Sunday’s Cape Town Cycle Tour was cancelled due to extreme winds.

#CycleTour2017 cancelled. 100km/h wind today. pic.twitter.com/lKeShfSy0C

— Brett Herron (@brettherron) March 12, 2017

Statement from tour organisers

Based on consultation with all the emergency services, the Joint Operations Centre of the Cape Town Cycle Tour 2017 regrets to announce that they have had to take the unprecedented step of cancelling this year’s 40th Cycle Tour.

This is due to winds in excess of 100km/hour on parts of the route, and the need to urgently clear the roads for emergency vehicles to attend to fires.

All riders who have started on the route will be stopped at the end of the M3. They will be contained there and traffic authorities will escort them back on the M3.