Cycle Sportives

Top 10 would require lots of slow people in the Elites and my ability to hang on for the sprint finish.
Lucky I'm an awesome wheelsucker ;)

I have faith in you.

I'm feeling sick and drinking beer.. you sure you wanna back this horse ;)

Don't worry hippy, I won't allow you to let me down.

LISTING KEY
CH - changing facilities
FD - Feed stations
EOL - Entry on the line
ET - electronic timing

FEBRUARY

**Date: **1
**Name: **Tour of the Ouse Valley Sportive
**Where: **Cranfield University Sports Pavilion, Bucks MK43 0AL
**Distance: **140km
**Entry: **£17.50/ EOL £25
**Contact: **http://www.cycleweb.co.uk/synergy/reg.tov.shtml
(EOL/ ET/ CH)

**Date: **1
**Name: **Hell of the Ashdown
**Where: **Charles Darwin School, Biggin Hill, Kent
**Entry: **£15
**Contact: **http://www.hell.gb.com/
SOLD OUT

**Date: **8
**Name: **Burnham & Baddow Cyclosportive
**Where: **East Hanningfield Village Hall
**Distance: **100km/ 40km
**Entry: **£5/ Juv £2
**Contact: **www.southendwheelers.org
(EOL/ ET/ CH)

**Date: **22
**Name: **Phil Cooke Challenge Ride
**Where: **Dunchurch Village Hall
**Distance: **100km/ 50km
**Entry: **£5
**Contact: **Martin Hackley 01788 - 810212
(EOL/ CH)

MARCH

**Date: **1
**Name: **Puncheur March Sportive
**Where: **Ditchling, East Sussex
**Distance: **67 miles
**Entry: **£20
**Contact: **http://www.puncheur.co.uk
(ET/ FD)

**Date: **1
**Name: **Mad March Hare Sportive
**Where: **Bradley Green Village Hall, Worcs
**Distance: **107km
**Entry: **£8.00 pre entry/ £10.00 EOL
**Contact: **www.madmarchharesportive.co.uk
SOLD OUT

**Date: **1
**Name: **Surrey Rumble
**Where: **Cobham, Surrey
**Distance: **125km/ 95km
**Entry: **£8.00/ £6.00 U18
**Contact: **http://www.surreyrumble.co.uk
SOLD OUT

**Date: **1
**Name: **St David's Day Cyclo Sportive – The Daffodil Classic
**Where: **Pendine, Carmarthenshire, South Wales
**Distance: **50miles
**Entry: **£10 in advance/ £12 on the day
**Contact: **http://www.coast2coast-usa.org/
(FD/ EOL)

**Date: **1
**Name: **Puncheur Sportive
**Where: **Ditchling, East Sussex
**Distance: **67miles
**Entry: **£20
**Contact: **https://www.sportident.co.uk/entries/event.php?event_id=158
(ET/ FD)

**Date: **8
**Name: **SWRC Early Spring Cyclosportive
**Where: **Fetcham, Surrey
**Distance: **100km
**Entry: **£10 in advance/ £12.50 EOL
**Contact: **http://www.swrc.org.uk/spring_sportive_Mar09.html
(EOL/ FD)

**Date: **14
**Name: **Epic Cycles Spring Challenge
**Where: **Tithe Barm, Kyre Park
**Distance: **80km
**Entry: **£10
**Contact: **http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/eotk/portal.asp?eid=748
SOLD OUT

**Date: **15
**Name: **Burgess Hill Springtime Classic
**Where: **Burgess Hill, West Sussex
**Distance: **71 miles/ 53miles/ 35miles
**Entry: **£25/ £25/ £20
**Contact: **www.srs-events.cc
(ET/ CH/ FD)

**Date: **15
**Name: **Harry Reynolds Spring Sportive
**Where: **Earlswood Motor Yacht Club, Solihull
**Distance: **70miles/ 60miles
**Entry: **£5
**Contact: **www.solihullcc.org.uk
(EOL)

**Date: **29
**Name: **UCI Cheshire Cat Sportive
**Where: **Cheshire
**Distance: **102miles/ 66miles/ 37miles
**Entry: **£28/ £28/ £15
**Contact: **infor@kilotogo.com
(ET/ CH)

