[Event] Durbie Dash Gravel

[Ernst Viljoen]

Event Name: Durbie Dash Gravel
When: 18/10/2025
Where: Langenhoven Street, Western Cape
Category: Gravel

The Durbie Dash offers three distances : 86km, 32km & 12km

The 86km event is a seeding event for Cape Town Cycle Tour 2026.

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[Kom]

Any news on a published route/GPX file?

[milky4130]

1 hour ago, Kom said:

Any news on a published route/GPX file?

Should be the same as the previous years. Starts just outside the Durbanville Sports Club/Golf Course and ends in Koeberg Road with a neutral cooldown ride return to the venue. I rode from home and back again.

https://strava.app.link/zSRKDAaarXb

[Skubarra]

Hi guys - the route @milky4130 posted is for the 99er, similar but different 😀

Route goes over private property and there is an agreement with owners  to not give out official gpx routes, but here is a link to the Strava activity of someone that did it last year...

https://www.strava.com/activities/12634112364#3280082065712834726 

Some differences to the 99er route, less tar, no singletrack, no A-frame bridges. As I recall about 70% gravel roads, no big climbs and I see the winner of last year averaged 35km/h so it will be rather fast..

 

[Kom]

Might be a tad gusty on the return, otherwise cloud cover should make things comfy

[milky4130]

6 hours ago, Skubarra said:

Hi guys - the route @milky4130 posted is for the 99er, similar but different 😀

Route goes over private property and there is an agreement with owners  to not give out official gpx routes, but here is a link to the Strava activity of someone that did it last year...

https://www.strava.com/activities/12634112364#3280082065712834726 

Some differences to the 99er route, less tar, no singletrack, no A-frame bridges. As I recall about 70% gravel roads, no big climbs and I see the winner of last year averaged 35km/h so it will be rather fast..

 

Yikes not sure why I thought it was the same event. Thanks for the correction Skubarra, Apologies @Kom 

[milky4130]

I see Lucas Baum is coming to keep you company in the gravel race, don’t hurt him too much 😮‍💨😝

[mikkelz]

The seeding email says A starts at 6:35, the website says 6:45

Arrive at 6 to be safe? 🤷‍♂️

Parking is going to be fun.

[MongooseMan]

27 minutes ago, mikkelz said:

The seeding email says A starts at 6:35, the website says 6:45

Arrive at 6 to be safe? 🤷‍♂️

Parking is going to be fun.

My go to for Durbanville races now is to always just park 3km away in a side road. Gives me a nice warmup/systems check in to the start, as long as I don't get lost.

Much less stressful too

[mikkelz]

1 hour ago, MongooseMan said:

My go to for Durbanville races now is to always just park 3km away in a side road. Gives me a nice warmup/systems check in to the start, as long as I don't get lost.

Much less stressful too

Yeah, good idea.

I always parked somewhere around Durbanville Hills, a few minutes away from Durbanville Racecourse, when races used to start there. Easy in; easy out. 😁

[Skubarra]

6 hours ago, mikkelz said:

The seeding email says A starts at 6:35, the website says 6:45

Arrive at 6 to be safe? 🤷‍♂️

Parking is going to be fun.

tx for the heads-up. Will let the organiser know. Apparently the email is correct but will ask them to update the website

[mikkelz]

Awesome event. The wind and some of the rutted sections were brutal. Last 15kms felt like they would never end. 😅

 

Edited October 18, 2025 by mikkelz

[mikkelz]

Lukas Baum 🥇