Mpumalanga, South Africa – On 11 January 2019 the 4th Mpumalanga Cycle Tour took place starting at Forever Resort Blyde Canyon. There are a total of seven stages across Mpumalanga and approximately 100 long distance road cyclists are expected to participate including some international riders. Apart from competing for the various titles the total value of the prizes add up to approximately R128 000.00.
Willie Smit is one of the well-known riders, was approached by the Italian team, Katusha Alpecin after his results last year. This year Smit will be participating alongside some of his Katusha Alpecin team members.
2019 Mpumalanga Cycle Tour Race Stages:Friday, 11 January 2019: Stage 1: Forever Resort Blyde Canyon to Forever Resort SwadiniDistance: 90,3 KilometresStart Elevation: 1164Metres MaxElevation: 1274 Metres
Saturday, 12 January 2019: Stage 2: Forever Resort Swadini to Orpen Gate and back to Forever Resort SwadiniDistance: 121 KilometresStart Elevation: 636 MetresMax Elevation: 742 Metres
Sunday, 13 January 2019: Stage 3: Forever Resort Swadini to Forever Resort Blyde CanyonDistance: 90,3 KilometresStart Elevation: 628 MetresMax Elevation: 1274 Metres
Monday, 14 January 2019: Stage 4: Forever Resort Blyde Canyon to Mbombela StadiumDistance: 148,3 KilometresStart Elevation: 1163 MetresMax Elevation: 1721 Metres
Tuesday, 15 January 2019: Stage 5: Forever Hotel White RiverDistance: 129,5 KilometresStart Elevation: 943 MetresMax Elevation: 972 Metres
Wednesday, 16 January 2019: Stage 6: Mbombela to Forever Resort BadplaasDistance: 97 KilometresStart Elevation: 682 MetresMax Elevation: 1557 Metres
Thursday, 17 January 2019: Stage 7: Forever Resort Badplaas to Forever Resort LoskopdamDistance: 197,2 KilometresStart Elevation: 1112 MetresMax Elevation: 1791 Metres
2017 Best Results:Clover Lowveld Tour (1st Overall)Volta Cyclista ó Ribeiro (1st)Vuelta Ciclista a Leon (1st)Vuelta a Segovia (1st)African Continental Championship (1st Road race, 4th individual time-trial)
South African National Road Championships (2nd individual time-trial, 3rd road race)
Winner Mpumalanga tour 2016 and 2017
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