Winelands Cycle Race Posted July 4, 2025 Posted July 4, 2025 Event Name: Rhodes Quality Winelands Cycle Race 2026When: 25/01/2026Where: Hugenote Primary School, Wellington, Western CapeCategory: RoadThe Rhodes Quality Winelands Cycle Race is back, and it’s going to be bigger and better than ever. 📅 Date: 25 January 2026📍Location starting point: Hugenote Primary School in Wellington🎟️ Early bird entries open: 15 July 2025 Whether you're chasing a PB or the views, this is the ride you won’t want to missSwipe through for the details and get hyped for 2026!Stay tuned for more> https://winelandscyclerace.co.za/ #WCR2026 #capetown #people_ofaction1940 #rhodesquality #paarlrotary #CyclingSouthAfrica #EarlyBirdEntryGo to Event Page. Kylie and ChrisF 1 1
ChrisF Posted July 16, 2025 Posted July 16, 2025 Entered 👍 Now to split the weekends between park runs and more CYCLING .... Kylie 1
Winelands Cycle Race Posted January 2 Author Posted January 2 (edited) Few days left.... Enter now!!! www.winelandscyclerace.co.za Edited January 2 by Winelands Cycle Race ChrisF 1
Alliesmeister Posted January 22 Posted January 22 (edited) I see the seeding emails have been sent out. Weather forecast 60 hours out looks promising with not a lot of wind forecast... Edited January 22 by Alliesmeister JacquesJ and ChrisF 1 1
Sid the Sloth Posted January 22 Posted January 22 Is there a women's race this year? My girlfriend was seeded as %, not sure if that is the group behind dollar with or without men.
MongooseMan Posted January 22 Posted January 22 Last year the front women started with men’s group behind the elites (which was %) So no, no separate race start (unless they’ve changed something)
Sid the Sloth Posted January 23 Posted January 23 13 hours ago, MongooseMan said: Last year the front women started with men’s group behind the elites (which was %) So no, no separate race start (unless they’ve changed something) Not ideal, women deserve their own race. It’s really not that hard. bleedToWin, DuToit Van Den Bergh and Alliesmeister 3
bleedToWin Posted January 23 Posted January 23 2 minutes ago, Sid the Sloth said: Not ideal, women deserve their own race. It’s really not that hard. The hard part is keeping the men from interfering once they make contact...
Sid the Sloth Posted January 23 Posted January 23 55 minutes ago, bleedToWin said: The hard part is keeping the men from interfering once they make contact... you just tell them, and have a commissar. It’s better than just letting them draft and having a “who can hang the longest” race. But what do I know, I’m not a woman. I just enjoy having our own race.
Jbr Posted January 23 Posted January 23 After I decided to cut the course and go back to the venue at Wp champs I ended up catching the women’s bunch, I stayed 30m behind them the whole way (despite the headwind 😅), they seemed to have managed to have a clean race, I only saw one junior in their group that was quickly dropped. So it is possible to let them have their own race it seems Sid the Sloth 1
babse Posted January 23 Posted January 23 For local or national champs yes no brainer, any local funride (sometimes run by volunteers) like this its tricky due to amount of riders needing to start in shortest possible time and then the continuous marshaling of the ladies only group and preventing dropped riders from catching a rider back via the next bunch on the road. A lot of extra effort for +-20 Females "racers" in a 1300 strong race? JacquesJ 1
ChrisF Posted January 23 Posted January 23 18 hours ago, Alliesmeister said: I see the seeding emails have been sent out. Weather forecast 60 hours out looks promising with not a lot of wind forecast... Thanks, seems you are starting 3 minutes ahead of me. Alliesmeister 1
Sid the Sloth Posted January 23 Posted January 23 40 minutes ago, babse said: For local or national champs yes no brainer, any local funride (sometimes run by volunteers) like this its tricky due to amount of riders needing to start in shortest possible time and then the continuous marshaling of the ladies only group and preventing dropped riders from catching a rider back via the next bunch on the road. A lot of extra effort for +-20 Females "racers" in a 1300 strong race? There’s a lot more than 20 women, and to grow the sport you need to actively encourage women’s racing. Even gravel races can get it right with no support. It’s more a matter of integrity for racers, and providing a safer racing environment for the women. I’m speaking on behalf of my girlfriend who is new to the sport and finds racing in b batch men’s group quite intimidating and honestly pretty pointless because of the way it nullifies the racing amongst the women. Imagine you started elite men with e-bikes, how upset they would be. I guess it doesn’t matter that much because we have the comm cars interfering with the racing at massive events like cycle tour last year anyway. ChrisF 1
bleedToWin Posted January 23 Posted January 23 18 minutes ago, Sid the Sloth said: to grow the sport you need to actively encourage women’s racing I'd be a massive fan of a sponsored women's category. The sponsor can cover any extra costs required to make the racing safe and fair, and also sponsor a prize purse exclusive to the ladies category. ChrisF 1
Alliesmeister Posted January 24 Posted January 24 First time I'm riding the Winelands - is there parking on the Primary School's grounds or where's the best place to park / approach the venue from? CC: @Winelands Cycle Race
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