see it from Durbanville Hills 🧐
It will be in the background of all the photos 🤣

[Danger Dassie]

6 hours ago, J Wakefield said:

Imbhuko challenge route alone is world class for a marathon world event. Better than Karkloof 

No doubt, although better is subjective. Fortunately we’re not short of venues and route in many parts of SA to host races. 

[Danger Dassie]

6 hours ago, DieselnDust said:

lets see, from next year the UCI world cups will have XCC, XCO, XCM DH and Enduro at the same venue for some of the events and all events by 2025. Discovery+ is trying to do some really good things re the coverage so it the very least I would expect all the MTB World champs events to be in the same venue.

World Cups yes and for MTB. Which I love.

But for World Champs imho I think having every cycling discipline will actually limit the coverage amount and quality. 
2025 is Road Cycling World Champs in Rwanda. Not sure wether or not it’s feasible hosting every single cycling discipline across the board. 

In any case, will be frothing to see another world cycling event on our shores. 😃

[J Wakefield]

1 hour ago, Danger Dassie said:

No doubt, although better is subjective. Fortunately we’re not short of venues and route in many parts of SA to host races. 

Subjectively it’s in Cape Town so karkloof wont work this time around 

[DieselnDust]

1 hour ago, Danger Dassie said:

World Cups yes and for MTB. Which I love.

But for World Champs imho I think having every cycling discipline will actually limit the coverage amount and quality. 
2025 is Road Cycling World Champs in Rwanda. Not sure wether or not it’s feasible hosting every single cycling discipline across the board. 

In any case, will be frothing to see another world cycling event on our shores. 😃

coverage is an issue at the moment but we're planning 5 yrs into the future.

We didn't get to see the XCM races due to the cash with the Men and Ladies road events and track. There's no excuse for that other limited channels. 

Infrastrcuture may be a limiter but we have a world class velodrome, world Class XCO track in Stellenbosch and plenty of good quality roads in and about the city. Real issues like lawless taxi's are more the problem than anything directly related to hosting

[Danger Dassie]

24 minutes ago, J Wakefield said:

Subjectively it’s in Cape Town so karkloof wont work this time around 

Jip, it’s all academic hey. But objectively the original post on Karkloof was in a general reference, not this time round.