Seven early risers met at the Square at around 8:30 in quite weird weather that was dull, quite breezy yet fairly warm and muggy. We embarked on a well-used route via Old Cheltenham Road, Pirton Corner, Morley Avenue, Parton Road etc to Badgeworth where the ride...
As part of the Rapha 100. Seven ladies and one man(!) left Kings Square and headed for Tewkesbury via the usual lanes by Stoke Orchard. J took us on the cycle path into Tewkesbury. We then took the lanes to Croome Park. Myself and one other had two cakes and great...
Three riders left the square on the A – Ride to Hayles Fruit Farm, one of which, Lizzie, was out for the first time with the club having moved from Bristol to Gloucester . We took London Road out of town to Innsworth and through Down Hatherley, Staverton,...
By winning Sunday’s event. Jake Sargent of Team Bottrill broke the course record he set in 2021 and set a new one of 50m 37s (29.634 mph). Tim Radley was the highest placed home rider, breaking the hour with a time of 59m 30s (25.21 mph) to come thirteenth. He...
A well-matched group of seven left King’s Square on a less oppressively hot day than recent days, A flat parcours and some lovely new tarmac encouraged the peloton to form up like a Jumbo Visma Team Time Trial. Excellent team work and rotation kept the group...
While grouping up outside Jane’s Pantry in Twigworth, we saw the enormous Jumbo Visma team bus pass on its way to the start, with a smaller camper van belonging to Team Bingoal slipstreaming it. Obviously different teams have different budgets. A little later,...
