In its 46th year, the Cape Town Cycle Tour remains a standout event on the City’s calendar, drawing 30 000 riders each year.
Beyond the thrill of the ride, this iconic event serves a greater purpose by supporting two key causes – the Pedal Power Association and the Rotary Club of Claremont.
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Funds raised go towards social upliftment projects and the promotion of cycling and safety initiatives.
The 109km classic route, renowned as one of the world’s most scenic mass-start bike races, winds through the city’s picturesque landscapes, starting at Table Mountain and concluding along the Atlantic Seaboard in Green Point.
Since 2023, a 42km route has been added to the festivities, inviting a broader range of cyclists to Africa’s largest cycling celebration.
Residents and visitors are advised of the following road closures:
Saturday, 9 March 2024
Cape Town CBD
- Castle Street between Strand Street and Darling Street: Saturday 2pm to Sunday 4pm
- Darling Street between Lower Plein and Buitenkant Street: Saturday 4pm to Sunday 12pm
- Corporation Street between Darling Street and Caledon Street: Saturday 3pm to Sunday 12pm
- Parade Street between Darling Street and Caledon Street: Saturday 3pm to Sunday 12pm
- Strand Street and Newmarket Street, between Lower Plein Street and Russel Road: Saturday 9pm to Sunday 4pm
- Nelson Mandela Boulevard incoming Strand Street off-ramp: Saturday 7pm to Sunday 4pm
Green Point
- Helen Suzman Boulevard from Beach Road to Traffic Circle (City-bound carriageway): Saturday 2pm to Sunday 9pm
Noordhoek, Hout Bay
- Chapman’s Peak Drive (M6) and Noordhoek Road (M6) to Princess Street Saturday: 6pm to Sunday 6pm
Sunday, 10 March 2024
Cape Town CBD
- Strand Street and Newmarket Street between Adderley Street and Russel
Road: 4am to 4pm - Buitenkant Street between Darling Street and Caledon Street: 4am to 12pm
- Sir Lowry Road between Canterbury Str and Christiaan Barnard Boulevard: 4am to 9am
- Hanover Street between Darling and Tennant Street: 4am to 9am
- Adderley Street (from Strand – Riebeek): 7am to 4pm
- Riebeek Street (Westbound – between Adderley and Long Street): 7am to 4pm
- Riebeek Street (Full Closure – between Long and Loop streets): 7am to 4pm
- Riebeek Street (Eastbound – between Bree and Buitengracht Street): 7am to 4pm
- Long Street – (closed at Riebeek Street): 7am to 4pm
- Loop Street – (closed at Riebeek Street): 7am to 4pm
- Somerset road – (one lane closure between Buitengracht & Ebenezer street): 10am to 3pm
- Darling Street between Adderley Street and Lower Plein Street: 4am to 12pm
- Lower Plein Street between Strand Street and Darling Street: 4am to 12pm
Woodstock, University Estate
- Phillip Kgosana Drive (M3): Outbound between Roodebloem Road and Hospital Bend. Traffic will be diverted to Main Road: 5:30am to 12:30pm
CBD, Woodstock
Nelson Mandela Boulevard (N2) Eastbound: 5:30am to 12:30pm
Hospital Bend (N2, M3) Interchange – 5:30am to 12:30pm
- Settlers Way (N2) to Muizenberg (M3) ramp (Southbound)
- M3 on-ramp from Groote Schuur Hospital
- (Anzio Road – Southbound)
Mowbray, Rondebosch, Newlands, Claremont, Bishopscourt – 6am to 1:30pm
- M3 (Rhodes Drive, Union Avenue, Paradise Road, Edinburgh Drive)
- Southbound, Including all on-ramps between Nelson Mandela Boulevard up to Trovato Link
Wynberg, Constantia, Tokai – 6am to 1:30pm
- M3 Freeway (Blue Route), Southbound, including all onramps between Trovato Link and Steenberg Road
Tokai – 6:15am to 12:30pm
- Steenberg Road (M42), M3 off-ramp to Main Road
Tokai, Lakeside – 6:15am to 12:30pm
- Main Road (M4) – Between Steenberg Road & Clairvaux Road
- False Bay Coast to Cape Point and Scarborough
- Main Road (M4) – Clairvaux Road to Fish Hoek Traffic Circle: 5:45am to 12:50pm