APRIL

**Date: **5
**Name: **Essex Roads Spring Lambs Sportive
**Where: **Hannakins Farm, Essex
**Distance: **150km
**Entry: **£22 non-ERCC members/ £17 ERCC members
**Contact: **secretary@essexsportive.com
(FD/ ET/ EOL/ CH)

**Date: **12
**Name: **Lakeland Loop
**Where: **Great Langdale, Cumbria
**Distance: **120km
**Entry: **£15
**Contact: **http://regonline.activeeurope.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=660807
(FD)

**Date: **19
**Name: **Downland Spring Sportive
**Where: **Canterbury, Kent
**Distance: **169km
**Entry: **TBC
**Contact: **http://www.downlandcycles.co.uk/events.htm
(ET/ CH/ FD)

**Date: **19
**Name: **North Cornwall Tor
**Where: **Bodmin, Cornwall
**Distance: **100miles/ 70miles/ 43miles
**Entry: **£27/ £15/ £15
**Contact: **http://www.northcornwalltor.co.uk/
(CH/ ET)

**Date: **25
**Name: **The Discover Rutland CiCLE Tour
**Where: **Rutland and East Leicestershire
**Distance: **100miles/ 50miles/ 30km
**Entry: **£20/ £20/ £5
**Contact: **http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/eotk/portal.asp?eid=774
(EOL/ CH/ FD)

**Date: **26
**Name: **White Horse Challenge
**Where: **Shrivenham Memorial Hall, Shrivenham
**Distance: **150km
**Entry: **£22
**Contact: **http://www.whitehorsechallenge.com
(ET/ FD)

**Date: **26
**Name: **Princes Risborough Sunday Sportive
**Where: **Princes Risborough, Bucks
**Distance: **126km/ 93km/ 80km
**Entry: **£17/ £15/ £14
**Contact: **http://www.southernsportive.com/?go=sunday&page=book&eventid=266
(CH/ EOL/ ET)

MAY

**Date: **2
**Name: **Drumlanrig Tearfund Challenge
**Where: **Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfries, Scotland
**Distance: **82miles/ 40miles/ 18miles
**Entry: **Donation, £25 suggested
**Contact: **www.drumlanrigchallenge.btik.com
(CH/ FD/ ET)

**Date: **3
**Name: **Forest of Dean Spring Classic
**Where: **Monmouth Town Centre, Wales
**Distance: **85miles
**Entry: **£25/ £32 EOL
**Contact: **http://www.forestofdeanspringclassic.co.uk
(CH/ ET/ EOL/ FD)

**Date: **3
**Name: **Preseli Teifi Cyclosportive
**Where: **Newport, Pembrokeshire, Wales
**Distance: **80miles split into two loops
**Entry: **£20/ £15 for 45mile loop
**Contact: **http://www.velo-teifi.org.uk/
(CH/ EOL)

**Date: **3
**Name: **Spires and Squires
**Where: **Naseby, Northants
**Distance: **80miles/ 50miles
**Entry: **£20
**Contact: **http://www.justracinguk.com/event/squires-and-spires-cyclosportive
(CH/ FD)

**Date: **4
**Name: **Kent Air Ambulance
**Where: **Marden, Kent
**Distance: **118km
**Entry: **tbc
**Contact: **http://www.sanfairyanncc.co.uk/?pageid=1
(EOL/ FD)

**Date: **9
**Name: **Bealach Beag Challenge
**Where: **Applecross Peninsula, Wester Ross
**Distance: **45 miles
**Entry: **£35
**Contact: **https://www.sportident.co.uk/entries/event.php?event_id=166
(ET/ FD)

**Date: **10
**Name: **Classic Oxfordshire
**Where: **Culham Science Park, Abingdon, Oxon
**Distance: **30miles or 60 circular routes
**Entry: **£13/ £12 team entry, £7 U14's
**Contact: **www.bike-events.com

**Date: **10
**Name: **Duncton Sunday Sportive
**Where: **Duncton Cricket Club, Petworth, West Sussex
**Distance: **133km /111km/ 60km
**Entry: **TBC
**Contact: **www.southernsportive.com

**Date: **10
**Name: **Hampshire Hilly Hundred
**Where: **Sparsholt College, Hampshire
**Distance: **100miles/ 76miles
**Entry: **£22
**Contact: **www.sportivecycling.org.uk
(FD/ ET/ CH)

