The UKCE Suffolk Spring Classic

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  • Date Sun 21st April 2024
  • Location Newmarket, Suffolk
  • Price Free - £46.53
  • Races 4 races

Event summary

Get ready to kick off your cycling season with the UKCE Suffolk Spring Classic, organized by UK Cycling Events. Taking place on Sunday, 21st April 2024, this sportive event will start and finish at Newmarket Racecourse in Suffolk. Cyclists of all abilities are invited to enjoy a fully supported and fully route-marked ride through the beautiful quiet lanes of Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, and Essex. The routes will take you through picturesque villages and scenic farmland, with gentle inclines and descents to keep things interesting. This event is the perfect warm-up for longer rides later in the season, so don't miss out on this opportunity to cruise through the countryside and kickstart your cycling journey. Sign up now for a memorable day of cycling in the charming English countryside.

The UKCE Suffolk Spring Classic

Sun 21st April 2024

Two cyclists are riding on a countryside road. The cyclist on the left is wearing a blue jersey and black helmet and is smiling. The cyclist on the right is wearing a red jersey and red helmet, with arms outstretched. Both are riding through a scenic, green landscape. A group of cyclists ride along a tree-lined, rural road on a sunny day. They are spaced out along the road, which stretches into the distance flanked by greenery and power lines. The road appears to be in a gently hilly area. A group of cyclists sits and relaxes on deck chairs set up in a grassy area, some holding drinks, with a few more cyclists in the background. There is a food truck in the distance serving coffee, donuts, and waffles. Bicycles are laid around them on the grass.

Organiser's Description

Join us on a ride out from the Newmarket Racecourse by entering the Suffolk Spring Classic Sportive. It's the perfect warm-up event for longer and more challenging rides later on in the season, suiting all abilities of rider. Fully supported and fully route marked, you won't have to worry about anything other than riding.

From start to finish, the beautiful quiet lanes are constantly up and down like a restless child, the small climbs robbing you of momentum, then the following descents gifting it back. Many of the inclines are so slight you’ll not notice them until the legs send back a message to click down a gear or two, their increase in gradient invisible to the naked eye.

Visiting the three counties of Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex the routes navigate around the towns of Haverhill, Saffron Walden and Sudbury thus avoiding areas of congestion, allowing you to enjoy the free-flowing traffic-free roads. From one idyllic village to the next between the high hedgerows and farmland your cares will simply drift away as you cruise around this sleepy part of England.

With no savage climbs to note but continuously undulating, the Suffolk Spring Classic is the perfect Sportive to wake the legs up from their winter hibernation or to begin your Sportive journey.

Races

  • UKCE Suffolk Spring Classic - Long

    £46.53

    CLOSED
  • UKCE Suffolk Spring Classic - Middle

    £41.36

    CLOSED
  • UKCE Suffolk Spring Classic - Short

    £31.02

    CLOSED
  • Riders Under 12yrs

    Must Be Accompanied by an Adult and Entered With an Adult at Booking ONLY

    Free

    CLOSED

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Peter avatar
Peter

·6 months ago

Really well organised. Really could do with on route & finish line photography though.

Location

CB8 0TF Newmarket Heath, Newmarket, United Kingdom

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