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The Cape Town Cycle Tour〔http://ewn.co.za/2014/09/24/Cape-Argus-renamed〕 is an annual cycle race hosted in Cape Town, South Africa, usually long. It is the first event outside Europe to be included in the Union Cycliste Internationale's Golden Bike Series.〔(Series' official website. ) However, in 2010 it was excluded from the Golden Bike Series (as shown on the website, retrieved on 27 March 2010).〕 South Africa hosts some of the largest, by number of entrants, sporting events in the world with three being the largest of their type. The Cape Town Cycle Tour, with as many as 35 000 cyclists taking part, is the world's largest individually timed cycle race. The other two are the world's largest ultra-marathon running event, the Comrades Marathon, and the world's largest open water swim, the Midmar Mile. The Cycle Tour forms the last leg of the Giro del Capo, a multi-stage race for professional and leading registered riders.〔(Cape Town Cycle Tour event website ) and (Giro del Cabo website )〕 It is traditionally staged on the second Sunday of March and has enjoyed well known competitors such as Miguel Indurain, Jan Ulrich and Lance Armstrong. ==Route== In recent years the race has usually followed a scenic circular route from Cape Town down the Cape Peninsula and back. The start is in Hertzog Boulevard in the city centre, at Cape Town's main Civic Centre. It then follows a short section of the N2 called Nelson Mandela Boulevard, then the M3 to Muizenberg, and then Main Road along the False Bay coast to Simon's Town and Smitswinkel Bay. The route then crosses the peninsula in a westerly direction, past the entrance to Cape of Good Hope section of the Table Mountain National Park (within which Cape Point is situated). It then heads north along the Atlantic coast through Scarborough, Kommetjie, Noordhoek, Chapmans Peak, Hout Bay over Suikerbossie hill to Camps Bay and ends next to the Cape Town Stadium in Green Point.〔 In 2009 and 2010, as well as during previous years until 1999 the race had followed slightly different routes, between and in length - see the table below.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cape Town Cycle Tour」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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