The Port Elizabeth Herald Cycle Tour 2019
When you do road races around Cape Town, you eventually realise that almost all races (Cape Town Cycle Tour excluded) are a variation of the same routes in a triangle around the Paardeberg area with Durbanville to the west, Paarl to the east and Malmesbury to the north. We are certainly privileged to have a good number of races during the year but one can only ride Bothmaskloof so many times before seeking some new challenges. I looked up the Herald Cycle Tour in Port Elizabeth. One of the very few races (and the only large road cycle race in the Eastern Cape) with full road closure and an official seeding event for the Cape Town Cycle Tour. Stilbaai Systems Check On Friday 22nd February after work I set off for my road trip to Port Elizabeth, overnight at Stilbaai and setting off again on Saturday morning for Port Elizabeth. Left Stilbaai a bit late on Saturday morning so it was a rush to cover the 450km to PE to get to registration before it closed at 17h00. Sunday m