Southern Sportive news

Pulse rider times and post event news

Thanks to everyone who entered the Sportive Pulse at Duncton on Sunday. We hope you had a great day (in spite of the damp chilly start - at least it brightened up for your later laps!)

We'd like to thank Eddie and Gary from Wattbike for a fantastic series of talks and demos on the day, and of course SIS for that excellent goodie bag, and the Wilier and Geared Bikes guys

Sportive Pulse results soon

In spite of a damp start, we had a great day at Sportive Pulse yesterday. A good turn out kept the place busy all day, with riders heading in and out on the rides, trying out the Wattbikes and checking out the Wilier inflatable, or attending one of the talks. Our photographer came along to get some snaps too; you can take a look at photos from the day Whyte pro-elite rider Billy Whenman will be test riding the new prototype Whyte 'cross bike at the Woodcote CX Sportive this Sunday! Read more at

Mix it up this January with CX Sportive!

Keeping fit and motivated during the winter can be tough – the roads become a long, freezing slippery slog, while most of your favourite MTB trails turn to mush. So why not mix it up, take on the best of both and spice up your winter riding?

We've introduced CX Sportive this month to let you do just that. CX Sportive is an e

2011 Events now open for booking!

Our 2011 sportives are now open for booking.

Please note, we are moving to a new booking system for the new season. Accounts from our previous system have been transferred across, so if you have booked with us before, you will be able to log in using your registered your email address. As you progress throu

2011 Event Dates

Our 2011 schedule is nearly complete, with just one event left to finalise. Here are the dates for your diary; all events will be open for booking on December 1st.

Mar 13th: Sportive Pulse, Duncton

Apr 17th: Princes Risborough Sunday Sportive

May 15th: Duncton Sunday Sportive

Dunsfold Sportive results

Results from the Dunsfold sportive are up now, including all the alterations that we've been informed about. You can click here to find your time. There has been a small delay in retrieving the data for the checkpoint two times, but we will have those up later this morning.

Dunsfold Sportive: Advance entry now closed, entry on the day open

Advance entry is now closed for this Sundays Dunsfold Sportive. You will still be able to enter on the day though. Registration opens from 8:00am on Sunday. Please note though, that priority will be given to pre entered riders at busy periods and on the day entry is £2 more than the advance entry price.

For those of you who have already entered, the updated entry list with r

Still time to enter for the Dunsfold Sportive

Our final Sunday Sportive of 2010 takes place this weekend at Dunsfold, and there is still time to enter!

Advance entry can be made online up until 5:00pm on Thursday (14th Oct). Entries on the day will be avai

Southern Sportive photos now online

Thanks to takeyourpics.co.uk who have outdone themselves with the photography for the Southern Sportive this year. All the photos are online now, and include some superb wide angle action shots of you all that would happily grace a magazine spread!

Click here for the sample slideshow and li

Southern Sportive final results

Phew! After a slightly lengthier than normal, we have the results for this years Southern Sportive online now. These include all the corrections and alterations as far we can guage them. If you spot any remaining errors or omissions, please drop us an email to let us know and we'll put

Southern Sportive Results update : Complete Excel download now available

A complete and tidied up version of the results is now ready in an spreadsheet friendly CSV format; click here to download it.

This list includes all reported amendments, plus all others that we can identify, and also checkpoint splits and time awards. We'll get these up on the results page prope

Southern Sportive Results update: Provisional Excel download

Sorry once again for the delay in uploading your results. They well in process now, but will require a little more manual work than usual due to our database server issues, which is why they are taking a bit longer than we would like.

We still expect to have them up late this afternoon or evening, but for those of you in a hurry just to check your time, we have prepared a quick an

Southern Sportive post event schedule (results and photos)

UPDATE: Sorry for the delay in publishing the results. We have been experiencing server problems on Monday afternoon that have prevented us from uploading the data. We hope to have these fixed in time to publish the results on Tuesday

Thanks to all of you who turned out for the Southern Sportive yesterday. The event clear up is nearly complete now and, as a light drizzle descends on

Booking now closed for Southern Sportive

Booking has now closed for this years Southern Sportive, with 1,100 riders signing up. Sorry, but we won't be taking any entries on the day either, so that we can concentrate on running the event as smoothly as possible for everyone who has already entered. You can still get an end of year fix though; our Dun

Last Day for booking Southern Sportive!

It's your last chance to book a place on the Southern Sportive today. Entry closes at 5:00pm today (Thursday) and no more entries will be taken after that time, so get in quick! Sorry, but we won't be taking entries on the day, so book on now if you want to ride.

The entry list for the Southern Sportive is now up.

As usual, this list may not be right up to date; if you have only entered today and can't find yourself, please give us until early next week to add you. Rider numbers will be added to your names later next week.

Free ride places for Southen Sportive volunteers!

We have a handful of free ride places available for anyone who can give us a couple of hours of their time to help around the start at the Southern Sportive on the 12th (or provide a friend or family member as a helper). All you’ll need to do is give us a hand on registration, parking or at the start and once you’re done, you can get straight out and ride. If you’ve a

Woodcote Sportive photos from takeyourpics.co.uk

The photos from Sundays Woodcote sportive are all published now, and can I say that you lot are looking particularly good this month?

You can find the links to the full galleries on takeyourpics.co.uk, plus a small sample slideshow, right here on the event photography page. As usual, you

Woodcote Sportive results (UPDATED)

We've finished clearing up from a great weekend at Woodcote, with the rain holding off and even the sun coming for Sunday's 600 rider sportive!

UPDATE: Results are now complete with on the day alterations and checkpoint splits added in.

