After four months of cycling 12,000 kilometers across Africa, the riders of the 2007 Tour d'Afrique Bicycle Race/Expedition will cross the official Finish Line at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town on Saturday, 12th May.

After four months of cycling 12,000 kilometers across Africa, the riders of the 2007 Tour d'Afrique Bicycle Race/Expedition will cross the official Finish Line at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town on Saturday, 12th May.
 
"The sense of achievement felt by each and every participant cycling those last few meters of the 12,000-kilometre event is beyond words." said Henry Gold, Founder of the world's longest and most grueling bicycle event.   "It is one of those rare moments in life when everything seems to be crystal clear, when you feel secure about yourself, your life path, your place in the world and when you say to yourself "After this, I can do anything"."
 
The annual trans-continental bicycle race & expedition which travels from Cairo to Cape Town through ten African countries will be welcomed by the Mayor, Helen Zille and Andrew Wheeldon of the Bicycling Empowerment Network (BEN) who will cycle together on a tandem through the city with the riders before entering the Waterfront.
 
While Tour d'Afrique is first and foremost an endurance event for professional and amateur cyclists alike, its mandate is to assist desperately ill people in some of the poorest nations in the world receive better health care while simultaneously proliferating the bicycle as a viable means of transportation.
 
The 40 intrepid cyclists representing 12 countries will be welcomed by the Mayor, friends, family and supporters as they ride across the Finish Line at Quay 6 at the Waterfront at around 14:00 on Saturday 12th May.
 
Performers, dancers and musicians from the African nations on the Tour's route will entertain the crowds at the Amphitheatre from 10:00am until the cyclists take the stage at 14:30 to receive their medals.
 
Registration for Tour d'Afrique 2008 has opened.  For cyclists considering participating in next year's Tour, an Information Evening and Fund Raising Dinner will be held at Forty Ate on Tuesday 15th May.
 
For more information visit www.tourdafrique.com or call Theresa Brown on 084 353 1975 for further details.