RESULTS: ARE NOW
AVAILABLE HERE.
WELL DONE AND THANK YOU TO ALL WHO
PARTICIPATED!
PHOTOS: ARE NOW UP
ON THE SPORTIVEPHOTO WEBSITE - click on the banner
upperleft.
T-SHIRTS ARE STILL
AVAILABLE : the classic "triple-H"
design, but this year in dark blue with white logo (a few red logo on grey and
orange logo on grey also available). £9.00 incl. P&P. All proceeds to Naomi
House. If you e-mail us with size required, we will confirm and issue
postal address for cheque.
Routesheets and links
to Maps are available on our Route page (button to the
left).
Time
standards for both the SuperMax (100-miler) and Midi (77-miler) routes
(button to the left).
SCHEDULE
7.30 Registration
starts in Saxony Hall, Sparsholt College.
Riders need to -
collect their frame
numbers
collect their cable
ties (to attach the frame numbers to their
handlebars)
collect their
routesheets
get their SportIdent
tabs (which attach to the wrist with a Velcro strap)
START
8.00 - 9.00 starting
in batches - when you are ready, just roll up, but be
patient!
We have to dispatch
groups of about 20 with at least a minute's separation for safety reasons. (If
we clog the roads or if groups spread across the road, the authorities will
crack down on sportives). Everybody's tab needs dipping into hand-held gizmos,
and we will probably have a team of three working as swiftly as possible.
8.00 - 8.15 - this
period is reserved for starting self-confessed bronze-standard
riders.
If you are a fast
b******* we can't stop you from slipping into these early batches, but it would
be a bit selfish. The aim is to get the slower riders home before late
afternoon, and to allow the feed stations to close on
schedule.
IN THE
HALL
Riders are entitled to
a pre-start free cup of coffee or tea from the snack bar in the
hall.
Vast quantities of
food also available throughout the day, including Arch Arkwright approved bacon
butties.
Peter Hansford Cycles
- THE shop for your sportive bike special build for next year - will have a
presence in the hall, and will be able to sell you what you forgot to
bring.
St John Ambulance, who
are providing extensive emergency and first-aid cover for us, will also be
represented.
