Routes
The routes we pick for our Sportives are very carefully chosen. Unlike other Sportives we stay away from the main roads. We also like to change our routes often so that you are not paying for the same course each year. We've also added shorter routes to the Sportives to enable those not yet used to long distance to participate.
Essex is a wonderful county for cycle routes and there are more minor roads in this area than in almost any other county in the UK. The roads of Essex can be described as ‘gently undulating’ - the main roads are relatively flat but the minor roads are generally not. At Essex Sportives we tend to know where these roads are so that we can send you up some and often. This constant undulation is can take the toll on cyclists where one incline can be too many so this is why we make sure you are properly fuelled all your way round the course. We strategically place our feet stop to so that your kept evenly hydrated.
All the roots are provided via downloadable files to participants and we supply both GPX and TCX data formats. We also provide to ‘Tech Points’ at our HQ is so that we can enable you to download route files at the start. All courses are signposted all the way round from start to finish and with large recognizable arrow images.
Essex is a wonderful county for cycle routes and there are more minor roads in this area than in almost any other county in the UK. The roads of Essex can be described as ‘gently undulating’ - the main roads are relatively flat but the minor roads are generally not. At Essex Sportives we tend to know where these roads are so that we can send you up some and often. This constant undulation is can take the toll on cyclists where one incline can be too many so this is why we make sure you are properly fuelled all your way round the course. We strategically place our feet stop to so that your kept evenly hydrated.
All the roots are provided via downloadable files to participants and we supply both GPX and TCX data formats. We also provide to ‘Tech Points’ at our HQ is so that we can enable you to download route files at the start. All courses are signposted all the way round from start to finish and with large recognizable arrow images.