Parking

There is ample parking available at Copdock & Ipswichian Cricket Club, Old London Road, Copdock, Ipswich, Suffolk. IP8 3JN.

 Sign On

• Registration for the event opens at 6.30am and closes at 8.30am.
• The official start time of the 100 mile sportive will be 7.30am
• The official start time of the 50 mile and 30 mile sportive will be 9.00am
• PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARRIVE EARLY TO GIVE YOURSELF TIME TO SIGN ON
• There will also be coffees and food available before and after the ride

 The Route

Each route has been tried and tested, offering you a ride designed to challenge you on some of the best roads passing the most beautiful sites around our local counties. Each route is fully signed from start to finish (briefing on signs and routes will take place before each ride group leaves the cricket club).

Although great effort has been made to make sure each junction is signed, these may have been tampered with, so please familiarise yourself with the route beforehand.

To help, each route has been mapped and can be easily transferred to your Garmin via Garmin Connect or Mapometer using the links below. (Please note it would appear you need your Garmin Connect account OPEN on a web browser before you click the link. For trf to Garmin details see your manual)

• 30 mile route
  • https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/17229965
• 50 mile route 
  • https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/17230002
• 100 mile route 
  • https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/17230082 

Feed Stations

• The 100 mile route will have two feed stations. The first located at Great Green mile 25, the second located in Bures mile 81
• The 50 mile route will one feed station located at Great Green mile 25
• The 30 mile route will not have any feed station
• Each feed station will be full equiped 

When you’ve completed your challenge

Once you return back to the Cricket Club there are shower facilities available and a fully licensed bar and BBQ so we hope you’ll stay for a drink, something to eat and catch up with old and new friends.   

  Important bits

• Please remember our club fully supports safety at all times. Therefore you will be required to wear a helmet – NO HELMET, NO RIDE
• Please also remember you will be sharing the roads with cars, so please follow the highway-code at all times.
• Although we have tried to avoid busy junctions, please make sure both ways are clear before crossing and DO NOT jump red lights....they are there for a reason.
• Please make sure your bike is road fit and that you are carrying spare inner tube(s), pump, and tyre levers.
• There is a good chance it will be hot, so please make sure your water bottles are full before you leave and make sure you have sunscreen.
• Please note as there is no feed station on the 30 mile route, if you think you will require food/gels please make sure you have them before you set off.

Info for Riders

Registration will be open from 6.30am at Copdock & Ipswichian Cricket Club, Old London Road, Copdock, Ipswich, Suffolk. IP8 3JN on the 26th Aug.

There is plenty of parking on site

There will be limited on the day entires.