Cape Town Cycle Tour
Cape Peninsula, Western Cape · Cape Town city centre → Green Point
Once around the Cape Peninsula: False Bay, Cape Point’s doorstep, Chapman’s Peak and Suikerbossie.
- Distance
- 109.9 km
- Climbing
- +1,368 m
- Est. time
- 4 h 5 min
- High point
- 171 m
Free to ride with a free account. It rides in your browser with any smart trainer or power meter, and your result goes on the leaderboard below.
Ride it in stages
Few riders hold 110 km on a trainer. Ride it a stage at a time: the cuts avoid the middle of the big climbs — a stage ends at a summit, in a valley or on the flat — and this page remembers what you have ridden and what comes next.
8 stages of about 13.7 km — none over 50 minutes at 165 W.
- Stage 1 (next)km 0–11.8Next11.8 km+262 m~32 minMountain · Cat 4
- Stage 2km 11.8–24.512.8 km+45 m~21 minFlat
- Stage 3km 24.5–3712.5 km+80 m~23 minRolling
- Stage 4km 37–5013 km+222 m~32 minHilly · Cat 3 · summit finish
- Stage 5km 50–66.516.5 km+142 m~31 minRolling · Cat 4
- Stage 6km 66.5–79.312.8 km+134 m~26 minRolling
- Stage 7km 79.3–9313.8 km+335 m~38 minMountain · Cat 3 · summit finish
- Stage 8km 93–11016.9 km+148 m~31 minRolling
Times are at a steady 165 W — no stage takes more than 50 minutes. Cross a stage's finish line and it is ticked — feeling good? Keep pedalling and the ride carries on into the next stage. Progress is kept in this browser, and in your account when you are signed in.
Elevation profile
3–171 m · 9 categorised climbs · Hard · RoadThe 8 biggest of 9 categorised climbs, in the order you ride them.
About Cape Town Cycle Tour
One of the largest timed cycling events in the world is a single lap of the Cape Peninsula. It leaves the centre of Cape Town, runs south along the mountain and down the False Bay coast through Muizenberg, Fish Hoek and Simon’s Town, then crosses the wild southern end of the peninsula towards the Atlantic.
The return is the scenic half: Chapman’s Peak Drive, cut into the cliffs above the ocean, then Hout Bay and the climb the locals dread most, Suikerbossie — not long, but placed exactly where the legs run out — before the fast coast road home to Green Point.
Held in March. The event is known as a course of about 109 km.
Why ride this route indoors?
- A rolling course with a handful of short climbs is a very good stand-in for a fast group ride.
- Suikerbossie comes late, so it rewards riders who have practised holding back — which is a plan you can test.
- The Cape’s famous south-easter decides the day outdoors. Indoors the course is the same every time you ride it.
Good to know
+Is this the official course of Cape Town Cycle Tour?
No. It was recreated by Cycloscape from open map data (OpenStreetMap) following public descriptions of the course, for indoor training. It may differ from the official course or from current road conditions.
+What do I need to ride Cape Town Cycle Tour indoors?
A smart trainer or a power meter, and a browser. Cycloscape connects over Bluetooth or ANT+ from the browser, sets the resistance of a smart trainer to the real gradient, and turns the route’s GPX into a 3D world. There is nothing to install.
+Can I ride Cape Town Cycle Tour in stages?
Yes. Few riders want more than 50 minutes on a trainer in one go, so Cycloscape offers its 110 km in 8 stages of about 14 km, none longer than 50 minutes at 165 W. The cuts avoid the middle of the big climbs — a stage ends at a summit, in a valley or on the flat. Start from any stage and, if your legs are good at its finish line, keep pedalling: the ride carries on into the next stage and every stage you finish is ticked. The page remembers which stages you have ridden and which one is next.
+Is it free?
Yes. Riding it needs a free account — sign up in seconds with Google or a code by email, no card. Your result is saved and goes on the route’s leaderboard.
Leaderboard
Best effort per rider — a free account puts your ride on it.