York Rally Grande Classic Sportive - 21st Sept 2014
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I hope a Sportive annoucement (in a good cause :-) ) isn't against the rules...
Entries are invited for the York Rally Grande Classic Sportive on the 21st September 2014. Three routes are available, taking riders north of York from the start point at Wiggington Village Hall into the Howardian Hills and then on into the North York Moors. An easy 36 km family route stays largely on the flat, while the 100 km and 140 km routes both take in spectacular Moors scenery. The challenging 140k includes the fearsome Rosedale Chimney Bank - with an optional bypass route for those who don't fancy its severe gradients! Refreshments, sag and broom wagons and marshalls at difficult junctions will all be provided. Visit the Sportive web page for maps, GPX & KML downloads and to enter online.
This Sportive is being organised as a fundraiser by the volunteer committee which is working to revive the York Rally: the event will return to York's Knavesmire on the 20-21st June 2015. We need to raise funds to cover the advance costs of a 'back to basics' event, to carry on the decades-long tradition of the Rally (since 1945!) as a cycling get-together to meet old friends and enjoy cycling fellowship. Full details of the committee and current plans are on the new York Rally website and any support or feedback at this early stage will really help. There is a Friends of York Rally supporter's club and if you have ideas for us, or could dedicate any time as a volunteer, please do contact the committee or come along to our next meeting in York on the 13th September, downstairs at 'York Bike Shed', Micklegate, York, 10AM. Clubs, associations and cycling interest groups of all sorts are warmly invited to be at the Rally too: we have almost unlimited space on the Knavesmire for anyone to run activities or just to gather and catch up.
All funds raised from the Sportive will be used to stage the Rally in 2015. Please do join the Sportive and we look forward to meeting you there on the 21st September and also next June on the Knavesmire in York!
Peter Eland
Publicity Officer
York Rally Committee
Entries are invited for the York Rally Grande Classic Sportive on the 21st September 2014. Three routes are available, taking riders north of York from the start point at Wiggington Village Hall into the Howardian Hills and then on into the North York Moors. An easy 36 km family route stays largely on the flat, while the 100 km and 140 km routes both take in spectacular Moors scenery. The challenging 140k includes the fearsome Rosedale Chimney Bank - with an optional bypass route for those who don't fancy its severe gradients! Refreshments, sag and broom wagons and marshalls at difficult junctions will all be provided. Visit the Sportive web page for maps, GPX & KML downloads and to enter online.
This Sportive is being organised as a fundraiser by the volunteer committee which is working to revive the York Rally: the event will return to York's Knavesmire on the 20-21st June 2015. We need to raise funds to cover the advance costs of a 'back to basics' event, to carry on the decades-long tradition of the Rally (since 1945!) as a cycling get-together to meet old friends and enjoy cycling fellowship. Full details of the committee and current plans are on the new York Rally website and any support or feedback at this early stage will really help. There is a Friends of York Rally supporter's club and if you have ideas for us, or could dedicate any time as a volunteer, please do contact the committee or come along to our next meeting in York on the 13th September, downstairs at 'York Bike Shed', Micklegate, York, 10AM. Clubs, associations and cycling interest groups of all sorts are warmly invited to be at the Rally too: we have almost unlimited space on the Knavesmire for anyone to run activities or just to gather and catch up.
All funds raised from the Sportive will be used to stage the Rally in 2015. Please do join the Sportive and we look forward to meeting you there on the 21st September and also next June on the Knavesmire in York!
Peter Eland
Publicity Officer
York Rally Committee
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Event organiser Paul Reid (above, pictured at the 2004 York Rally) has just written up his recent ride of the 100k route, which takes in some interesting gradients and spectacular views, on the York Rally website:
Riding the 100k Route - York Rally Classic Sportive
There are still places left at all distances, so sign up if you fancy a taste of the finest of Yorkshire's roads. Even if you can't join the Sportive yourself, it would be great if anyone reading this could help spread the word about this ride to riding friends or clubmates - it is helping to raise the funds we need to finance the re-launch of the Rally in 2015.0
