The route
Cape Town Cycle Tour
Next edition14 March 2027
109 km around the Cape Peninsula, from Grand Parade to Green Point, D+ 1,200 m.
Drawn with a pen, line by line
- Distance
- 109.2 km
- Elevation gain
- 1,200 m
- Highest point
- 198 m
- Summits, passes and villages
- 258
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The route in numbers
Indicative figures computed by Plotrek on its illustrative route, with altitudes from a terrain model. They may differ from the organiser's.
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Reading the route
The start is at Grand Parade, in Cape Town: first groups at 6:15, waves running until 10:15. The route passes Nelson Mandela Boulevard and Hospital Bend. It climbs toward Edinburgh Drive, on Wynberg Hill, at km 10.3 (74 m). Past the M3 highway, it reaches Muizenberg at km 25.8 (9 m).
The road continues through St James, Kalk Bay and Fish Hoek. It then passes Glencairn, then reaches Simon's Town at km 37.9 (9 m). It passes Miller's Point and Smitswinkel. It crosses Scarborough, then Misty Cliffs, at km 63.4 (23 m). It then passes Ocean View and Noordhoek.
After Noordhoek, the route tackles Chapman's Peak, up to km 85.4 (95 m). It descends to Hout Bay before climbing back up Suikerbossie, up to km 92.9 (163 m). It passes Llandudno, then Camps Bay, at km 101.6 (16 m). It crosses Clifton and Sea Point. The finish is at Green Point, on Helen Suzman Boulevard, after 109 km. The stated elevation gain is 1,200 m.
Paths and places: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Altitudes measured on the route.
03 · Your poster
The route, drawn with a pen
The relief of the Cape Town Cycle Tour, from Chapman's Peak to Suikerbossie, takes shape in contour lines drawn with a pen plotter, in A4, A3 or A2.
Shipped from our workshop in Le Bouscat
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Official information
- Illustrative route redrawn by Plotrek from public data: the course announced by the organiser and OpenStreetMap paths. It is not the official course of the event.
- Altitudes: terrain model AWS Terrain Tiles
- Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Figures and text: Plotrek
- Plotrek is not a partner of, or affiliated with, the race organiser.