Looking for some hilly road races

Fredster42

Hi

I've just got back from another plan flat circuit race at castle Coombe. Yet again I can get into a good position but just get out muscled in the sprint.

Some advice ive been given recently is to target races I'm likely to do best in. Last year I did better in the hillier road races as I'm only 66kg and seem to be going better than most when things go uphill

So I'm looking for some good hilly races to enter. I'm based in Cheltenham so anything within a reasonable drive would be ok. It's difficult to know what they are like from the BC calendar.

So I was hoping for some ideas from people who may know some of these races. The hillier the better!

Ian

Monty Dog

Suggest you head to Devon or South Wales?

risi

How about the Colin Carfield Memorial Road Race? 2,3,4 Cat Race.
Report from 2010: http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/road/a ... orial-RR-0
It's certainly hilly being based around the Mendips a bit and not too far from Cheltenham.

trickydisco

The colin carfield is indeed one of the hardest around here taking in 4 pretty hard climbs.

There's also the bristol south race which climbs stowey hill 7 times.

Surfr

How about mine? Tour of the Mining Valleys and the Angela Davis Memorial race. Same circuit, same day, different number of laps.

http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events ... ng-Valleys

wjcrombie

Surfr wrote:

How about mine? Tour of the Mining Valleys and the Angela Davis Memorial race. Same circuit, same day, different number of laps.

http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events ... ng-Valleys

I can confirm it is definately hilly, 1 long draggy section for a few KM, followed by a 1-2km climb. I think the finishing lap then goes from the top of the climb up further off the course..... Was fun to race, unfortunately I did not get the training in very mcuh before hand so did not last to long in the bunch when I rode it.