National Road Race Championships

Event details

Start date:

Sun, 24th Jun 2012

Type:

Road (Competitive)

Venue:

Ampleforth Abbey and College

Ampleforth, York, North Yorkshire, YO62 4EN

This Benedictine Abbey is a working monastery and one of Britain's top boarding schools. Nestling in a magnificant hillside setting the venue has traditionally been the race HQ for the Ryedale Grand Prix as well as the start and finish for the annual Ryedale Rumble Sportive. The Championship will use the same run in to the finish as the Sportive with a long uphill drag to the finish that's ideal for spectators to view the closing miles. (View map)

Rider Info

The same organisational team as the Ryedale Grand Prix but with new circuits and start and finish venue. The event will now be hosted at Ampleforth Abbey from where at 9.15am the Women take to the road for 7 laps of a rolling 9.5 mile circuit. After lunch the Men take their turn with 3 laps of an 18.9 mile loop of picturesque villages and Abbeys before moving to the 9.5 mile circuit for 6 laps. Each circuit passes through Ampleforth Abbey where an event village will offer trade stands and the opportunity to try a Watt Bike Challenge. The Championships will once again be sponsored by Grass Concrete Ltd promoting their Grasscrete brand other sponsors so far announced are Welcome to Yorkshire and Ryedale District Council. The Men's Championship will incorporate the traditional Peter Longbottom Memorial in honour of the former international who lived at nearby Malton. His earlier clubs VC York and the Clifton CC will once again provide the mainstay of the marshalling effort.

Series:

2012 National Road Championships

Entry close date

Sun, 27th May 2012