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Blackpool Cycling Festival
July 13th - 15th 2007 
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Cyclists wanting a breath of famous sea air as well as the beauty of the countryside have the perfect combination in Blackpool’s first ever cycling festival this July.

The world famous Promenade meets the tranquillity of the Fylde rural roads, in a weekend of activities in the ’s premier tourist resort.

One of the highlights is a high speed international closed road race on the morning of Sunday July 15.  The Blackpool Grand Prix Premier Calendar Road Race will attract 100 of the quickest elite riders around a 100mile course through the borough of Fylde, before a high speed finish on the world famous Promenade.

Entries are expected from a number of foreign teams coming over to the UK to do battle with this country’s finest teams.          

Blackpool is busy gearing up for the weekend-long festival, between July 13 and 15.  Organised by Blackpool Council, in conjunction with Cycling Development North West and Blackpool Primary Care Trust, the festival is guaranteed to be three action-packed days of cycling activity for adults and children of all ages and abilities, elite and novice.

One of Great Britain’s top professional racing teams, the recycling.co.uk cycling team, will be taking part in the whole weekend of events. Team member Chris Newton, an Olympic Silver Medallist, said: “I’m really looking forward to competing in Blackpool’s first ever cyclist festival, which is an action-packed weekend. The road race, in particular, promises to be a fast and exciting course that takes in the buzz of the coastline as well as the twists of the countryside.”

Cllr Tony Williams, Cabinet Member for Culture and Communities at Blackpool Council, said: ”This is the UK’s first cycling festival of its kind, and it’s another great reason to visit the resort this summer. We are looking forward to welcoming residents and visitors from near and afar over the course of the weekend, and also to invite people to join in the fun and soak up the atmosphere.

“Blackpool is committed to inspiring people of all experience and abilities to catch the cycling bug, and our long-term involvement in the Tour of Britain is testament to this.  This latest Cycling Fest will be another opportunity to raise the profile of cycling and hopefully encourage top-class cyclists of the future.”

Ivor Armstrong is a cycling coach for Cycling Development North West, which is a key organiser of the cycling festival. He said: “The Cycle Fest has been in the pipeline for some time, and it’s a fantastic opportunity to promote cycling locally, regionally and nationally. There has been nothing but positive feedback from cycling clubs across the UK, even overseas, so we’re looking forward to getting the show on the road.”

From elite women’s and men’s races, to a youth Grand Prix and schools skills contest, the weekend is being billed as a festival for all ages and abilities, from novice to professional. Friday’s closed circuit race, for example, provides a fast and exciting spectacle, where the racers need all of their bike handling skills to avoid dramatic crashes in this highly competitive event.

Sunday’s Blackpool Grand Prix Premier Calendar Road Race is a chance to see some famous cyclists in action. Taking place over closed roads, the race starts on the Promenade, moving south to neighbouring St Annes and Lytham, before moving through Warton and Freckleton into the village of Treales where the main circuit of eight laps occurs.

 

The speeding cyclists then head back home finishing back on New South Promenade alongside the world’s largest Mirrorball.

Equally appealing, once the elite cyclists have set off, the pace eases and the intensity slackens for a lovely sedate Sunday morning traffic-free pleasure ride. The “Promenade du Bicyclette” is a unique occasion for families, beginners, leisure riders and couples alike to ride along the sea-front on closed roads.

Blackpool Council has launched a number of initiatives to urge people to get involved in cycling. From special exercise on prescription programmes, to ‘have a go’ trial sessions, there are plenty of opportunity to get the wheels moving in Blackpool

 

 

BlackpoolCycle Fest

Friday 13th July - Blackpool Grand Prix Elite Men's Circuit Race (plus support race).  Starts at 7pm opposite the Imperial Hotel on the Promenade. Watch the country’s best racers compete over multiple laps of a 1.5mile course along the NorthShore, Middle and Lower Walks. Part of British Cycling’s National Elite Series. There is also a support race.                           

Saturday 14th July - Blackpool Youth Grand Prix, from 10am. It’s the turn of the up and coming youth riders to race over the same course. Part of the National Youth Circuit Race Series             

Saturday 14th July - Blackpool G.P. Des Dames. The final race over this closed road course features the top women in the country taking part in the National Women's Circuit Race Series. It starts at 7pm.  

Sunday 15th July - Blackpool Grand Prix Premier Calendar Road Race – setting off at 9:15am, nearly 100 of the quickest and most colourful riders around will tackle a 100mile course around the Fylde before a high speed finish on the Promenade. Entries are expected from a number of foreign teams coming over to do battle with this country’s finest teams.                             

Sunday 15th July - Promenade du Bicyclette. After the professionals and elites set off, the pace eases and the intensity slackens for a lovely sedate Sunday morning traffic-free pleasure ride at 9:30am. A unique occasion for families, beginners, leisure riders and couples alike to ride along the sea-front on closed roads.

 

 

 


 

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