The route for the 2015 Absa Cape Epic prologue, which begins at the Table Mountain National Park and finishes at the University of Cape Town, has been unaffected by the fires plaguing the Western Cape.
“The fires have not had an impact on the area around the route at all,” said Absa Cape Epic race director Kati Csak.
The fires in the Table Mountain National Park have stayed away from the parts of the mountain through which the Prologue will be staged.
Final preparations are being made to the route, including a new wooden bridge and some singletrack below the King’s Blockhouse and leading down to Plum Pudding Hill.
Workers have also been cutting a track that will take riders from the University grounds up on to the mountain near Rhodes Memorial.
The Absa Cape Epic takes place from March 15 to 22 with the Prologue in Table Mountain National Park and starting from the University of Cape Town, finishes eight days later at Meerendal Wine Estate in Durbanville.
