Southern Sportive road cycling and cyclosportive events

Wightlink ferry discount for on the day travel, and entry closure updates »

A few of you have asked, so we’d just like to confirm that discount codes for travel from Lymington to Yarmouth will be valid for use at the booking office for same day travel. So if you are coming over as a foot passenger on the morning of either day, you don’t need to book ...
Posted by: martin@southernsportive on May 13, 2012 @ 11:45 am
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Last minute accommodation deals for Wight Riviera Sportive »

Still need to book your travel and accommodation for the Wight Riviera Sportive? Then you might want to take a look at this great last minute deal from Island View Holidays: Island View Holidays are pleased to provide a late offer for participants of Cycle Wight and their families wishing to book a late accommodation ...
Posted by: martin@southernsportive on May 10, 2012 @ 3:49 pm
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Wight Riviera: Start times, early ferries and final booking date »

  We’re almost under starters orders for the Wight Riviera Sportive: The first closed road sportive stage in England will start at 9:45 am on Sunday 20th May!   Here are some details to help you plan your arrival. As you know this event has a mass start and rolling road closure for the first ...
Posted by: martin@southernsportive on May 3, 2012 @ 11:20 am
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£1 photos for local hospice at Wight Riviera »

We’re delight to have local professional photographer Jason Swain covering the Wight Riviera Sportive for us as part of our £1 charity event photos programme. Supported by our friends at Road Cycling UK, Jason will be taking photos of riders in support of the Earl Mountbatten Hospice on the Isle of Wight. As with all of our ...
Posted by: martin@southernsportive on @ 11:08 am
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Wight Riviera T Shirt Design Revealed »

If you ride a lot of sportives, you probably have a whole drawer full of event t shirts that look like they were designed by a committee (or a twelve year old), but we do things a bit differently for our events. We aim to make every one of our free event t shirts one ...
Posted by: martin@southernsportive on May 2, 2012 @ 10:04 am
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Minghella’s Ice Cream to help you chill at Wight Sportive »

One of the Isle of Wight’s most famous names will be providing their classic Italian Ice Cream to help you chill out at the end of the Wight Riviera Sportive.  You may know the Minghella name best due to the work of the celebrated film director Anthony Minghella (The English Patient, The Talented Mr Ripley, ...
Posted by: martin@southernsportive on @ 9:25 am
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Princes Risborough Event Photos »

We took thousands of photos at Princes Risborough on Sunday! The first two albums are now uploaded for you to view and download. We have started the process of tagging all these with rider numbers, but this is ongoing, so if you can’t find yourself yet, have a browse or come back and check again ...
Posted by: martin@southernsportive on April 25, 2012 @ 7:18 pm
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Princes Risborough photos due Wednesday »

We’re busy preparing and uploading the many hundred photos we got form the Princes Risborough on Sunday. The first should be ready for you to see tomorrow (Wednesday). Remember, the pictures have been taken in suppport of the Iain Rennie Hospices in the Chilterns, and all we ask is that for every picture you download, ...
Posted by: martin@southernsportive on April 24, 2012 @ 1:21 pm
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Princes Risborough St. George’s Sportive results »

What a fantastic day at Princes Risborough yesterday, with a record 800 riders signed up, and a remarkable dry, bright and sunny day in the middle of this rainy April! Thanks to all of you who came out and rode, and of course to all of our team of helpers and event partners who worked ...
Posted by: martin@southernsportive on April 23, 2012 @ 4:55 pm
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Wight Riviera preview ride: Video »

 The Wight Riviera Sportive is our biggest launch this year, and we recently took the opportunity to jump on a ferry to ride a short, but very important part of the route. The Wight Riviera is something new; a new format event we call Sportive Avantage, and it features a road closure  for it’s opening ...
Posted by: martin@southernsportive on April 15, 2012 @ 11:16 am
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