**Date: **10
**Name: **Bucks Off Road Sportive
**Where: **Martin Baker Sports & Social Club, Uxbridge, Middlesex
**Distance: **100km/ 72km/ 40km
**Entry: **£16/ £20 EOL
**Contact: **www.bucksoffroadclassic.co.uk
(CH/ FD/ EOL)

**Date: **10
**Name: **Fred Whitton Challenge
**Where: **Coniston Sports Centre
**Distance: **112miles
**Entry: **£40
**Contact: **www.fredwhittonchallenge.org.uk
SOLD OUT

**Date: **17
**Name: **The Midland Monster
**Where: **Roliston Forestry Centre, Derbyshire
**Distance: **160km/ 110km/ 25km
**Entry: **£25
**Contact: **http://www.wheelsinwheelscc.com/
(FD/ EOL/ ET/ CH)

**Date: **17
**Name: **Etape Caledonia
**Where: **Highland Perthshire
**Distance: **81miles
**Entry: **£54
**Contact: **http://www.etapecaledonia.co.uk
(ET/ FD/

**Date: **17
**Name: **Etape du Dales
**Where: **Grassington, North Yorkshire
**Distance: **110miles
**Entry: **£30
**Contact: **http://www.etapedudales.co.uk/entries.htm
SOLD OUT

**Date: **23
**Name: **Richmond Cyclosportives
**Where: **Richmond, North Yorkshire
**Distance: **100miles/ 80miles
**Entry: **£15/ £5 for U18
**Contact: **https://www.sportident.co.uk/entries/event.php?event_id=171
(ET/ FD/ CH)

**Date: **24
**Name: **Gran Fondo Cymru
**Where: **Bala, Gwynedd, North Wales
**Distance: **200km/ 135km/ 61km
**Entry: **£26 Adult/ £15 Junior/ £22 OAP
**Contact: **http://www.granfondocymru.org.uk/
(FD/ CH/ ET)

**Date: **23 - 25
**Name: **Tour of Wessex
**Where: **Wessex, Somerton
**Distance: **111/ 106/ 102/ 75/ 25miles
**Entry: **100miles + £75/ £23/ £10
**Contact: **www.tourofwessex.com
(ET/ FD/ CH)

**Date: **30
**Name: **Skye Mor and Beag
**Where: **Portree, Isle of Skye, Scotland
**Distance: **95miles/ 48miles
**Entry: **£35
**Contact: **https://www.sportident.co.uk/entries/event.php?event_id=169
(ET/ CH)

**Date: **30
**Name: **Cycling Plus Sportive
**Where: **Donington Park, Derby
**Distance: **TBC
**Entry: **TBC
**Contact: **www.bikeradar.com/live

**Date: **31
**Name: **Chiltern Hundred Challenge
**Where: **Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire
**Distance: **171km/ 115km/ 84km
**Entry: **£19
**Contact: **http://www.chiltern-hundred.org.uk/index.html
(FD/ CH/ ET)

**Date: **31
**Name: **Manchester to Liverpool
**Where: **Salford's Watersports Centre, Salford Quays
**Distance: **38miles
**Entry: **£14/ £13 team entry
**Contact: **www.bike-events.com

JUNE

**Date: **7
**Name: **Highclere Castle MagnifiCat
**Where: **Highclere Park, Newbury, Berkshire
**Distance: **202km/ 123km/ 73km/ 1.5km
**Entry: **£25/ £25/ £15/ TBC
**Contact: **http://www.cyclegb.co.uk/
(EOL/ ET/ FD)

**Date: **7
**Name: **Norwich 100/50
**Where: **City Hall, Norwich
**Distance: **100miles, 50miles
**Entry: **£16/ £15 team entry
**Contact: **www.bike-events.com

**Date: **7
**Name: **Polka Dot Challenge – Spud Riley Memorial Gran Fondo
**Where: **Woodford Community Centre, Cheshire
**Distance: **100miles/ 50miles
**Entry: **£20
**Contact: **www.polkadotchallenge.co.uk
(ET/ CH/ FD)

**Date: **7
**Name: **Tour of Pembrokeshire
**Where: **Folly Farm, Tenby
**Distance: **115miles/ 64miles
**Entry: **£20/ £15
**Contact: **http://tourofpembrokeshire.co.uk
(ET/ FD)