Click here for the full results

Woodcote Sportive rider list

The rider list for the Woodcote sportive is now online; you can check your entry and category here, and we'll be adding rider numbers to this list later in the week.

There is still time to enter th

9 Bar at the Woodcote Sportive.

We've teamed up with 9Bar for this weekends photo page. Photos are divided up into those with and without

Great Western Sportive: Final results and rider photos.

Results for the Great Western Sportive are final now, with ammendments and checkpoint times added. You can see them now, complete with overall ride stats right here. The first of the photos are up too, at takeyourpics.co.uk. right here. We'll update here when the det

Great Western pre event info

We're just a few days away from the Great Western Sportive now and looking forward to a great day! The weather looks good, entries are piling in and we're busy ticking off those last minute details. You should have received your pre event information sheet by email by now; if you haven't seen it, check your inbox and your junk folder! If you've only entered in the last couple of days, don't wor

Duncton Rider Photos

takeyourpics.co.uk were out on the course again on Sunday, to capture your efforts on the course. You can see the results here. As usual the guys have indexed the photos by rider number where possible so you can search for yourself, and there's an album of unidentified riders you can leaf through too, to look for those

Duncton Sportive results now online

What a great day out on the Downs; the sun didn't quite come out, and a chilly wind made a test of it, but the rain held off and conditions were pretty fair for a good ride on a stunning course! And in spite of being one of the most crowded weekends on the calendar, we still got over 400 entrants turning out for the ride. you can check your entry and rider number here. There are still a few spaces available on the ride,

Princes Risborough Sportive Results

Some unforecast rain first thing couldn't dampen a great start to the Sunday Sportive season, as 500 of the 600 booked riders turned out regardless to take on the epic Chilterns route. And they were rewarded by sunshine to finish the ride in the afternoon, and a chance to look over the Wilier bikes range as they relaxed with a post ride cuppa and snack. Preliminary results are online now, with

Princes Risborough Rider Entry Lists

Rider lists are now published for this weekends sold out Princes Risborough Sunday Sportive. Click here to check your place, your category and look up your rider number (make a note of this, it will help us to speed up registration). If you can't find your name in the distance you think you've entered, ple

Free Ride Entries for Event Helpers in 2010!

We have a limited number of free entries for volunteer helpers on most of our events this year. We want a few more people to help out around the event start/finish, on registration and parking. We'll need you to be able to arrive early (6:45 am) for a quick briefing, and there are two options available. 1: Provide a none riding friend or family member who can help out

Princes Risborough Sportive Fully Booked

The Princes Risborough Sportive on April 25th is now fully booked, with 600 riders signed on, making it the biggest and fastest selling Sunday Sportive to date. Sorry, but we can't release any more spaces for sale for this years event. We'll just be concentrating on making it a great day for the lucky 600 who've got in! We do have a few free spaces for volunteers though, or even free places plu

BOOK NOW: Risborough Event Nearly Full

Demand for our season opening Princes Risborough Sunday Sportive is higher than ever, and the event will sell out this week. We've pushed our entry limit for the event up to 600 riders for this year, but that's it; we'll be sticking strictly to that limit. The quality of the event is always our first priority, and we won't oversell just to rake in more entry fees. At the time of writi

Duncton Sportive Training Day review and results

Thanks to all of you who came along to our first Sportive Training Day at Duncton. As ever when launching a completely new format, we weren't sure exactly how you'd react, so we were delighted with the response to the day from riders. The open choice multiple lapping on the two different courses was a hit with riders picking their favoured combination of laps from the testing 50k hill circuit and

NEWSFLASH: Wilier join Training Day line up.

Wilier have confirmed that they will be displaying bikes from their range and discussing the latest and best sportive machinery at our Wattbike and

Course concerns force Cranleigh event cancellation

As you'll all be aware, it's been a hard winter that has kept us all off our bikes at times as roads have disappeared under deep snow. And, as we get back into our riding routines again, we're discovering that the snow and rain have taken their toll on the roads too. We've been out to recce the routes for our Cranleigh Training Day on March 6th and the short story is, they're a mess. Far worse

Get 15% off Memory Map GPS and mapping in 2010!

We've teamed up with Memory Map to give you a fantastic offer as we come into 2010! Ride any forthcoming Southern or Sunday Sportive event, or Trail Break off road event and you can get 15% off of any Memory Map software or their new Adventurer 2800 GPS unit! The ground breakin

Training Days open for booking

We're putting together the final details for our new season event launch on January 1st, but in the meantime, we've put the two pre season training days in March on sale now. Places will be strictly limited to 300 riders only for these events, so we thought you might want to get booked in early. The Training Days are going to be great new concept in the sportive arena, helping you to make const

Price Freeze for 2010 Event Entries!

There have been signs of sportive entry prices creeping up to levels that raise eyebrows over the past couple of years, but not ours. We'd rather see more of you coming along and enjoying great value for money! So we're freezing our prices for the new season, so in 2010 entry to any of our events will not cost you one penny more than in 2009 (or 2008 for that matter!) And remember, we just run

The Great Western Sportive: A new premier event for summer!

One of the season highlights promises to be the Great Western Sportive on June 20th. This brand new event will stand alongside the Southern Sportive itself as a season headliner. Starting on the south edge of Swindon, the Great Western runs out over the Ridgeway and Marlborough Downs on some of the most perfect sportive roads in the country. There's a full 100 mile top distance, a choice of shorte

New for 2010: Sportive Training Days

The New Year means new events here at Southern Sportive, and the year starts with a pair of new style pre season training events in March. Rather than just throw in a couple of early sportives, we've created a new event format to give you a targeted warm up to the season proper. The Training Days will allow you to tailor your days riding to gauge your fitness and work on your performance goals