The 99er Cycle Tour and MTB Challenge first took place in 1999. The race is organised and hosted by the El Shaddai Christian School in Durbanville and the event is the main fund raising activity for the school.
Since 2003, the 99er Cycle Race has been an Official Premier Seeding event for The Cape Town Cycle Tour (affectionately called “The Argus” by cyclists). There are only four road events in the Western Cape that have this prestigious status.
The 99er Cycle Tour takes place a month before The Cape Town Cycle Tour, and is an excellent preparation race for the world famous event.
The 99er’s legendary climbs of Vissershok and Odendaal provide a great challenge and once a cyclist has conquered these hills anything is possible.
Source – African News Agency (ANA)