**Date: **7
**Name: **Le Terrier
**Where: **Lancaster & Bowland Fells
**Distance: **80miles/ 45miles
**Entry: **£20/ £20
**Contact: **www.le_terrier.co.uk
(CH/ ET)

**Date: **7
**Name: **Reigate Sunday Sportive
**Where: **Reigate, Surrey
**Distance: **143km/ 105km/ 86km
**Entry: **£17/ £15/ £14
**Contact: **http://www.southernsportive.com/?go=sunday&page=event&eventid=268
(CH/ ET/ FD)

**Date: **13
**Name: **Cairngorm 100/50
**Where: **Cairngorm National Park, Scotland
**Distance: **100miles/ 50miles
**Entry: **£35
**Contact: **https://www.sportident.co.uk/entries/event.php?event_id=168
(CH/ ET)

**Date: **13
**Name: **Northern Rock Cyclone
**Where: **Newcastle Falcons Rugby Club
**Distance: **100miles/ 62miles/ 31miles
**Entry: **Over 16 £20/ Youth rides £10
**Contact: **www.northernrockcyclone.co.uk
(ET/ CH/ FD)

**Date: **14
**Name: **Dragon Ride Wales
**Where: **Pencoed College, South Wales
**Distance: **185km/ 125kms
**Entry: **£29
**Contact: **http://www.dragonride.co.uk/enter.php
(CH/ ET/ FD)

**Date: **14
**Name: **Great Kent
**Where: **North Park, Ashford
**Distance: **53miles/ 29miles
**Entry: **£15/ £14 team entry
**Contact: **www.bike-events.com

**Date: **14
**Name: **F1 Driver Mark Webber Classic
**Where: **Leighton Buzzard, South Buckinghamshire
**Distance: **95miles/ 50miles/ 9miles
**Entry: **£25/ £17.50
**Contact: **http://www.wheelsinwheelscc.com/ridetothehorns/entries.html
(EOL/ ET/ CH/ FD)

**Date: **20 - 21
**Name: **Iron Mountain Sportive
**Where: **Abergavenny
**Distance: **100miles/ 50miles/ 25miles
**Entry: **Individuals - £25/ £20/ £10; Families - £50/ £40/ £20
**Contact: **www.abergavennyfestivalofcycling.co.uk
(EOL/ CH/ ET)

**Date: **21
**Name: **Dave Lloyd Mega Challenge
**Where: **North Wales
**Distance: **150miles/ 100miles/ 70miles
**Entry: **£40/ £35/ £30
**Contact: **https://www.sportident.co.uk/entries/event.php?event_id=144
(ET/ CH/ FD)

**Date: **21
**Name: **Circuit of the Cotswolds
**Where: **Witney, Oxfordshire
**Distance: **102miles/ 70miles
**Entry: **£25
**Contact: **jim@circuitofthecotswold.org
(FD/ ET)

**Date: **28
**Name: **Dartmoor Classic
**Where: **Abbrook Park Sports & Social Club, Kingsteignton
**Distance: **100miles/ 100km
**Entry: **£25
**Contact: **http://www.dartmoorclassic.co.uk
(CH/ ET/ FD)

**Date: **28
**Name: **White Rose Challenge
**Where: **Ben Rhydding, Ilkley, West Yorkshire
**Distance: **185km/ 133km/ 80km
**Entry: **£25
**Contact: **https://www.sportident.co.uk/entries/event.php?event_id=163
(ET/ CH/ FD)

JULY

**Date: **4
**Name: **Tour of Exmoor
**Where: **Porlock Village Hall, Somerset
**Distance: **103miles/ 85miles
**Entry: **£27/ £23
**Contact: **www.tourofexmoor.com
(CH/ EOL/ ET)

**Date: **4
**Name: **Gore Bike Wear Round 1 - Builth Wells
**Where: **White House Farm, Wales
**Distance: **80-100miles/ 40-50miles
**Entry: **£25
**Contact: **www.gorebikewearsportives.com
(ET/ CH/ EOL)

**Date: **4
**Name: **Wantage Sunday Sportive
**Where: **Letcombe Regis, near Wantage, Oxfordshire
**Distance: **35miles/ 27miles/ 17miles + 100km enduro
**Entry: **£12/ £11/ £10
**Contact: **http://www.trailbreak.co.uk/shop/product_info.php?products_id=277
(ET/ CH/ EOL)

