The breakdown is as follows: R 232.50 + R 32.50(VAT) + R5 (CSA rider levy) = R270.00
This goes some way to cover the actual cost of putting each cyclist on the road
Registration process and year round Race Office to service your Cycle Challenge needs
8km of fencing to keep the roads on the route closed
4000 straw bales to keep the roads on the route closed
3400 orange cones to close the route one block away from the route
600 marshals – who need to be transported and dropped off at their points from 03:00 and picked up from 15:00
400 JMPD Traffic Officers
300 toilets at the start/route/finish and 30 janitors to keep them clean
300 security staff on route and at the venue
200 medical staff on route and at the finish
170 Physio and Chiro students and 12 qualified Physio’s and Chiro’s on route and at the finish
120 Start Marshals - Start Team
120 Finish Marshals - Finish Team
35 Joburg Roads Agency staff to place and pick up the cones
30 Traffic Free Flow officers to direct traffic
30 Off Road Rescue Units who patrol the route, send communications to the Joint Operations Centre and sweep cyclists abandoning their ride
25 Think Bikes patrolling the route and trouble shooting
20 Sweep Vehicles with trailers and drivers
20 bakkies to transport the 100 casual staff who physically place the fencing and bales in the intersections to effect road closure, from 00:00 – 06:00
10 Water points with Energade, water, ice, toilets, rubbish bins and 50 support staff per point
8 Megabus busses to assist with the sweep with drivers and route leaders.
Generators - providing power for lights; sound; catering at the Start and Venue
Route cleaning and recycling of waste.
Feeding and watering of all the staff mentioned above
Race number and race pack
Commemorative Medal
Goody Bag at registration
Ice cold Energade and water at the finish
We allow for 450 complimentary entries to previously disadvantaged communities, the physically disabled cyclists, mentally disabled cyclists, blind cyclists and we support the Fortune Seven Cycling team – who last year all finished under three hours.
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