Cycle Wiltshire Weekend 3rd – 4th May 2014

Cycle Wiltshire Weekend 3rd – 4th May 2014

Cycle Wiltshire is a two day cycling event taking place on 3 and 4 May 2014, in and around Salisbury. The event, which has been organised by Wiltshire Council in partnership with British Cycling, brings together elite cycling, a challenging Sportive and family fun. Come and watch, or join in – you’ll have an exciting day out!

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Day 1 – Saturday 3 May

Cycle Wiltshire Sportive with routes of 100 miles, 65 miles and 20 miles through the beautiful Wiltshire countryside, this event has everything you would expect from a top sportive including:

· great feed stations
· mobile bike mechanic support
· chip timing
· first aid support and post ride massage
· changing facilities, toilets and post race showers
· event village

Rides start from 8.30am at Five Rivers Leisure Centre in Salisbury.

Day 2 – Sunday 4 May

It’s time to watch the pros in action in the British Cycling National Road Race series. The start and finish of this race is in Wilton. This 100 mile race route will pass through Wilton 10 times and includes the challenging climb up Fovant Hill!
This is a great chance to see pro racing up close and personal! Team introductions will take place before the race starts at 11am with the estimated finish time of 3pm.

To get a flavour of the race take a look at the 2011 race https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UC0dRKc-VQ

So come and make a weekend of it. To enter the sportive and to find out more details of the elite race go to www.cyclewiltshire.com

Follow all the latest updates on the event on twitter @CycleWiltshire and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/cyclewiltshire

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