**Date: **5
**Name: **The Merlin Ride
**Where: **National Botanic Gardens of Wales
**Distance: **112miles/ 70miles/ 50miles
**Entry: **£25
**Contact: **http://www.merlincycletours.co.uk/content/view/26/47/
(CH/ FD/ EOL)

**Date: **5
**Name: **London to Oxford
**Where: **Walpole Park, Ealing, London
**Distance: **57miles
**Entry: **£15/ £14 team entry
**Contact: **www.bike-events.com

**Date: **5
**Name: **Birmingham to Oxford
**Where: **Oxpens Meadow, Oxford
**Distance: **69miles/ 59miles
**Entry: **£15/ £14 team entry
**Contact: **www.bike-events.com

**Date: **5
**Name: **Wyre Forest Stinger
**Where: **Stourport Sports Club, Worcestershire
**Distance: **160km/ 100km/ 25km
**Entry: **£20, £25 EOL/ £15, £20 EOL/ £10, £15 EOL
**Contact: **http://www.wyreforeststinger.co.uk
(FD/ ET/ EOL/ CH)

**Date: **5
**Name: **The 3 Counties Challenge
**Where: **Cumbria, Lancashire and Yorkshire
**Distance: **120miles/ 60miles/ 25miles/
**Entry: **£25/ £30/ £5
**Contact: **www.3countieschallenge.co.uk
(ET/ EOL/ CH/ FD)

**Date: **5
**Name: **Test Valley Tour
**Where: **The Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Ampfield near Romsey
**Distance: **150km/ 100km/ 50km
**Entry: **£15/ £12/ £13, Juniors £7
**Contact: **www.testvalleytour.com
(EOL/ ET/ CH/ FD)

**Date: **12
**Name: **East Midlands CiCLE Challenge
**Where: **East Midlands & Rutland
**Distance: **180km/ 100km/ 30km
**Entry: **£20/ £15/ £5
**Contact: **www.cicleclassic.co.uk
(FD/ EOL/ ET/ CH)

**Date: **12
**Name: **London2Bournemouth Cycle
**Where: **Wimbledon Park, London
**Distance: **115miles
**Entry: **£45
**Contact: **http://www.london2bournemouth.co.uk

**Date: **12
**Name: **Manchester to Blackpool
**Where: **Manchester United Football Ground
**Distance: **60miles
**Entry: **£15/ £14 team entry
**Contact: **www.bike-events.com

**Date: **12
**Name: **Porkpies & Potholes CiCLE Challenge Rides
**Where: **King Edward VII Sports Centre, Melton Mowbray Rotary Club
**Distance: **180km/ 100km/ 30km
**Entry: **
**Contact: **www.cicleclassic.co.uk
(CH/

**Date: **12
**Name: **The Devil Ride
**Where: **Builth Wells, Wales
**Distance: **100miles/ 100km
**Entry: **£25
**Contact: **http://www.cyclosportives.co.uk/
(ET/ CH/ FD)

**Date: **18
**Name: **Essex Castle
**Where: **Kings Meadow, Colchester, Essex
**Distance: **75miles/ 50miles/ 25miles
**Entry: **£14/ £13 team entry
**Contact: **www.bike-events.com
(FD)

**Date: **19
**Name: **White Rose Classic
**Where: **Hawes, Yorkshire Dales National Park
**Distance: **102miles/ 84miles/ 69miles
**Entry: **£26/ £26/ £26
**Contact: **http://www.whiteroseclassic.co.uk
(FD/ CH/ ET)

**Date: **19
**Name: **The Roses Round
**Where: **Tosside village hall, Clitheroe, Lancashire
**Distance: **75miles/ 35miles
**Entry: **£15
**Contact: **http://www.epicevents.org

**Date: **19
**Name: **Anthony Maynard Sportive
**Where: **Berkshire Downs
**Distance: **190km/ 105km
**Entry: **£21
**Contact: **www.anthonymaynardspo
(ET/ CH)

**Date: **19
**Name: **London to Southend
**Where: **Victoria Park, Tower Hamlets, London
**Distance: **59miles
**Entry: **£16/ £15 team entry
**Contact: **www.bike-events.com

