York Rally Sportive: April 2018

Provisional results: these are available now on the BC website.

Update Sunday evening: Many thanks to all who rode the Rally Sportive today, and also to all the volunteers. marshals and everyone who helped with the catering! Results/times will follow ASAP , but for now here are the (unedited) pictures taken at Low Mill. Please email publicity@yorkrally.org with the picture number(s) if you would like a higher resolution copy of any of them (no charge 🙂 ) or if you would like any image you’re in removed.

(Apologies that the first 95 are a little hazy, before I noticed the lens needed a clean! I’ll be able to restore some contrast in Photoshop…)

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Two rides into the beautiful North York Moors: 140 km & 100 km

On the 29th April 2017, two routes take riders from the start point in Wigginton (just north of York) high into the beautiful North York Moors. Enter online now.

• York Rally Grande Classic Dunnie 140k
  Total ascent: 1687 m.
  Actual distance 133 km (83 miles)
  Route downloads: GPX or KML
  Route online at MapMyRide: here
  Printed map PDF: here (8Mb) (hard copies will be provided to riders on the day)
  We’ve made some small alterations to this route since last year – most notably at the very far end of the course around Danby, also meaning that the Danby feeding station is in a new location for 2018. Feeding stations are at the A170 crossing (approx 32 km / 20 miles), Low Mill (approx 44km / 28 miles), Danby (new location, at approx 64km / 40 miles) and with the main food stop at Marton (at 93 km / 58 miles).
  

 

• York Rally Grande Classic Dunnie 140k:
  Alternative route avoiding Rosedale Chimney Bank
  Total ascent: 1656 m.
  Actual distance 140 km (87 miles)
  This option diverts for a section of the return leg to avoid the ridiculously steep Rosedale Chimney Bank – for some riders, doing it once may be more than enough! Please note that the route of the diversion has been changed for the 2018 Sportive:
  Route downloads: GPX or KML
  Route online at MapMyRide: here
  Printed map PDF: here (8Mb) (hard copies will be provided to riders on the day)

 

• York Rally Classic Dunnie:
  Total ascent: 959 m.
  Actual distance 101 km (63 miles)
  The 100k route diverges from the longer rides just after the Low Mill feeding station, re-joining before the main food stop at Marton.
  Route downloads: GPX or KML
  Route online at MapMyRide: here
  Printed map PDF: here (4Mb) (hard copies will be provided to riders on the day)
  This route is unchanged since last year’s Sportive.

Enter now! Come on, ride the Dunnie!

Entry is open online via British Cycling:
https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/168077/York-Rally-Sportive

For many photos and rider testimonials check out previous York Rally Sportives in 2017, in 2015 and in 2014 or click below for a sample of rider reactions:

Any questions, please contact the organiser by phone: Pete Dunn 07740 171 252 or leave a comment below or on the Facebook event page.

Volunteers to help run the event are always welcome and much appreciated! If you could help marshall, staff a feeding station or take on various tasks at ride HQ, again please just contact organiser Pete Dunn on 07740 171 252.

This Sportive is a fundraiser for the York Rally, the traditional cyclists’ gathering held since 1945 on York’s Knavesmire. The next Rally is on the 23-24 June 2018: be there!

Practical details

Timings
Note slight changes since last years – times are now the same for both rides:
140k rides – Registration opens 8:00AM, start from 9AM
100k ride – Registration opens 8:00AM, start from 9AM
Last start 10AM

Rally HQ
Sign-in and start is at: The Old School House, Wigginton YO32 2PU.
Find it on Google Maps here (it’s labelled “Wigginton Parish Council”).

Parking
Please park sensibly in the surrounding streets. There is also parking available outside “Cyclescene” a few hundred yards from the Old School House – at Windmill House Ind. Est., Sutton Rd, York YO32 2RA. See it on Google maps here.

Are your mates fit enough? Sign them up and see…

• Please visit and share our event page on Facebook 🙂
• Our flyer is available as a JPG (best for sharing on social media) or as a PDF (best for printing out, any size A5 to A3):

See you there!

The all-volunteer York Rally team.