[Event] Tour de PPA

[Pedal Power Association]

Event Name: Tour de PPA
When: 23/02/2025
Where: Hollywoodbets Durbanville Race Course, DurbanvilleCape Town, Western Cape
Category: Road

The Tour de PPA is taking place on Sunday, 23 February 2025. The event starts and ends at the Durbanville Racecourse, and is a great opportunity to get in a final, solid training session on a course with many testing rolling hills. The long route is the final Premier Seeding event for the 2025 Cape Town Cycle Tour. PPA members receive a huge discount, so be sure to join the PPA to qualify for the discount.

Entries are now open for the Tour de PPA to PPA members as well as non-members and is ideal for experienced and average cyclists, as well as newcomers to the sport. E-Bikes and Tandems are welcome to join.

Your entry fee includes timing by FinishTime, finishers medal, a beautiful on route experience, fully stocked waterpoints, post-race village, lucky draw with great prizes to be won. Equal prize money will be awarded to the top three males and females across the finish line in the long and short routes. 

Join us back at Durbanville Racecourse after your ride, relax on the grass and enjoy something to eat and drink while you wait for prize giving and lucky draw at 12h00.

DATE: Sunday, 23 February 2025

VENUE: Durbanville Racecourse, Bowlers Ave, Durbanville.

DISTANCES: 79 km and 105 km

START TIMES: 06h30 – 105 km and 07h15 – 79km

PRIZE GIVING: Equal prize money will be awarded to the top three males and females across the finish line in both distances at 12h00. 

LUCKY DRAW: At 12h00

CUT OFF AT THE FINISH: 13h00

ENTRIES CLOSE: Monday, 17 February 2025.

ENTRY FEE:

79 km PPA member: R320

79 km non-member: R420

105 km PPA member: R390

105 km non-member: R490

*If you do not have a permanent Finish Time timing board yet, you will be required to purchase the permanent board at R140

START GROUPS: You will receive your start group via email and SMS by Wednesday, 19 February 2025.

REGISTRATION:

Thursday, 20 February 2025: 12h00 – 18h00: Sportsmans Warehouse, Rondebosch – 34 Klipfontein Rd, Rondebosch.

Friday, 21 February 2025: 12h00 – 18h00: Sportmans Warehouse, Tygervalley – Tyger Valley Shopping Centre, 1 Bill Bezuidenhout Ave, Bellville Park.

Sunday, 23 February 2025: From 05h30: Durbanville Racecourse – Bowlers Ave, Durbanville.

ROUTE INFORMATION:

105 km route

With rolling hills throughout the route, this is a ride that calls for measured energy outputs. From Durbanville, riders will continue through the suburbs of Durbanville and turn left onto Wellington Road and onto the flatter open roads. At the R312/Fisantekraal intersection, riders continue straight to the R44 where they will turn left. It’s another left at the new robots onto the R45 and left into Voor Paardeberg, right into Vryguns and left again onto the R302 before joining up with the 80 km route at the silos. The riders will then head back towards Durbanville via Philadelphia Road and then Adderley Road.

There will be 6 waterpoints along the route:

Waterpoint 1: At the 21.7km mark (Water and Powerade)

Waterpoint 2: At the 35.9km mark (Water, Coke, bananas, toilets)

Waterpoint 3: At the 60.9 km mark (Water, Coke, bananas, sweets)

Waterpoint 4: At the 74.6km mark at Kassies Padkafee (Water, Coke, bananas, toilets)

Waterpoint 5: At the 84.80 km mark just after the Philadelphia turn off (Water, Coke, bananas, sweets, toilets)

Waterpoint 6: At 93.4 km mark on Adderley Street (Water, Coke, bananas, sweets, toilets)

View and download the GPX file here

Please note there is a 4 km neutral section back to the venue where you will receive your Coke and medal.

79 km route

From Durbanville, riders will continue through the suburbs of Durbanville and turn left onto Wellington Road and onto the flatter open roads. At the R312/Fisantekraal intersection, riders continue straight to the R44 where they will turn left. It’s another left at Windmeul onto Vryguns road and then a left on Slent Road. Riders will joini up with the 106 km route at the silos. The riders will then head back towards Durbanville via Philadelphia Road and then Adderley Road.

There will be 4 waterpoints along the route:

Waterpoint 1: At the 21.7km mark (Water and Powerade)

Waterpoint 2: At the 35.9km mark (Water, Coke, bananas, toilets)

Waterpoint 3: At the 58.6 km mark just after the Philadelphia turn off (Water, Coke, bananas, sweets, toilets)

Waterpoint 4: At 67.4 km mark on Adderley Street (Water, Coke, bananas, sweets, toilets)

View and download the GPX file here

Please note there is a 4 km neutral section back to the venue where you will receive your Coke and medal.

