Entries for 100 Cycle Challenge in Germiston close on April 22
The UCI race has been lengthened to 130km to give the professional teams an opportunity to race six laps of 5km each around Germiston Lake.
Autumn’s biggest racing event for road cyclists, the 100 Cycle Challenge, will take place on May 5, starting and finishing at Germiston Lake.
Now in its second year, the race offers both a 100km and 50km route.
The fastest riders in the race, the professional teams of elite male road cyclists competing for UCI points, will start last at noon and will finish at about 2.30pm.
The UCI race has been lengthened to 130km to give the professional teams an opportunity to race six laps of 5km each around Germiston Lake.
This new feature of the 100 Cycle Challenge will give spectators and cyclists (who have already finished their individual races) the opportunity to watch the elite men competing lap after lap before making a dash for the finish line.
All riders are urged to park at Germiston High School, the race’s official secure parking area. Adjoining Germiston Lake, a gate between the school and the lake ensures direct access to the race village, no more than 750m from the parking area.
This year, all categories will line up inside the race village, with each batch proceeding from the village to the starting line when called to start their race.
Riders are urged to avoid parking in the streets surrounding Germiston Lake.
This year’s race village offers a variety of coffee and food vendors, craft beer and gin, the purest spring water from deep underneath the Tsitsikamma mountains, stalls by product and service suppliers to the road cycling industry, a safe kiddies area, a free and secure bike park managed by Cyclesure and live entertainment on the @100Cycle Stage.
The entry fee is R450 for the 100km route and R300 for the 50km route. To enter, go to www.100cyclechallenge.co.za and click on the enter the race button. Anyone over the age of 15 can ride the 100km race and anyone over the age of 13 the 50km race.) Entries close midnight on Monday, April 22.
The 100 Cycle Challenge is dedicated to the development of the sport of cycling. This year the race supports the developmental initiatives of East Rand-based NPOs Ekurhuleni Cycling Club and The Urban Ruins.
