Cyclosportive with routes encircling both Milton Keynes and Northampton, taking in some of the best sites in the counties of Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire. Choose your ride from a choice of distances: 112Mile/180Km - 70Mile/114Km - 22Mile/36Km

This cyclosportive is hosted in the beautiful market town of Stony Stratford, offering road cyclists of all abilities the opportunity to cycle in the beautiful countryside of Bucks, Beds and Northans on quiet country lanes and roads.

You will pass interesting and diverse scenery; rolling countryside, traditional market towns, villages and hamlets around the outskirts of the modern city of Milton Keynes. 

The event arena in Stony Stratford market square, provides a very special backdrop and is located only metres away from Twenty3c – your independent cycle shop. We are also working hard with local businesses to provide an array of high quality and interesting food and drink for you to enjoy. 

The full ride routes are now available for you to download from the Odyssey Sports Website.

We have planned some superb rides, the longest of which will be encircling both Milton Keynes and Northampton making it a truly epic ride. All the routes will be timed by our timing specialists Multisports Timing who promise to deliver some interesting splits on key climbs.

The organiser, Peter Norton from Odyssey Sports Events, explained: “The concept for this event came after spending years riding in this area, training for Ironman triathlons. My longest rides went around both Milton Keynes and Northampton and passed through beautiful villages and countryside. Being a self-confessed bike-mad cycle nut, I can’t resist a browse in a bike shop, which led to a chance meeting with the owner of my local bike shop Twenty3c, Ceri. I explained my event ideas which fitted and timed perfectly with Twenty3c’s new shop launch.

The event is a must for any cyclosportive participant. This region has a massive cycling following with a number of club rides starting from Stony Stratford at the weekends. The routes from this location are excellent and we have tried to incorporate many of the best known routes into this event. The teams involved in organising and supporting this event are all passionate about cycling and very experienced in providing exactly what you need before, during and after your ride.   

Online entries now open – but hurry as places are limited and are filling up fast.

Escape From The City competition details:
Competition time, three prizes offered by our partner and sports coaching specialists Don’t Blink. We will be offering three lucky individuals the chance to win these prizes from the first 100 entries from across all three Escape From The City rides. Get entering.

Register for the Escape From The City Sportive to have an opportunity to win a fabulous prize.

Twenty3c are an Independent Cycle Shop who specialise in bike fit, ensuring you are set up correctly to help you get the most out of your cycling.

Don't Blink coaches work on your bike fitness, carrying out a full assessment which includes power, heart rate, cadence and pedaling testing both on the road and on a watt bike.

Twenty3c and Don't Blink have come up with a fantastic prize package. As part of their support for this event, they are offering three unique prizes, suitable for any level of cyclist taking part in The Escape From The City Sportive.

One lucky entrant in each of the following categories will be selected at random from the first 300 cyclists who register for the Escape From The City Sportive.

Event registration automatically enters you into this competition and the winner in each category will be chosen at random. The competition results will be announced on Facebook and Twitter and also informed individually by email before race day.

Prize categories:

22 mile / 36 km cyclist - Bike fit or 2 hour 1-to-1 session which will evaluate your cycling technique, gearing and efficiency of cycling

70 mile / 114 km cyclist - Bike fit or 2 hour 1-to-1 cycling or watt bike assessment

112 mile / 180 km cyclist - bike fit or full watt bike assessment with coaching tips or a 2 hour 1-to-1 cycle session