Ride to the Sun

Hi folks. The Ronde Van Calderdale isnt far off and entries are still available.
For those who didn’t catch it there was also a great article in the recent Cycling Plus magazine.
Entries here https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/295362/Ronde-Van-Calderdale-2024?fbclid=IwAR0IvHJlOvzWV23YuzueahiGrGE5VaRquYA1R-QVrBbY15EOJgvPQ5ZSAGk_aem_AbwFJa3rcKixegOfaptPeyHCB8x155tqWjxZhV8XJxqFNgfT_BVq7bmrEC-xpqucvz8

Well what a lovely morning we had at Kirkwood Hospice donating the money raised from the Ride to the Sun “Dicko’s ride”
Dicko’s wife Rachel and his sister Lisa came to make the donation.
Thanks to all the riders who took part in the series to make this possible.
See you all next year.

A special event for the Imps. Everyone is invited to help celebrate their 100th anniversary

Again Steve has come up trumps.
Please get back to us on here or Steve at Cycle Grenada if u are a winner 👍

If people are on Instagram I’ve just set up an account and will try share pics and videos from the events 👌
Please share any pics or videos and we can repost them and tag u in them if you are on Instagram 👍

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Great to see so many riders today, and fantastic feedback from you all about the new start/finish venue, Magic Rock showing their appreciation for the last five years of us using their venue by deciding to host their own cycling event today!.
Feel free to share any pictures or videos below.
Onto the 3RT event next week 👍

Not long to go till round 2 at Drighlington, the infamous flat one.
Upping the mileage, it’s a great route to get the legs going that extra distance, weather looking favourable too 👍

Well the first Ride to the Sun ride got off to a great start with 73 riders braving the weather to complete “Dicko’s Ride” the first group back were Seth Jackson KCA and Oscar Saxton HSW and 3 other young riders all chaperoned by Richard Middleton and quickly followed by Kellett and Fothers..
Thanks to all taking part and especially to Nick Dorsey - Tom Randal & Craig Mac for help with signing on and Matt Wainwright and Majorie for all the help with the refreshments.

Drighlington next week, Fast and Furious, enjoy..

How awesome is this?
Evie, one of the recipients of the money from the series last year, racing for GB in team one for the team pursuit in Apeldoorn this evening -comfortably winning gold, beating the French world champions in both the heat and final!

Only a week to go before the first event of the RTTS.
Dicko’s ride is always great start with a steady route and some quiet lanes.
Can’t wait to see everyone there.

Just a little reminder of where some of the money from the RTTS series has gone.

2017 Jamie Ridehalge and Harry Hardcastle were recipients who both went to France to race for the summer.
2018 Drig donated the money to Yorkshire Air Ambulance after one of their riders had needed their help the year before.
2019 Imps, choose to support Amy Cowton, who used the money to head abroad to Belgium to race for the season
2021 3RT, choose to support Mason Hollyman, again racing abroad and now riding with Israel Premiertech.
2022 Star Wheelers chose to support Calum Wilson buy an adaptive bike so he could get back into cycling after loosing his arm.
2023 Dicko’s Ride chose to support three riders with Oscar Saxton, Rowan Baxter and Evie Smith all received money to help them race national series events around the country.

It’s great seeing the money put to good use and helping folk out 👍

Now then folks.
The dates for next year.
Dicko’s ride 21/01/24
Drighlington 28/01/24
Ravensthorpe 04/02/24
Huddersfield Star Wheelers 11/02/24
3RT 18/02/24
Halifax imps 25/02/24.
Seems like this year most clubs will be doing two routes to accommodate various levels of fitness.
Who is going to manage to ride all 6 weeks in a row?

CycleGranada getting set for the winter.
After their fantastic contribution to the series this year here hoping it’s a great success for them 👍

A great race report from Evie who raced a round of the national crit series last weekend 👍

Last weekend I raced at Loughborough National crit. Did course recce and I knew that there was a short steep hill and a technical descent. It was a fast, hard start and I got in the leading group and comfortably sat in. About half way through the hour race there was an unexpected stop whilst someone received medical attention from the ambulance. We had a 10minute break and straight back into a fast paced race. I was in the main bunch until the finish where I was postioned well until the second to last corner where the was lots of jostling for the race line. I came 5th over the line after a hard race in the heat. I was pleased with my climbing however had hoped for a better finish.
Thank you to Ride to the Sun for my support 👍

A great little write up here from Rowan.
Great to see the money from the series being put to good use helping folk race 🙌

Last weekend I competed against the best junior riders in the country at the Yorkshire Classic National Road Race. It was my longest race to date at 122km. Because of exams I’ve not been able to train too much recently and about 40km into the race my legs were hurting and I thought I was going to get dropped from the main bunch when all the attacks started. I managed to hold on though and began to feel stronger after 90km. I wasn’t able to do much in the sprint finish as I was blocked in even though I felt I had a little more to give. I came 33rd out of 80 but I was only a few seconds off the top 20. I also managed to get a new top speed of 98kmh!

Thanks to the support of the Huddersfield Star Wheelers, the Doreen Miller Fund and Ride to the sun.

Hi all -the Halifax Imps chaingang has changed to 6:30 meet, Kings Cross. Perfect for training for races or to beat your mates on a Sunday!

Entries close this Saturday for any peeps wanting to race - great venue if u wanna give it a go.

3RT race at the new Wyke circuit which certainly can’t be described as a flat boring circuit.

Over 40 race under TLI regulations

We need your entries ASAP to make this event viable so get the link clicked and your name on the start sheet ! 👇🙏

https://www.riderhq.com/events/p/xx8tqsp7/f/3rt-day-at-the-races-

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