EMERGENCY CONTACT NUMBER:

PPA – 083 414 1442 (this number can also be found on your race number).

TIMING

All results will be available on FinishTime website after the event: https://results.finishtime.co.za/startpage.aspx?cid=35&c=21. All timing queries can be sent to support@finishtime.co.za

PHOTOS

All event photo’s will be available in the week following the event.

PREMIER SEEDING:

The Tour de PPA long route, 105km is the very last Official Premier Seeding event for the 2025 Cape Town Cycle Tour.

EVENT PARTNERS:

Official Vehicle Partner: Toyota

Official Hydration Partner: Coca-Cola Peninsula Beverages

Go to Event Page.

[andydude]

Since seeding is a hot topic, who is doing this for a last chance seeding bump before the world champs 😀

[MongooseMan]

Doing it, but more for the final race sharpening than seeding.

Fingers crossed it's less of a ****show than last year 🤞

[andydude]

52 minutes ago, MongooseMan said:

Doing it, but more for the final race sharpening than seeding.

Fingers crossed it's less of a ****show than last year 🤞

I am sure they will learn from last year!

Because this race also forms part of the WP League there will be a separate WP Cat 1 I hear.

Good that PPA and WPCA can work together.

[Skubarra]

3 hours ago, andydude said:

I am sure they will learn from last year!

Because this race also forms part of the WP League there will be a separate WP Cat 1 I hear.

Good that PPA and WPCA can work together.

WP Cycling's newsletter last week said Tour de PPA will not be part of the league.

So you are welcome to fall back to Group D with us and have a lekker fast ride 😉

[JeffK]

4 hours ago, andydude said:

Since seeding is a hot topic, who is doing this for a last chance seeding bump before the world champs 😀

Will keep you posted...

[ChrisF]

5 hours ago, MongooseMan said:

Doing it, but more for the final race sharpening than seeding.

Fingers crossed it's less of a ****show than last year 🤞

 

December and most January was spent with the fisio, and mostly of the bike.  My first longer ride was the weekend before Winelands.

 

So I will be doing my first PPA event, very much as part of CTCT prep more than anything else.

 

Now if D plays nicely maybe it can help my seeding 🤣

[andydude]

13 hours ago, Skubarra said:

WP Cycling's newsletter last week said Tour de PPA will not be part of the league.

So you are welcome to fall back to Group D with us and have a lekker fast ride 😉

Thanks, I missed that part from the newsletter!

Yesterday PPA said this, but I guess that will just fall away. " The Tour de PPA will have a Cat 1 racing group that will be for the WP League Cat 1 riders ."

Will look out for D 😀

[Kom]

Looking like another great day for it weather wise 🌦️ 

[JeffK]

On 2/11/2025 at 2:11 PM, andydude said:

Since seeding is a hot topic, who is doing this for a last chance seeding bump before the world champs 😀

Made a deal with my wife that if I can race this one then I will ride CTCT with her. Will see you in B if youbare there.

[DrPayne]

Does anyone know if A is the highest seeded group for this event? Or is there an elite group above that?

[DieselnDust]

25 minutes ago, DrPayne said:

Does anyone know if A is the highest seeded group for this event? Or is there an elite group above that?

This race seeding should follow PPA seeding as it has followed this in the past. 

 

[DrPayne]

3 minutes ago, DieselnDust said:

This race seeding should follow PPA seeding as it has followed this in the past. 

 

Sorry... excuse my ignorance but this is my first one 😅

[MongooseMan]

1 hour ago, DrPayne said:

Does anyone know if A is the highest seeded group for this event? Or is there an elite group above that?

No character groups in this race, so A=$ from 99er, B=%, C=A, etc, etc

Except smaller groups, fewer groups, as it's a much smaller race.

Edited Thursday at 10:14 AM by MongooseMan

[ChrisF]

1 hour ago, DrPayne said:

Does anyone know if A is the highest seeded group for this event? Or is there an elite group above that?

 

They sent a LONG email yesterday.  It shows all the groups from 6:30 to 7:00.

 

Saw the ebikes are relegated to the BACK ... sorry, dit not concentrate on the details up front.

[DrPayne]

54 minutes ago, ChrisF said:

 

They sent a LONG email yesterday.  It shows all the groups from 6:30 to 7:00.

 

Saw the ebikes are relegated to the BACK ... sorry, dit not concentrate on the details up front.

Thank you! Need to check my emails instead of my SMS's... 

 

1 hour ago, MongooseMan said:

No character groups in this race, so A=$ from 99er, B=%, C=A, etc, etc

Except smaller groups, fewer groups, as it's a much smaller race.

Awesome thanks!