Gore Bikewear Road Sportive - Ruthin

Date: 19th Sept 2009

Introduced in 2008 the sportive course in Ruthin put a real challenge out there for the riders. John Lloyd the man behind the Merida MTB Marathon series and the GORE BIKE WEAR Road Sportive put years of riding and course building experience into the Ruthin round and created one of the most liked sportives of the 2008 series.

There are two distances to choose from 40miles with 1080m of climbing and 80miles with 2069m of climbing. The courses have been carefully selected to provide the riders with tough challenging climbs through some of the most scenic views found in North Wales.

GORE BIKE WEAR Road Sportives
The Ruthin road sportive will be run on the Saturday of the event weekend with an open start from early in the morning (8am) onwards. The start will stay open for approximately 1 hour to give everybody the chance to have a relaxing start at the time of their choosing. Following the huge trend of non-competitive road events the GORE BIKE WEAR Road Sportives are trying to set themselves apart from the rest by offering a high quality event package with outstanding courses and first class support around the course plus all inclusive camping, parking, facilities, event meal and finisher present - pretty much the same deal the riders of the marathon series have been enjoying since the very beginning.

As there are two events going on over the weekend - Gore Bike Wear Road Sportive on Saturday followed by the Merida Bikes MTB Marathon on Sunday - we have a special weekend ticket for the reduced price of £ 45 available.

Please see the Ruthin event page on www.gorebikewearsportives.com for further details