Short description
The Cycle Tour has become a global sporting phenomenon. From humble beginnings thirty years ago, it has grown into a landmark event around the spectacular Cape Peninsula that attracts a sell-out field of 35 000 riders every year and is the biggest of its kind anywhere in the world. This book tells the story of the pros, the amateurs and the jokers who make up the pack as well as the organisers and the remarkable volunteers who make the event tick. Above all, it captures, in stunning photography, the intense emotions of riding 109km through some of the most beautiful scenery in the world.
Long description
Contents:
The route
This section looks at the Cycle Tour route from start to finish and includes an extraordinary range of roads and surfaces from smooth, wide open freeways to tight, bumpy suburban streets.
The history
Here we look at how it all started. The race began as part of a campaign for the establishment of a network of safe cycling paths around Table Mountain.
The oddities
The Tour continues to attract an astonishing array of costumes and tandem combinations, some do it to promote special causes and others do it for fun. In this section we have a look at all of them.
Behind the scenes
We go behind the scenes and take a look at all the stakeholders – the organisers, the staff and all the beneficiaries.
The mainstays – fifteen tours or more
Most Cycle Tour entrants return for another year and many keep on returning year after year. This section pays tribute to those individuals who have cycled fifteen tours or more.
Table of contents
- The Route
- The History
- The Oddities
- The Tour
- Behind the Scenes.
Special features
About the author:
Mike Wills is a popular Cape Town journalist and radio talk show host. He is a regular columnist for the Cape Argus newspaper and for Fairlady and other magazines. He has ridden seven extremely slow Cycle Tours and lives in Rondebosch with his wife and three children.