Budding cyclists looking for a competition to take part in while enjoying a Cotswolds holiday break this Easter might want to look into signing up to the Cotswold Spring Classic cyclosportive.
The event, which is due to take place on Easter Monday (April 5th), is returning for its second year following the success of the inaugural event in 2009 and, according to Road Cycling UK, places are filling up fast.
Participants will be able to choose from two routes – measuring 179km and 106km – with both starting in Cirencester and offering the tough challenge of the "notoriously steep" ascents in the Cotswolds.
The news source reports that many riders who took part last year said that some of the climbs made the race harder than France’s Etape du Tour.
Riders can enter online through the Spring Classic website and if you get there and find you’ve got a puncture – or worse – Performance Cycles will be running a mobile bike shop where you can pick up all the necessary spare parts.
Posted by David Sollberger
