Over the finish line: cyclists complete a previous Pick 'n Pay 94.7 Cycle Challenge

RELATED LINKS: Cycle challenge celebrates 10 years DUBBED Joburg's toughest race, this year's Pick 'n Pay 94.7 Cycle Challenge promises to be an event to remember, with 30 000 cyclists expected to take part. Read more Cyclists gear up for Joburg's toughest race PUT your pedalling and gambling power to the test and enter the annual Pick 'n Pay Cycle Challenge before 31 August to stand the chance of winning a trip for two to Italy. Read more Over 18 000 expected for cycle challenge THE Pick 'n Pay 94.7 Cycle Challenge, one of the premier cycling events in South Africa, has always attracted the big guns of the South African cycling scene. This year more than 18 500 starters are expected for the race of - you guessed it - 94.7 kilometres. That's an increase of more than 14 500 cyclists over the size of the field in the first year of the event, five years ago. Read more

Joburg's Cycle Challenge turns 10 This year is the tenth year that Joburg's safest race has taken place. And the organisers are pulling out all the stops to make it the biggest, best and safest yet. October 13, 2006 By Lucky Sindane JOBURG'S safest race, the Pick 'n Pay 94.7 Cycle Challenge, is 10 years old this year. The race, on Sunday, 19 November, will start in Woodmead on Woodmead Drive, between Maxwell Drive and Van Reenen Avenue, and finish at the Waterfall Equestrian Estate, on the corner of Maxwell Drive and the R55 in Sunninghill. Entries have already closed, with about 28 000 cyclists entered. "It's truly amazing how the event has grown over the past 10 years," said 94.7 Highveld Stereo marketing manager, Dex de Bruin. The inaugural race drew about 4 000 cyclists. De Bruin said that all cycling enthusiasts – old and young, professional and amateur – had been urged to participate in the event, given the special milestone it was celebrating. "Whether people have participated previously, or never ridden the race before, it doesn't matter, we want them there to celebrate this special day with us." The Cycle Challenge route remains the same as last year. It goes through Parktown, over the Nelson Mandela Bridge in Braamfontein, up Jan Smuts Avenue and through Diepsloot to finish at the Waterfall Equestrian Estate. The Children's Cycle Challenge and Mountain Bike Challenge will take place on Saturday, 18 November, starting and finishing at the Waterfall Equestrian Estate. The Cycle Challenge expo and race registration will take place from Thursday, 16 November to Saturday, 18 November at the Sandton Convention Centre in Sandton. Once again the organisers are pulling out all the stops to put safety first. The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department, the Johannesburg Roads Agency and the Gauteng department of public transport, roads and works will work together to ensure that there is full road closure, making the Cycle Challenge Joburg's safest race. For more information about the race, contact the race office on 0862 947 947. Permission to use web site material Publishers may use material from this site free of charge, as long as: Credit is given to either the "City of Johannesburg website (www.joburg.org.za)" or to "Johannesburg News Agency (www.joburg.org.za)"; If the article is used online, a link is provided to the original article on this website; The name of the article's author is acknowledged; The webmaster is informed of how and where the material is used (fill in this brief online form). Johannesburg News Agency is operated by BIG Media at 011-484-1400 Print this Page E-mail this article to a friend Help using Joburg.org.za