The Covid-19 restrictions forced the Cape Town Cycle Tour Trust to postpone the 2021 event to October – ironically, the inaugural event was also an October affair, back in 1977 – but for the 44th edition, the race returns to its regular March slot. Kim Le Court De Billot returns as defending women’s champion, after triumphing in a reduced bunch sprint from the then national champion, and Hout Bay local, Hayley Preen, who made the racing out of her home village up the feared Suikerbossie, only to be brought back by Le Court de Billot and British triathlete Emma Pallant. Le Court de Billot also …