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Olympic Road Race and Time Trial comes to the London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames
06 July '05 by admin, under Community.
Hamton Court will witness both the Olympic Road Race and the Time Trial
We’re really lucky to have both the Olympic Road Race and Time Trial events coming to the Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames in 2012, as well as a Olympic preparation road race on Sunday 14th August (The London-Surrey Cycle Classic). Here’s an opportunity to see the Olympics up close for free, without having to buy tickts. We’ve created this page to collate useful and interesting information relating to the events and we’ll keep it up to date with the latest information, so don’t forget to check back.
The official road race map can be found at:
Here’s a more detailed map of the outward route of the Olympic Cycling Road Race, as it crosses Putney Bridge, passes by Barnes and East Sheen, before entering Richmond Park at Roehampton Gate. It exits the park at Richmond Gate, then heads into Richmond, crossing the bridge before heading to Twickenham and Teddington town centres. It then goes through Bushy Park (I wonder what side of the fountain!) before crossing the Thames at Hampton Court.
On the return leg, they again cross Hampton Court Bridge then head towards Kingston Bridge. Passing through Kingston town centre, it returns to Richmond Park through Kingston Gate, leaving through Roehampton gate and it is then on to Putney, crossing the Thames again.
Our estimation of the full detailed route through Surrey, including Esher, Leatherhead, Dorking, West Byfleet and Weybridge . In April, we organised a ride that followed the Olympic route (though at a more sedate pace!) – Find out more about the ride here
The Olympic Time Trial will start at Hampton Court with a 44 km loop that will take in Esher, Teddington, Kingston and Twickenham before returning to the palace. British cyclist Emma Pooley, the current World Time Trial Champion will be a favourite to watch on the day.
The offical detailed Olympic time trial route map can be found at:
To find out routes to cycle to the Borough to watch the events, and where to find cycle parking, check out our Cycle Route Planner:
Over on the excellent , there’s a review of the Box Hill section of the Road Race, including a detailed route map and photos. This 15.5 km section of the route will be lapped nine times by the male competitors and twice by the women –
Read more about the exciting project that is running, ‘Strictly Cycling’, with events to link with the event passing through the Borough, including potentially a Sportive along the Olympic Road Race route:
Twickenham Cycling Club’s ‘Strictly Cycling’ Project
Olympic Road Race Event Trial – As well as the race itself, there will be a International Cycling Union (UCI) Level Event, one of only three of this level in the whole UK in 2011, held on Sunday 14th August 2011, called the London-Surrey Classic. This is to test the route, and all the serious Olympic contenders are likely to attend. The race leaves the Mall at 9am, reaching Richmond Park at 9.15 am (they don’t hang about!), passing through Richmond Town Centre at 9.20am and on through Twickenham to get to Bushy Park at 9.30am. On the return leg, expect to see them at Hampton Court Palace around 11:40am, before heading towards Kingston and getting back to Richmond Park for the second time just before midday. Bear in mind these times are approximate, and will probably vary by up to 15 minutes.
More details on the official , which also includes details on the trial BMX (19 & 20 Aug), and Mountain Bike (31 Jul) races.
Finally, here’s some of the news articles covering the event. We’ll add new articles as they’re published.
Surrey Today –
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The Guardian –
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