London -Surrey Classic

asprilla

The test event for the 2012 Cycling is taking place on August 14th. I was going to take a walk to the end of the road to watch them go by, but I didn't realise it was going to be such a big event....

BBC wrote:

1121: CYCLING -Mark Cavendish could face American rival Tyler Farrar in the London-Surrey Cycle Classic, the London 2012 Road Race test event, which takes place on Sunday 14 August. Also among the entries for the race are Olympic Team Pursuit champion Ed Clancy, Australian Matt Goss and Italy's Davide Appollonio.

keyser__soze

Will have to be careful opening my front door, don't want to take any of them out

rick_chasey

You bet.

Boonen's riding.

bigmat

I've got passes for Box Hill / The Mall but think I'm going to be too busy to go...

mroli

I'm probably stewarding (depending on imminent arrival)

chadders81

Going to get over to RP for this.

jzed

At a fecking wedding - had to find a home for my boxhill wristbands.

clarkey cat

I'm out on the bike.

rjsterry

May show the littl'un her first bike race. As I'm not organised enough to have a wrist band for Box Hill or the start/finish, any suggestions for good spectating spots besides RP?

womble88

How did you get wristbands? My parents applied as local residents, I applied through Surrey police and British Cycling, but nothing......

richVSrich

Chadders81 wrote:

Going to get over to RP for this.

can you get in to RP for this ? no restrictions? what sort of time would be good?

apart from there where else would be a good location? pretty open to locations

im going to check out boxhill tomorrow i think..never been...

King Donut

rjsterry wrote:

May show the littl'un her first bike race. As I'm not organised enough to have a wrist band for Box Hill or the start/finish, any suggestions for good spectating spots besides RP?

Same. I'm usually left holding the baby on Sunday mornings so it should wok out nicely. I'll probably take a walk over to Bushy park. It's a got a nice long open stretch of road and they should roll by fairly slowly. If I'm still there a couple of hours later I'll head down to Hampton Court to catch them coming home.

sketchley

There are signs up on the gate at RP stating you are not allowed to ride on the closed roads. Nothing about the others. I too had no idea the even was so big. Might have to take a spin out to Richmond Park on Sunday. I was going out for a ride anyway.

Anyone want to meet up in the park?

sketchley

http://www.royalparks.org.uk/London2012 ... hypark.cfm


Richmond Park and Bushy Park will be closed to vehicles all day on 14 August 2011
All dogs will be required to be kept on leads across the both parks
Please guard against fire and litter and please note that BBQ's are not permitted
Cycling will not be possible on the event route from 8pm on Saturday 13 August until 9pm on Sunday 14 August
In Richmond Park, cycling will be possible on the Tamsin trail, National cycle route 4 and from Roehampton car park to Kingston car park
Crossing the race route will only be possible at specified crossing places and at limited times
Cyclists will have to walk in some areas
Expect congestion at pedestrian gates, on the race route and at key viewing places - please be patient
Tree climbing is not permitted
Please respect the crowd barriers, notices and instructions from event stewards
Horse riding will not be possible

deptfordmarmoset

I never ever win anything so it won't harm my chances if hundreds of you have a shot at winning free VIP armbands here...

http://lcc.org.uk/articles/win-a-pair-o ... or-victory

stuaff

I got a couple of pairs for Box Hill, from C+, so three spare (ATM). Drop me a line if you're interested.

hstiles

Hampton Court will be a good spot. I'm heading there with the family for 08:30. We're a bit spoilt in that it's 5 mins away on the bikes.

itboffin

I got sent an invite by BC a while back but didnt bother, I can not be arsed with big crowds too watch 100 seconds of bicycle whiz past.

TV people TV

sketchley

Is it on TV?

optimisticbiker

Sketchley wrote:

Is it on TV?

Apart from the news where it'll be a bit about road closures it would seem not

ITV's TV guide website does a search of all Terrestrial and Satellite programme info and returns nothing related to this event in the next 2 weeks...

(but strangely does have something about action from the East Yorkshire Classic, a British Premier Calendar Series event.. Category: Sport Cycling, Tuesday 9th August at 6:30pm on Sky Sports 3 - go figure?)