LondonRide 100 Sportive 2014

ENTRY IS NOW CLOSED FOR LONDON RIDE 100. YOU MAY STILL BE ABLE TO OBTAIN A CHARITY PLACE ON THE RIDE.

20,000 riders will take part in the LondonRide 100 in 2014, the second year the event will take place. Entry is either by a public ballot (which is currently open but will be closed once they receive 80,000 entries) or through riders agreeing to raise money for certain designated charities and being awarded a place by the charity. It is expected that roughly 14,000 of the 20,000 places that are available will be delivered by the public ballot.

The event is starting to bill itself as the cycling equivalent of the London Marathon and it looks likely that it will become harder and harder each year to secure a place in the RideLondon 100.

Starting from Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London, the course heads past Canary Wharf and through the City of London before cycling west along Piccadilly and the A4. Riders will cross the River Thames at Chiswick and pass through Richmond Park and the heart of Kingston-upon-Thames, before crossing Hampton Court Bridge. The route then heads into the Surrey countryside as cyclists head south past Newlands Corner, Abinger Hammer and Holmbury St Mary before tackling the biggest ascent on the route at Leith Hill. After a short descent participants hit the zig zags of Box Hill. After heading north through Leatherhead, Cobham, Esher and Kingston, the route takes riders back into London over Putney Bridge to cross the River Thames for a final time. The route then follows the Embankment along the Thames, across Parliament Square and up Whitehall. The route then swings left through Trafalgar Square, with riders going under Admiralty Arch before finishing on The Mall.

Read Tristan Wootton's Ride Report from last year's Ride100.