Cape Town Cycle Tour 2015

The Cape Town Cycle Tour (formerly known as the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Momentum Cycle Tour) saw scores of cyclists from all over the globe gear up for the largest individually timed cycling event in the world on Sunday, 8 March 2015 despite devastating Cape wildfires. Over 30,000 cyclists took to the roads in our Mother City and among them were 20 of our 23 registered IMAGINE riders. The recent fires in the South Peninsula forced the organizers to shorten the normal route from its 109km distance to 47km but this didn’t stop us from making the most of the weekend and the ride in Cape Town.

Some of our riders used this opportunity to ride on Saturday as well and enjoyed some of the scenery Cape Town has to offer from their bicycles. The IMAGINE Team met on Friday evening for drinks & snacks and collected their race packs at The Southern Sun Waterfront. The general consensus was that our new cycling shirts rocked! Everyone set off at their own times on Sunday morning and all finished their ride in good time. Thank you to Robert Hawley for sharing our first Argus experience as IMAGINE with our cerebral palsy twins Riaan & Christo from start to finish. This was the twins fifth Argus but the first one since 2000 so well done guys!

Despite the shortened route the spirit out there on the day was spectacular. Knowing what the circumstances were the changes were accepted and people had a great time. We celebrated the day into the early evening at Quay4 at the V & A Waterfront.

A lot of hard work goes into making the Cape Town Cycle Tour happen and we are grateful that we were still able to have the ride despite the challenges Cape Town is facing. There are many unsung heroes behind the scenes that made the event a success and we must say that we are very impressed at the high level of organization and efficiency so well done to Cape Town for hosting another great Cape Town Cycle Tour!

Results for our team as per racetech.co.za:

Cameron Condie