About this Event
Tour de Kernow 300km – this route will be suitable for road bikes.
There is also an option to ride the first half of the route approx 150km.
We have teamed up with The Royal Cornwall Hospital Charity - using a similar route to the Pedals4Patients event in September - to offer cyclists the chance to ride the same Tour de Kernow route in one day!
Starting from Wheal Jane at 4am please make sure you have lights!
The route will take you out to St Ives, Lands End, back into Penzance via Mousehole - then across to Helston, Gweek onto Penryn and then you past close to the start HQ where you will be able to get some refreshments and gauge your progress (or finish the short route) - before you cross the Fal via the King Harry Ferry (please make sure you have money to pay for the crossing) and over to Goran Haven and St Austell. The route then cuts across to Bodmin, Padstow and skirts the coast over to Mawgan Porth then back inland towards Ladock then across to Shortlanesend, Threemilestone and back to Wheal Jane.
187 miles / 300 km 12,775 feet of climbing
Based on Audax pacing we would expect riders to complete the ride within 20 hours.
As Penzance Wheelers is affiliated to Cycling UK the event will be covered by Cycling UK’s liability insurance and the event will be run under Cycling UK’s guidelines.
Minimum age for the half distance event will be 12 years. All Under 18’s will need a parental consent form (signed on the day of the event) and under 16’s will need to ride with an accompanying adult/parent - we do not recommend that under 18’s ride the full distance - please make contact with the event organiser for more details.
The event HQ will only be manned at the start of the day, then midday and again at the end of the day.
GPX route map will be provided - here is a rough plan of the route will be tweaked nearer the date.
https://www.komoot.com/tour/1407932583?ref=wtd&share_token=aiaklP75usVPYmuXHhBNxikkBvNsfwHPeDV0GPn5rCpe7IgjtW
We’d like to encourage riders to get sponsorship and link to the unique Tour de Kernow Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust Charity justgiving page.
https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/tourdekernow
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Wheal Velocity Cycling Club, Wheal Jane business park, Truro, United Kingdom
GBP 15.00