**Date: **25
**Name: **Tour of the Black Mountains
**Where: **Black Mountains, South Wales
**Distance: **114miles/ 85miles/ 50miles
**Entry: **£27/ £23
**Contact: **www.touroftheblackmountains.com
(ET/ CH)

**Date: **25
**Name: **Big G – Grimpeurs des Wolds
**Where: **Beverley, Yorkshire Wolds
**Distance: **160km/ 100km/ 50km
**Entry: **£20
**Contact: **www.eastyorkshireclassic.co.uk
(FD/ CH)

**Date: **26
**Name: **Shop2Shop Torture
**Where: **St Ives, Cambridgeshire
**Distance: **160km
**Entry: **£25
**Contact: **http://www.wheelsinwheelscc.com/shop2shop/index.html
(CH/ FD/ ET optional)

**Date: **26
**Name: **London to Cambridge
**Where: **Pickett's Lock, Enfield
**Distance: **55miles
**Entry: **£16/ £15 team entry
**Contact: **www.bike-events.com

AUGUST

**Date: **1
**Name: **Gore Bike Wear Round 2 - Selkirk
**Where: **Selkirk, Scotland
**Distance: **130miles/ 100miles/ 50miles (approx)
**Entry: **£25
**Contact: **www.gorebikewearsportives.com
(CH/ FD)

**Date: **2
**Name: **Pendle Pedal
**Where: **Rolls Royce Sports Ground, Barnoldswick
**Distance: **100miles/ 60miles
**Entry: **£25 individual/ £90 for a team entry
**Contact: **www.pennineevents.co.uk
(ET/ CH/ FD/ EOL)

**Date: **9
**Name: **Ryedale Rumble
**Where: **St. Martin's Ampleforth Preparatory School, Gilling Castle
**Distance: **188km/ 135km/ 90km
**Entry: **£26
**Contact: **www.ryedalerumble.co.uk
(FD/ ET/ CH)

**Date: **9
**Name: **Suffolk Coast
**Where: **Glemham Hall, Suffolk
**Distance: **35miles or 60miles circular route
**Entry: **£16/ £15 team entry, £8 U15's
**Contact: **www.bike-events.com
(FD)

**Date: **9
**Name: **Wild Edric
**Where: **Shropshire
**Distance: **100miles/ 70miles
**Entry: **£28
**Contact: **www.kilotogo.com
(CH/ ET/ FD)

**Date: **16
**Name: **Woodcote Sunday Sportive
**Where: **Woodcote Village Hall, Oxfordshire
Distances – 122km/ 95km/ 75km
**Entry: **£12/
**Contact: **www.southernsportive.com
(EOL/ ET/ FD)

**Date: **23
**Name: **Ken Laidlaw Scottish Borders Sportive
**Where: **Hawick
**Distance: **160km/ 60km
**Entry: **£25/ £25
**Contact: **www.hamishgsmith.co.uk/cycling.htm
(EOL/ CH/ FD)

**Date: **30
**Name: **Burgess Hill Rumble
**Where: **Burgess Hill, West Sussex
**Distance: **95miles/ 65miles/ 45miles/ 20miles
**Entry: **£25/ £25/ £20/ £10
**Contact: **http://www.srs-events.cc
(ET/ CH/ FD)

SEPTEMBER

**Date: **5
**Name: **Bealach Mor
**Where: **Kinlochewe
**Distance: **90miles
**Entry: **£35
**Contact: **www.handsonevents.co.uk
SOLD OUT

**Date: **6
**Name: **The Cumberland Challenge
**Where: **North Cumbria
**Distance: **168km
**Entry: **£20
**Contact: **http://www.thecumberlandchallenge.co.uk/entry.htm
(ET/ CH/ FD)

**Date: **6
**Name: **London to Windsor
**Where: **Richmond Green, Surrey
**Distance: **37miles/ 29miles
Entry –£16/ £15 team entry
**Contact: **www.bike-events.com
(FD)

**Date: **6
**Name: **Manchester 100
**Where: **Wythenshawe, Manchester
**Distance: **100miles/ 100km
**Entry: **£16/ £15
**Contact: **www.bike-events.com
(FD)

