Sunday 13 March 2005 sees the start of this year's Cape Argus Cycle Tour

In 1977 Bill Mylrea and John Stegmann, organised the Big Ride-In to draw attention to the need for cycle paths in Cape Town. Each year the event developed until it joined the ranks of the UCI Golden Bike Series, in 2001 and South Africa became the first country outside of Europe to be included on the Golden Bike calendar. Now the event is the largest individually timed cycle race in the world.

The tour has attracted cyclists from 48 countries this year from as far afield as Vietnam, Russia, Singapore and Jamaica.