Wyre Forest CRC 14/06/09

apriliarider

Hi all,

Have entered this as first "real" road race CAT 2,3,4 - done a couple of TLI in Cheshire but half the distance !!

Anybody else doing it and got any details of course etc

Cheers

Martin

BigDarbs

Although I am not racing in it, (mainly because I am a 1st year 4th cat, and a 70 mile race with 2nd cats will be a very tough one!) I believe the course is 5 anti-clockwise laps of the KC22/14 circuit. have a look here, the map at the top of the page is the circuit.

http://www.wyreforestcrc.org.uk/index.php?p=57

It is an undulating course that I know very well as it is one of my regular training routes. Wyre Forest CRC use this as a time trial route for the club events. It is all fairly wide, 2 way road, relatively well surfaced, with some steady climbs of 1/4 - 1/2 mile in length, but nothing too extreme.

I am not sure where the finish is for this race, but if it is in the usual place it is a long steady gradient to the line, about 200 yards before the B4194 meets the A451 at the crossroads.

Hope that helps

apriliarider

Cheers for the reply

Looks like it may be an early bath then !!!!

Cheers

Martin

stratobiker

If you've entered that for your first race, you've chosen a tough one!
That's a hard circuit.

Of all the times I've raced there the winning move nearly always goes on the Stourport to Gt Witley road. There's a sort of two stage climb followed by a long drag. Make sure you're up near the front on that.

Likewise around the back of the circuit where you cross "Dick Brook" a couple of miles before Astley Cross. There's a long fast descent onto a climb. It's not steep, but as the leading riders get onto it and slow down it causes problems for the riders behind. Stay near the front.

Having said that, it's a great circuit, and the whole section from the Hundred House to Dick Brook is a blast to ride. Plus the finish is a wide safe one.

Have a good 'un.

SB