**Date: **13
**Name: **The Southern Sportive
**Where: **Churches College, Petersfield, Hampshire
**Distance: **155km/ 112km/ 71km
**Entry: **£25/ £24/ £23
**Contact: **http://www.southernsportive.com/index.php?go=southern&page=home
(CH/ ET/ FD)

**Date: **13
**Name: **Sevenoaks Circuit of Kent
**Where: **Sevenoaks, Kent
**Distance: **140km/ 80km
**Entry: **£30
**Contact: **http://www.kentcyclosportive.co.uk/onlineregistration.html
(ET/ CH/ FD)

**Date: **13
**Name: **Wessex 100/50
**Where: **Ralph Allen School, Bath
**Distance: **100miles or 50mile circular
**Entry: **£16/ £15 team entry
**Contact: **www.bike-events.com

**Date: **13
**Name: **Tour of Worcester
**Where: **Worcester Race Course
**Distance: **148km/ 22km
**Entry: **£25 - £30 EOL
**Contact: **www.ridetheroute.net
(EOL/ FD/ CH/ ET)

**Date: **13
**Name: **Castle Combe Sportive
**Where: **Chippenham, Wilts
Distances – 100km/ 100miles
**Entry: **TBC
**Contact: **www.veloevents.co.uk

**Date: **13
**Name: **Trans Cambrian Cyclo Sportive
Location – Rhayader, Mid Wales
**Distance: **140km
**Entry: **£20
**Contact: **www.clivepowell-mtb.co.uk
(ET/ FD)

**Date: **19
**Name: **Gore Bike Wear Round 3 - Ruthin
Location – Ruthin, Wales
**Distance: **100miles/ 50miles
**Entry: **£25
**Contact: **www.gorebikewearsportives.com
(CH/ FD)

**Date: **20
**Name: **Dave Lloyd Cumbrian Killer
**Where: **Silverdale, North Lancashire
**Distance: **100miles
**Entry: **£30
**Contact: **https://www.sportident.co.uk/entries/event.php?event_id=178
(CH/ FD/ ET)
**Date: **20
**Name: **Southdowns Challenge
**Where: **Southwick near Portsmouth
**Distance: **80miles/ 50miles
**Entry: **£16/ £18 on the day
**Contact: **http://www.southdowns-challenge.co.uk/contactentryform.htm
(EOL/ CH/ FD)

**Date: **20
**Name: **Cheddar Cyclosportive Two Day
**Where: **Cheddar, Somerset
**Distance: **160km/ 100km/ 48km
**Entry: **£21
**Contact: **www.cheddarchallenge.com
(CH/ ET/ FD)

**Date: **20
**Name: **New Forest
**Where: **Brockenhurst Sixth Form College, Brockenhurst
**Distance: **48miles/ 28miles/ 18miles
**Entry: **£14/ £13, £7.50 U14's
**Contact: **www.bike-events.com
(FD)

**Date: **26
**Name: **Ullapool Sportive
**Where: **Ullapool, Ross-shire
Distances – 130miles/ 65miles
**Entry: **£35
**Contact: **www.handsonevents.co.uk
(ET/ CH)

**Date: **26
**Name: **Surrey Legs of Steel, Dave Aitchison Challenge Ride
**Where: **Box Hill, Dorking, Surrey
Distances – 81km/ 46km
**Entry: **£20
**Contact: **www.fulontri.com
(ET)

**Date: **26
**Name: **Tour of Dartmoor
**Where: **Dartmoor
**Distance: **103miles/ 82miles
**Entry: **£27/ £23
**Contact: **www.tourofdartmoor.com
(ET/ CH)

**Date: **27
**Name: **Test Valley Tour
**Where: **Andover, Hampshire
**Distance: **150km/ 100km/ 50km
**Entry: **£15/ £12/ £12, £7 juniors
**Contact: **http://www.testvalleytour.com/
(FD/ EOL/ ET/ CH)

OCTOBER

**Date: **4
**Name: **Autumn Epic
**Where: **Knighton, Welsh Marches
**Distance: **150km
**Entry: **£25
**Contact: **www.cyclosporives.co.uk
(FD/ ET/ CH)

**Date: **4
**Name: **Bike Blenheim Palace Sportive
**Where: **Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire
Distances – 100miles
**Entry: **TBC
**Contact: **www.blenheimpalace.com

