Feature: Is the season over yet?

A common question I get asked is ‘when does the road cycling season end’ – Answer is Never!

It’s Autumn, so there’s no road racing on right? Wrong! This weekend (Nov 3) sees yet another ‘winter’ event with the Inverse RT Winter Points Grabber 1 at Hillingdon and during the winter there are the classics like the Winter Series at Hillingdon which has been running for well over a decade (almost two!).

There are also plenty of new Winter Circuit Series events as well as Hill Climbs and club Time Trials. No doubt other events will be forthcoming (still awaiting date for the Perfs Pedal for example) but in the meantime, here’a a quick and dirty guide to most (not all) of the events on in the coming months.

November 2012

3rd: Inverse RT Winter Points Grabber 1; Hillingdon Cycle Circuit – 1.30pm
3rd: South Bucks Hill Climb (http://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk)
4th: SERRL Winter Series 2012-2013 Event 2, Cyclopark, Kent, DA11 7NP – 11am http://serrl.co.uk/
4th: TLI – NECCL Winter Series 2012/13 – Event 3; Northumberland; 10.30am http://www.tlicycling.org.uk

4th: Bognor Regis Hill Climb (RTTC) (http://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk)
4th: Hastings & St Leonards CC Hill Climb (RTTC)
4th: CC Sudbury (District Championship) (RTTC)

10th: Plymouth Corinthian CC King of the Hill (climb)
10th: Inverse RT Winter Points Grabber 2; Hillingdon Cycle Circuit – 1.30pm
10th: Farnborough & Camberley Cycling Club Hill Climb (RTTC)
18th: Inverse RT Winter Points Grabber 3; Hillingdon Cycle Circuit – 9.30am

24th: Inverse RT Winter Points Grabber 4; Hillingdon Cycle Circuit – 1.30pm
24th: Winter in the Park Series 1; Cyclopark Kent, DA1 7NP – 1pm (http://www.finishlineevents.co.uk/)
25th: TLI – NECCL Winter Series 2012/13 – Event 4; Co Durham, 10.30am

December 2012

1st: Imperial Winter Series, Hillingdon 1pm http://www.imperialracingteam.com/
2nd: SERRL Winter Series 2012-2013 Event 4; Cyclopark Kent, DA1 – 11am
8th: Farnborough & Camberley Cycling Club 10 TT (RTTC)
8th: Winter in the Park Series 2; Cyclopark Kent, DA1 7NP – 1pm
8th: Imperial Winter Series, Hillingdon 1pm
9th: TLI – NECCL Winter Series 2012/13 – Event 5; Whitby; 10.30am
9th: Manchester & District TTA 10 mile TT (RTTC)

12th: VTTA (Kent) 10 mile TT (RTTC)
15th: Imperial Winter Series, Hillingdon 1pm
16th: TLI – NECCL Winter Series 2012/13 – Event 6; Co Durham (TBC); 10.30am
16th: Kent Valley RC 10 mile TT (RTTC)

22nd: Imperial Winter Series, Hillingdon 1pm
23rd: TLI – NECCL Winter Series 2012/13 – Event 7 Newcastle or South Shields (TBC)
23rd: VC Cumbria 5.1 mile TT (RTTC)
23rd: Farnborough & Camberley Cycling Club 10 mile TT (RTTC)
23rd: Poole Whs / Wessex RC 10 mile TT (RTTC)
23rd: Barnesbury CC 10 mile TT (RTTC)

26th: New Forest CC (Entries Close 11/12/2012) 10 mile TT (RTTC)
26th: Newbury Road Club 10 mile TT (RTTC)
26th: High Wycombe Cycling Club 10 mile TT (RTTC)
26th: Maidenhead & District Cycling Club 10 mile TT (RTTC)
26th: Didcot Phoenix Cycling Club 10 mile TT (RTTC)
26th: Worcester St John’s CC 10 mile TT (RTTC)
26th: Thanet RC 10 mile TT (RTTC)
26th: Lancaster CC 10 mile TT (RTTC)
29th: Imperial Winter Series, Hillingdon 1pm

January 2013
1st: Imperial Winter Series, Hillingdon 11.40am
5th: Imperial Winter Series, Hillingdon 1pm
5th: Winter in the Park Series 4; Cyclopark Kent, DA1 7NP – 1pm
12th: Imperial Winter Series, Hillingdon 1pm
12th: East London Vélo – 6 days of winter – race 1; Redbridge Cycling Centre IG6 3HP – 1pm
13th: SERRL Winter Series 2012-2013 Event 5; Cyclopark Kent, DA1 – 11am

19th: Winter in the Park Series 5; Cyclopark Kent, DA1 7NP – 1pm
19th: East London Vélo – 6 days of winter – race 2; Redbridge Cycling Centre IG6 3HP – 1pm
19th: Imperial Winter Series, Hillingdon 1pm
26th: Velo29 Winter Series 2013 Round 1; Croft Racing Circuit, DL2 2PL – 11am
26th: East London Vélo – 6 days of winter – race 3; Redbridge Cycling Centre IG6 3HP – 1pm
26th: Imperial Winter Series, Hillingdon 1pm
27th: SERRL Winter Series 2012-2013 Event 6; Cyclopark Kent, DA1 – 11am

February 2013
2nd: Imperial Winter Series, Hillingdon 1pm
2nd: Winter in the Park Series 6; Cyclopark Kent, DA1 7NP – 1pm
2nd: East London Vélo – 6 days of winter – race 4; Redbridge Cycling Centre IG6 3HP – 1pm
9th: East London Vélo – 6 days of winter – race 5; Redbridge Cycling Centre IG6 3HP – 1pm
9th: Imperial Winter Series, Hillingdon 1pm
10th: SERRL Winter Series 2012-2013 Event 7; Cyclopark Kent, DA1 – 11am

10th: 48th Perfs Pedal (VC ST Raphael/Waite Contracts), Southwick, Hants, using the Portsdown Hill Circuit the same as this year

16th: Winter in the Park Series 7; Cyclopark Kent, DA1 7NP – 1pm
16th: East London Vélo – 6 days of winter – race 6
24th: SERRL Winter Series 2012-2013 Event 8; Cyclopark Kent, DA1 7NP – 11am

24th: Clayton Velo Spring Classic, Lancs

* information understood to be correct at the time of publishing.

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