Future Of Ridelondon Sportive In Doubt
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Future of ridelondon sportive in doubt. RideLondon is the UKs largest cycling event with over 30000 participants in the closed-roads sportive and many thousands more taking part in the associated festival of cycling in central London. Surrey County Council recommends area no longer hosts RideLondon 100 sportive from 2022 Future of RideLondon sportive in doubt Cyclist Skip to main content area. The 2021 edition of RideLondon had already been heavily scaled back with no 100-mile sportive or WorldTour mens race.
If youre not doing RideLondon hell youve maybe not even heard of it perhaps you have another long distance sportive on your target list. While the fate of the closed road London sportive has been uncertain due to contract negotiations and the coronavirus pandemic the new partnership means the event will continue until 2031. Barcroft Media via Getty Images The popular RideLondon sportive will continue for another 10 years as organiser the announced the event will follow a new route from next year.
The eighth edition of the worlds greatest festival of cycling was scheduled to take place on the weekend of 15 and 16 August and feature four mass participation events. However the future of the RideLondon 100 sportive remains unclear. Surrey County Council has voted to cancel its support for RideLondon and not allow use of its roads after the 2021 edition which will now only ride 4.
The RideLondon 100 is just around the corner a fact that is no doubt occupying the minds of many a Sportive Cyclist reader. RideLondons future secure for 10 more years as popular sportive will follow a new route - Cycling Weekly. The RideLondon-Surrey 100 sportive the largest cyclosportive in the world in terms of participant numbers already cancelled this year may not return in 2021.
The RideLondon-Surrey 2020 event was cancelled due to coronavirus and organisers have scaled down the May 2021 event with no 100-mile sportive event or mens UCI World Tour race. Launched in 2013 in the wake of Londons 2012 Olympic Games RideLondon has put Surrey on the international cycling map. RideLondon dropped from mens WorldTour for 2021 Cycling Spring Classics 2021.
The future of RideLondon-Surrey 100 the UKs biggest sportive is in doubt after Surrey County Council yesterday voted to end support for the event after 2021. RideLondons future secure for 10 more years as popular sportive will follow a new route RideLondon has no future in Surrey after 2021 says council RideLondon 2020 has been cancelled. RideLondons future secure for 10 more years as popular sportive will follow a new route.
Surrey County Council are considering the future of the RideLondon-Surrey 100 with the current contract coming to an end in 2020. RideLondon has no future in Surrey after 2021 says council The 2021 event has already been scaled back with the 100-mile sportive and mens. The organiser has guaranteed the continuation of the event for the next ten years The popular RideLondon sportive will continue for another 10 years.
The Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 19 46 and 100 sportives plus Prudential RideLondon FreeCycle the free-for-all event that invites cyclists to pedal round seven miles of. Surrey County Council voted against allowing the closed-road ride to be routed through the county placing the majority of the sportive course - including the iconic Box Hill and Leith Hill climbs - off limits. In October 2020 Surrey County Council voted to withdraw support for RideLondon after the 2021 edition despite a majority of residents surveyed being in.
While organisers say their focus now turns to 2022 it is unlikely that the popular RideLondon sportive will return in its current form. RideLondon has no future in Surrey after 2021 says council The 2021 event has already been scaled back with the 100-mile sportive and mens WorldTour race both scrapped RideLondon 2020 has. RideLondons future secure for 10 more years as popular sportive will follow a new route RideLondon Festival 2021 has been cancelled RideLondon has no future.
The future of Great Britains largest 100 mile gran fondo style cycling event one of the largest in the world looks grim as local support is withdrawn. Race dates Monuments cobbles and live TV guide Future of RideLondon sportive in doubt. While the organisers say their focus now turns to 2022 it looks unlikely that the popular closed-road sportive will return in its current form.