**Date: **4
**Name: **Ride of the Falling Leaves
**Where: **Herne Hill Velodrome
**Distance: **110km/ 80km
**Entry: **£15
**Contact: **http://www.dulwichparagon.com/
(CH/ ET/ FD)

**Date: **24
**Name: **Tour of the Peak
**Where: **Peak District
**Distance: **100miles/ 70miles
**Entry: **£28
**Contact: **www.kilotogo.com
(CH/ FD)

NOVEMBER

**Date: **1
**Name: **The Exmoor Beast
**Where: **Wimbleball Lake, Dulverton, Somerset
**Distance: **100miles/ 100km
**Entry: **£27
**Contact: **www.exmoorbeast.org
(FD/ ET)

You're never going to get fit if you skip so many sportives, Clive.

Great stuff Cliveo! thats 3 more i signed up to

And there's the Easter Classic on Easter Monday which I rode last year and have just entered this year. Nice ride from East London out in to rural Essex. A few sharp hills. Some lovely country lanes. Only £10. Last year we rode in a blizzard. I did surprisingly well as the only person whi didn't puncture. Has to be better this year.

http://www.londonphoenix.co.uk/pages/easter-classic/09/

Oi cliveo.. don't bother trying to compete with Oliver.. his posts will be longer :P

Can you edit that and delete the sold out ones?

Can you edit that and delete the sold out ones?

Probably easiest for you to copy it into Word and delete the offending bits yourself. It is quite useful as it is as it shows what else is on and when. I might end up double booking otherwise as I have booked, for example, for the Surrey Rumble which is notw sold out. I can be stupid like that.

You should have your events in your calendar/blackberry/whatever. So for people looking to enter new events it makes sense to show the ones that aren't sold out. But, hey it's your post.

I just use this: http://www.cyclosport.org/events2009.aspx

Exmoor Beast is in the bag! get in

good list, thanks Clive. Guess I need to put my money where my mouth is for a few more of these - retirement after one would be lame!

There's no nearby transport. That's why I didn't do this year's one.
It's also what is putting me off Dave Lloyd MEGA.

i would love to do some but I don't have a road bike :(

It is remote but the route is fantastic, i saw so many broke riders last year it wasn't funny.
i'll probably drive to save the hassle

I was going to do it last year, but I haven't got a car and as hippy said...

There's no nearby transport.

If anyone wants to do the Surrey Rumble I entered it but cannot make it, you can take my starting time and stuff, I'm sure you can change the name too. Just pm me your e mail address and I'll forward you the email for it.

The sportive calander is starting with the Burgess Hill Rumble for me

It is remote but the route is fantastic, i saw so many broke riders last year it wasn't funny.
i'll probably drive to save the hassle

Take me with youuuuuuu!!!!!!!

good list, thanks Clive. Guess I need to put my money where my mouth is for a few more of these - retirement after one would be lame!

any plans yet? my next one will prob be the surrey rumble....

If you want Hippy. let me know
but no bed sharing if its an over nighter.. i'm not that kind of guy

Not a sportive but a good distance and London-based:

Cycling Club Hackney's annual season opener is the 'Round Chelmsford'.

April 19th, 2009

100 miles, out from the Lee Valley Ice Centre, looping around Chelmsford, and back.

One sharpish hill (North Hill), otherwise mostly flat.

Was great fun last year despite an almighty downpour just before the cafe stop.

http://www.cyclingclubhackney.co.uk/

If you want Hippy. let me know
but no bed sharing if its an over nighter.. i'm not that kind of guy

fatboyralph and RPM can both vouch for my complete innocence when sharing rooms..

at least what they can remember..

Not a sportive but a good distance and London-based:
Cycling Club Hackney's annual season opener is the 'Round Chelmsford'.
April 19th, 2009
100 miles, out from the Lee Valley Ice Centre, looping around Chelmsford, and back.
One sharpish hill (North Hill), otherwise mostly flat.
Was great fun last year despite an almighty downpour just before the cafe stop.
http://www.cyclingclubhackney.co.uk/

Is it signposted? Is it fast?

Is it signposted? Is it fast?

Routesheeted, Googlemapped. Not quite there with the GPS yet. There was a pretty fast group last year made up of our top club riders, but several different speeds. I couldn't keep up with the fastest.