White Horse Challenge
WHC 27th Apr 2025:
Entries open 01 Oct 2024 www.entrycentral.com
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Thank you.
WHC Team.
RIDER INSTRUCTIONS (to be updated): CLICK HERE
Timing chip: Attach around ankle
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Results: here
Photos: website provided after event (put rider number sticker on front of helmet)
Date: 27th April 2025
Entries: close on 7th April 2025
Route: 90 mile & 70 mile option.
Start/finish: Shrivenham, Oxfordshire
Entry cost: £35
Tech T-shirt available in S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL sizes
Sponsorship: Sponsorship raised from this event will be donated to the Prospect Hospice
The Prospect Hospice offer unparalleled end-of-life care services for a community of more than 330,000 people in Swindon, Marlborough and north east Wiltshire.
If you prefer not to collect sponsorship, there is an option to make a donation to the Prospect Hospice instead.
This will be a useful early season ride that will enable riders to gauge their fitness level as they cycle around 90 miles through Wiltshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire with about 1400 metres of climbing. The route has been carefully selected to keep the riders interested and challenged by their surroundings, on decent road surfaces and with minimal traffic.
What can riders expect?
Start and finish at the Memorial hall in the village of Shrivenham, Oxfordshire.
Pass by four white horses: Uffington, Broadtown, Cherhill & Hackpen (Uffington White Horse is the oldest of all British chalk figures and dates back almost 3000 years).
Passing through Avebury which lies in the heart of the Wiltshire downs. The Avebury stones are thought to have been constructed in neolithic times (2700 BC to 2400 BC).
Enjoy beautiful views across the Lambourn & Marlborough downs.
Other historical places such as the Saxon town of Cricklade and picturesque villages such as Hannington and Castle Eaton.
What's included:
- Clearly signed route with marshals to help at key locations
- Electronic timed event (each rider will collect timing chip at the start)
- Two well stocked feed stations
- Finishers medal
- Mechanical support kindly provided by Tony Staples (Mobile Cycle Medic, Shrivenham www.mobilecyclemedic.com)
- Official Photographer
- Individual times will be added with Gold, Silver and Bronze standard
- Results will be published on the website shortly after the event
- Event T-shirt available for £10 (please order your T-shirt at the same time as entering the event)
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