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Gear up for the 2026 Cape Town Cycle Tour (CTCT)

🚴‍♂️ Cape Town Cycle Tour 2026 – Train Smarter, Ride Stronger
The countdown is on! This 12‑week program is built for intermediate cyclists who want to arrive on 8 March 2026 with confidence, endurance, and speed.

✅ 6–8 hours per week
✅ Aerobic base, muscular endurance, climbing & sprint work
✅ Structured sessions with heart rate tracking (smart trainer recommended)
✅ Clear goals and measurable progress

💡 Whether it’s conquering climbs or unleashing a sprint finish, this plan ensures you’re ready for race day.

👉 Follow @jaco__scholtz for more coaching tips and grab the plan now on TrainingPeaks.

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Track cyclists ready to race

Track cyclists from across South Africa are ready to race at Maximum Velocity 7. This is the final event at Bellville velodrome before the national track cycling championships.

It takes place on the Cape Town Cycle Tour weekend. This allows visiting riders the chance to an outing on the track on Friday, 10 Nov, before the Cycle Tour.

The program is fast and action packed. It features a sprint invitation, a team pursuit and and endurance competition.

The sprint event is by invitation and these riders will entertain the crowds in a match sprint tournament.

The endurance events are there to sharpen the skills before the national championship. It features technical events such as the points, scooter scratch and elimination races. Riders in the Cape are familiar with the scooter scratch. This is an endurance race where the scooter paces the riders for a set amount of laps while they rotate. Riders may only sit behind the scooter for 1 lap. The scooter pulls of with a few laps to go and then it is a scratch race from there.

Spectator entry is free. There will be coffee and food on sale at the event.

Entries close on Tuesday, 7 March 2023. No late entries.

Sign-on and number collection closes at 6.30pm on race night. Racing starts at 7pm and finishes at 10pm.

Entry details are here: https://www.wpcycling.com/event/maximum-velocity-7-track-classic-bellville-velodrome/?instance_id=2526

The program is here: https://www.wpcycling.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/MV7-DRAFT-PROGRAM.pdf