{"id":1450,"date":"2009-03-08T00:04:03","date_gmt":"2009-03-07T22:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=1450"},"modified":"2009-03-08T00:05:23","modified_gmt":"2009-03-07T22:05:23","slug":"matt-damon-celebrity-argus-cyclist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/matt-damon-celebrity-argus-cyclist\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Damon celebrity Argus cyclist"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Matt Damon is the most high-profile VIP to be riding in the Cape Argus Pick ‘n Pay Cycle Tour today, together\u00a0with 35000 other cyclists.<\/p>\n

The Cape Argus <\/strong>reports that Francois Pienaar, ex-Springbok Rugby captain,\u00a0\u00a0inspired Damon to participate in the Cycle Race.\u00a0 Damon plays Pienaar in the movie ‘The Human Factor’, which is about the 1995 Rugby World Cup win for South Africa, and is being filmed in Cape Town at the moment.\u00a0\u00a0 Pienaar climbed Mount Kilimanjaro this past week, only to come back and get on his bicycle and participate in the Cycle Tour, all in aid of charity.<\/p>\n

The Cycle Tour has been successfully hosted in Cape Town for many years, and is estimated to contribute R 400 million to the economy of Cape Town and the Western Cape through entry fees, accommodation and restaurant costs, and travel costs.\u00a0\u00a0 Part of the monies generated by the race will go to charities.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Tour also\u00a0plays an\u00a0important tourism marketing role for the city and its environs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For the first time in a\u00a0number of\u00a0years, the Cycle Tour will go through Chapman’s Peak, but only after the cyclists have signed an indemnity\u00a0absolving the race organisers from any responsibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Matt Damon is the most high-profile VIP to be riding in the Cape Argus Pick ‘n Pay Cycle Tour today, together\u00a0with 35000 other cyclists. The Cape Argus reports that Francois Pienaar, ex-Springbok Rugby captain,\u00a0\u00a0inspired Damon to participate in the Cycle Race.\u00a0 Damon plays Pienaar in the movie ‘The Human Factor’, which is about the 1995 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[3,587,22],"tags":[467,837,838,783,779,957,5],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t