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To ride a sportive you usually enter and pay online, turn up at the start venue where you are given a number to wear and an electronic timing chip to attach to either your bike or yourself. Depending on the number of riders you may be given a start time or you just simply join the queue to ride over the start line. As you cross the start line your time is recorded electronically as is your finish time as you cross the finish line. In between there are usually two or three check points that you have to ride over to make sure you\u0027re not cheating! The route is usually availble as a GPS file and is signposted with the organisor\u0027s arrows at every turn.\u003c/p\u003e \n \u003cp\u003eSportives vary in length to suit all abilities. Some like the \u003ca href=\u0022http://humanrace.co.uk/events/cycling/dragon-ride\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022Dragon-Ride\u0022\u003eDragon Ride\u003c/a\u003e in South Wales can be as much as 222km with a lot of climbing, others can be as little as 40km and relatively flat. The results are usually published on the organiser\u0027s website in alphabetical order. Sportives aren\u0027t supposed to be competitive but many riders take part to try to achieve the fastest time or beat the time they did the year before.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e \n \u003cp\u003eThe costs of taking part in sportives has risen with their popularity and prices can range from £25.00 to nearly £60.00. For this you get a timed ride; feedstops where sports drink, water and snacks are provided; a meal, usually pasta, at the end. You may even receive a certificate and a medal in a bag full of sponsors promotional give aways.\u003c/p\u003e \n \u003cp\u003eThere are plenty of local Sportives classics like the \u003ca href=\u0022https://flammerougeevents.eventrac.co.uk/e/hell-of-the-ashdown-hota-sportive-12299\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003eHell of the Ashdown\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\u0022https://flammerougeevents.eventrac.co.uk/e/circuit-of-kent-12850\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003eCircuit of Kent\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\u0022https://www.kentishkiller.co.uk/\u0022\u003eKentish Killer\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\u0022https://action.org.uk/events/cycling/castle-ride\u0022\u003eCastle Ride\u003c/a\u003e or the \u003ca href=\u0022https://flammerougeevents.eventrac.co.uk/e/wolfe-of-westerham-sportive-13609\u0022\u003eWolfe of Westerham\u003c/a\u003e and many SDW riders take part in these and events further afield like \u003ca href=\u0022https://www.chasethesun.org/\u0022\u003eChase The Sun\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\u0022https://www.ridelondon.co.uk/\u0022\u003eRide London\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e \n \u003cp\u003eSportives also take place all over the world and many club members have taken part in rides such as \u003ca href=\u0022https://marmottegranfondoalpes.com/en/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003eLa Marmotte\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\u0022http://www.letapedutour.com/ET1/us/homepage.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003eL\u0027etape du Tour\u003c/a\u003e in France. These are extremely challenging rides that take place in the mountains of France each year and consist of over 5000 riders from all over the world.\u003c/p\u003e \n \u003cp\u003eA full list of sportives can be found at \u003ca href=\u0022http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/sportives\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ehttp://www.britishcycling.org.uk/sportives\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e \n \u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e \n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e \n\n\n \u003c/div\u003e\n \u003c/div\u003e","ContentConfig":{"Caption":null,"Icon":null,"IconColour":null,"CaptionColour":null,"UnderlineColour":null,"TextColour":null,"FontSize":null,"LineHeight":null,"RequiresLoggedInUser":false,"BottomMargin":0,"PaddingLeft":"20px","PaddingTop":"0px","PaddingRight":"20px","PaddingBottom":"0px","PhoneVisible":true,"TabletVisible":true,"DesktopVisible":true,"CssClass":null,"PageLinkName":null,"PageLinkCaption":null},"ComponentCode":null,"ComponentError":null,"BottomMargin":"0px","PaddingLeft":"20px","PaddingTop":"0px","PaddingRight":"20px","PaddingBottom":"0px","CssClass":null,"ResponsiveClasses":"","PageLinkName":null,"PageLinkCaption":null,"Background":{"Colour":null,"ImageURL":null,"Filter":null,"IsParallax":false,"Image":"","Tint":""},"ImageConfig":{"ImageURL":null,"ObjectFit":"contain","ImageHeight":null,"FrameStyle":null,"BorderRadius":null,"Caption":{"IsActive":false,"Text":null,"SubText":null,"Font":{"Size":null,"Colour":null},"SubFont":{"Size":null,"Colour":null},"Alignment":null,"Position":null,"Margin":null,"BackgroundColour":null,"Blur":false,"Hover":false},"AltText":null,"LinkURL":null,"BottomMargin":0,"PaddingLeft":"10px","PaddingTop":"10px","PaddingRight":"10px","PaddingBottom":"10px","PhoneVisible":true,"TabletVisible":true,"DesktopVisible":true,"CssClass":null,"PageLinkName":null,"PageLinkCaption":null},"IgnoreCache":false}]}],"ColumnSpacing":"0px","BottomMargin":"0px","TopPadding":"0px","IsFullWidth":true,"IsBackgroundFullWidth":true,"Background":{"Colour":null,"ImageURL":null,"Filter":null,"IsParallax":false,"Image":"","Tint":""}}],"PageURL":"https://www.southborough-wheelers.co.uk/Cms/Spaces/CLUBRIDES/Sportives?version=27","AllVersions":[],"Comments":[],"UpdatedComments":[],"Spaces":[],"IsWatching":false,"LastViewTime":null,"CanEdit":false,"CanPublish":false,"CanCopy":false,"CanCreateTemplate":false,"CanComment":false,"CanReadComments":false,"CanModerateComments":false,"CanLike":false,"CanWatch":false}
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