2025 Cento Sportive

Please note these details are provisional but pretty much 90% of the course has been detailed below

Those of you who have ridden either of our events will know that they are not a soft tap around Surrey and West Sussex. Our combination course will take you through Effingham Junction and the long leg sapping drag up to Whitedown, where you will drop down and cross the main road into the lanes. You will wind your way around the quite lanes to eventually reach Wisbrough Green where the first fee station will be located (The Old Mill Cafe). After topping up on food and drink , you will head to Bedham Hill , this was not in the 2024 Spring Onion but added in for this event to toughen you up , it ramps up to 16% at certain points so be where . Those who have ridden the Spring Onion will be recognise the return trip but as you close in on Silent Pool you will right turn and head to the back of Shere. This the first drag  takes you round the back of Shere and then onto the peak of Pitch Hill then leading down to Ewuhurst. After a flat recovery section you will be faced with Barhatch Lane (21%) . The good news is your efforts will be rewarded with a feed station at the top – phew !

After a well deserved refuel you will ride through the beautiful lanes of Farley Green and up and over he level crossing heading you to the “dog leg”  and passing Silent Pool. Riders will then head through Holmbury St Mary and eventually left turn up Tanhurst Lane , 17% onto Leith Hill (left). As you continue a slight up hill grind on Leith Hill , riders will take a right turn onto Sheepless Lane and loop around Friday Street bringing you back to the shallow part of Leith Hill + more to come

1. tbc ft  tbc meters
2. Garmin File  TBC
3. Circa 100 miles – 160km

Entry in advance £40.00 – Early Bird

1. Hot, post-ride pasta meal, hot drinks, cake and goodies
2. Two feed stations
3. Hot food @ the finish
4. Fast, easy sign on
5. Well signed route 
6. Chip timing
7. 2 Mechanics at the start and rolling
8. Sag wagon
   Pre-event and rolling mechanic service
9. Emergency number
10. Times emailed to riders
    

Doors Open from 07:30

Event starts from 08:30

Ride closes at 17:30

Numbers MUST be collected by 09:00 am

HQ Address Cobham Village Hall Lushington Drive, Cobham, Surrey KT11 2LU

Ride numbers will be issued at the sign on and will have the chip stuck to the rear of the number. The number must be placed on the handlebars to ensure detection when crossing the line, do not wrap it around the head tube or put it in your pocket as it may not be detected.

There is a rolling mechanic and a mechanic at the start.

Riders who can not complete the course or have a mechanical please see the numbers below – BUT PLEASE STAY ON THE COURSE .

Result sheet will be emailed out to you as soon as possible, hopefully the evening of the event.

Advice – Ensure your bike is road worthy – carry at least 3 tubes

Wear a helmet for your own protection no helmet no ride

This is NOT a race, please respect other road users and residents and go by the Highway Code

Parking @ the HQ, if you use the local roads park sensibly ambulances need to get through to the old folks home.

If the event has to be cancelled it will be rescheduled for another date

Once you have collected your number – stay clear of start line because you chip will be trigged as soon as the event has started.

Have a good ride and enjoy the day.

Hot food will be at the finish on your return.

HQ Emergency Number 07595 023536

Mechanic Number 07791336116

Broomwagon tbc

Each Sportive is designed for riders to be self-sufficient on a pre-planned route which is clearly marked by arrows on the tarmac.

If you can’t attend there are NO roll-overs to next years event or another Sportive we run

Our Sportives are NOT races. We do provide electronic timing chips for our Sportives, but these are purely for an individual rider to measure their own performance.

In the event that we have to cancel a Sportive, we will give as much notice as possible and give those who have entered the following options: full refund; roll-over to the new event date; roll-over to the evet in the following year; move your entry value £s onto another European Cycle Events event.