London Surrey Cycle Classic On Olympic Road Race Course

Attracting professional riders from around the world the mens RideLondon Classic sees the peloton race over a 200km route out of London into Surrey and back to The Mall. I decided that as the Box Hill circuit part of the course is only about an hours ride from home I would cycle out and watch the race.

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To the public and assembled media.

London surrey cycle classic on olympic road race course. For the mens race it includes nine laps of Box Hill a popular route for cyclists. Race director Mick Bennett commented. It is your opportunity to cycle on closed roads around London and most importantly for cyclo sportive riders.

The Prudential RideLondon Surrey 100-46. A test event the London-Surrey Cycle Classic is planned for August 14 and will attract many of the riders who. Im excited to see how the changes we have made to the course of the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic will change the race.

Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100. The entry wasnt as strong as it will be for the real event. Procycling Image 2 of 7 Marcel Wust and Erick Rowsell join Procycling on Box Hill Image credit.

The official test event for the Olympic games cycle road race took place last Sunday Sunday 14th August. Jamess Palace Harrods the. The London-Surrey Cycle Classic road race part of the London Prepares series that will replicate the routes scheduled for the 2012 Olympic Games has been set for Saturday 14 August 2011.

The RideLondon-Surrey 100 is a 100-mile closed-road cyclosportive closely following the 2012 Olympic road race course starting at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and heading through central London and Surrey via Richmond Park passing numerous iconic landmarks including the Tower of London Trafalgar Square St. For the past three years we have had a sprint finish on The Mall but having five climbs of Box Hill will change the dynamic and give riders looking to get in a break and stay away to finish extra incentive. In total the mens race will be 240km 149 miles and the womens 130km 8078 miles.

Branded as the London-Surrey Cycle Classic the race will see the likes of Mark Cavendish Tyler Farrar and Tom Boonen compete over 140 kilometers of closed roads through Greater London and Surrey. Mark Cavendish of Great Britain already has an appointment at Buckingham Palace to pick up his MBE and today picked up another prize in front of the royal residence winning the London-Surrey Cycle Classic the dress rehearsal for the Olympic road race in 12 months time. Based on the 2012 London Olympics road race course the 2063km route rolls out of St.

The London 2012 Olympic road race course Image credit. On Box Hill Surrey by the London. James Park in London before heading for the hills of Surrey.

100000 cyclists will apply through the. The race route takes cyclists from The Mall through west London and then out to Surrey and back. This loop is repeated several times to help make up the approximately 240km 149 miles distance for the mens race and the 130km 8078 miles course for the womens competition.

Ride a route that is based on a route made famous by the 2012 Olympics Road Race. A map of the route pdf can be found here. 145 rows The mens road race one of the cycling events at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

London proved its ability to host a world-class cycling event when it hosted the Tour de Frances Grand Depart in 2007. The organisers of RideLondon have announced the routes of the Surrey 100 sportive and Surrey Classic road race as well as naming Prudential insurance group as title sponsor for the event. The Olympic route appears to continue that tradition with the spectator.

Details of the mens and womens 2012 Olympic Games cycling road race route were officially revealed.

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