For the 13th year in a row, the Giza Pyramids stood witness to the launching of the Cairo to Cape Town cycling tour early morning on Friday, January 9th, 2015. Organized and supervised by Tour d’Afrique (TDA), this year 32 cyclists are completing the route, with 15 more expected to join in at various points along the road. Throughout the journey, the cyclists are accompanied by 10 support staff members. For 121 days, the cyclists will cross 10 countries ending at Cape Town, South Africa on May 9th, 2015. From old to young, working and retired, all participating men and women are amateur cyclists from all walks of life. Although TDA does not provide direct coaching, the participants are given training suggestions on a constant basis prior to the tour. When you cover a single route for 12 times, your knowledge of it is mastered, and according to Shanny Hill, sales and marketing manager at TDA, the Cairo to Cape Town route is a rather safe one. “Africa is a very safe continent. There are areas of Northern Kenya which we have to transit through due to armed robbery concerns….