- Main Road (M4) – Fish Hoek Traffic Circle to Glen Road, Glencairn: 5:45am to 12:30pm
- Main Road (M4) – Glen Road to Simon’s Town: 5:50am to 12:30pm
- Main Road (M4) – Simon’s Town to entrance of Cape Point Nature Reserve: 6am to 2pm
- Main Road (M4) – Entrance of Cape Point Nature Reserve (M4) to Perdekloof (M65): 6:15am to 2pm
- Main Road (M4) – Perdekloof to Soetwater: 6:30am to 2pm
Cape Point, Scarborough, Kommetjie, Ocean View: 6:45am to 2pm
- Slangkop Road (M82)
- Soetwater to Kommetjie Road (M65)
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Short Route (42km) Incoming – M3 to CBD
- Wynberg, Constantia, Tokai – 10am to 3pm
- M3 Freeway inbound (Blue Route)
- Southbound & Northbound, including all on-ramps between Steenberg Road and Trovato Link
- Mowbray, Rondebosch, Newlands, Claremont, Bishopscourt – 10am to 3pm
- M3 inbound (Rhodes Drive, Union Avenue, Paradise Road, Edinburgh Drive)
- Including all on-ramps between Trovato Link up to Nelson Mandela Boulevard
- Hospital Bend (N2, M3) Interchange – 10am to 3pm
- M3 inbound to Settlers Way (N2)
- Groote Schuur Hospital onramp from M3
- (Anzio Road – Northbound)
- Nelson Mandela Boulevard (after top of Hospital Bend) – 10am to 3pm
- Nelson Mandela Boulevard inbound
- Including on ramps and off ramps between top of hospital bend to CBD
Kommetjie, Ocean View, Masipumelele – 6:45am to 2pm
- Kommetjie Road (M65), Slangkop Road to Ou Kaapse Weg Extension
Noordhoek, Sun Valley – 6:45am to 3pm
- Ou Kaapse Weg Extension (M64), Kommetjie Road (M65) to Noordhoek Main Road
- Noordhoek Main Road (M6), Ou Kaapse Weg Extension (M64) to base of Chapman’s Peak Drive
Hout Bay, Llandudno, Camps Bay, Bakoven – 7am to 5:30pm
- Victoria Road (M6) – Northbound and Southbound, Princess Street, Hout Bay to Camps Bay
Camps Bay, Bantry Bay and Clifton
- Victoria Road (M6) – Northbound and Southbound between Houghton Road and
Camps Bay Drive: 7am to 5:30pm - Victoria Road (M6) – Northbound and Southbound between Camps Bay Drive and
The Meadway: 4am to 5:45pm - Victoria Road (M6) – North and Southbound, The Meadway to Lower Kloof Road: 7:30am to 6pm
- Victoria Road (M6) – Northbound and Southbound, Lower Kloof Road to Queens Road, Sea Point: 7:30am to 5:45pm
Bantry Bay, Sea Point
- Queens Road (M6), Victoria Road to Beach Road: 5am to 5:45pm
- Sea Point, Green Point and Mouille Point
- Beach Road (M6) – City bound carriageway, Queens Road Circle to St Johns Road: 5am to 6:30pm
- Beach Road (M6) – City bound carriageway, St Johns Road to Helen Suzman Boulevard (M6): 5am to 6:30pm
- Beach Road and Beach Road towards Fritz Sonnenberg Road: 5am to 6:30pm
Green Point area
- Fritz Sonnenberg Road between Beach Road and Granger Bay Boulevard, Green Point Circle. (Controlled Access point): 7:30am to 7:30pm
- Bill Peters Drive at Bay Road (local access only): Saturday 2pm to Sunday 9pm
- Helen Suzman Boulevard (M6) – Eastbound from Beach Road to Green Point Traffic Circle: Saturday 2pm to Sunday 9pm
Parking Restrictions
Bakoven, Camps Bay
- Victoria Road from Camps Bay to Seacliff Road
Midnight, Saturday 9 March, 6pm to Sunday, 10 March (both sides)
Sea Point
- Beach Road from Queens Road to Beach Road (Mouille Point)
Midnight, Saturday 9 March, 6pm to Sunday, 10 March (beach side only)
CBD
- Darling, Strand, Adderley and Riebeek Street
Midnight, Saturday 9 March, 6pm to Sunday, 10 March (both sides)
The Cape Town Cycle Tour Trust, organisers of the Cape Town Cycle Tour, appeals to all residents in Muizenberg, St James, Kalk Bay, Clifton, Bantry Bay and Sea Point (including Victoria Road and Beach Road) not to park along the Main Road.
Please use alternative side roads or designated parking areas.
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