Celebrating Success and Contributions
A 21 gun salute to our Rotary Club of Waterfront Cape Town Cycle Tour 2024 Project leader – Dirk Hoffman – for another successful fundraiser, and to Sue Truter for again organising the sale of parking tickets over three days at the Expo. Well done!
The Grandeur of the Cape Town Cycle Tour 2024
The 46th Cape Town Cycle Tour, the biggest timed bike race in the world was held on Sunday, 10 March 2024 on a near perfect day. Primarily, the Cape Town Cycle Tour provides a glorious day out for tens of thousands of cyclists, no matter the weather. For just one day of the year, human power rules the roads of the fairest cape in the whole circumference of the earth (Sir Francis Drake, 1579). It’s not all about riding legally on freeways, though; in the months following the Cycle Tour, millions of rand are ploughed back into the communities the 109km route crosses, through the ongoing work of the event principals – the Pedal Power Association and the Rotary Club of Claremont.
First Time at Marshalling
Newbie crew member Tony Austen doing his first Cape Town Cycle Tour marshalling shift, with long time volunteer Rob Wolffs, Nadene Rolston’s partner.
Cape Town Mayor’s Maiden Ride: Geordin Hill-Lewis Takes on the Challenge
Big shout out for our Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis (below) for completing his first Cape Town Cycle Tour. Well done!
Scenes from Cape Town Cycle Tour 2024
Above Left: Vic Hamaty with the Cellucity Team and on the right – with and Hanyani Shamangi – who played for the Stormers and Springboks. Vic’s feedback: “This was not my first ride – thankfully. However it was probably one of the nicest ones I have done. What a magnificent part of the world we live in! And what a wonderful picture of the Western Cape is presented to the world through this event. Truly blessed. The organisers outdid themselves, everything worked like clockwork.”
