Le Tour de France

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Le Tour de France

Le Tour de France
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Making Tracks in Essex
ActiveEssex
The Sport and Physical Activity Partnership for Greater Essex
Le Tour de France: Making Tracks in Essex 2014
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KS2/KS3 Resource Pack
The Essex Tour
This section provides you with a wealth of useful background information
on the Tour de France and the Essex Tour. It also contains specific cycling
information which will help you set the scene
for your students on the theme.
Contents
Grand Depart Trophy Comes to Essex 4
Introduction 5
The Essex Route - Stage 3 7
The Story of the Tour de France 10
Giants of Essex Cycling 14
Women in Cycling 16
Safe Cycling 21
Le Eco Race 23
Cycling for Healthy Living 25
Cycling Clubs in Essex
27
Essex Cycle Maps 29
Scandal and Ethics 32
Celebration, Music & Culture 36
Essex Cycling Stories 39
Hadleigh Farm Country Park Legacy 44
Tour de France Education pack first produced by York City Council and adapted by Essex County Council for Essex
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Introduction
Welcome to the ‘Le Tour de France : Making Tracks in Essex 2014’.
KS2/3 Resource Pack designed for teachers, community groups
and parents of young people aged from 7 to 14.
Le Tour de France or La Grande Boucle
(the Big Loop), as it is nicknamed, is the
greatest and most challenging cycle race
in the world. First organised in 1903, it is
an annual multiple stage bicycle race that
takes place primarily in France. Up until
1954 the whole race took place exclusively
in France. It was decided to start the race
in the Netherlands that year, so the first
‘foreign’ Grand Départ got pedalling in
Amsterdam! In recent years le Grand Départ
has pushed off outside France every two
or three years. In 2014 the Tour de France
will start in England’s biggest county –
Yorkshire, where the first two stages will be
ridden through its glorious hills and dales,
and charismatic towns and cities. The
third stage will progress from Cambridge
to London before the race crosses the
Channel back into France.
This gives us a fantastic opportunity to
get involved in the countdown and in
the celebrations that will form part of the
race itself! There are many ways of using
the Tour de France theme to enhance the
school curriculum, provide and contribute
to community activities and be involved in
the exciting build-up to this evocative race.
This resource pack contains information
and stories, facts and figures about this
exhilarating event together with hot-spot
suggested activities and a wide variety
of curriculum ‘spokes’ full of ideas and
activities that will bring ‘La tête de la
course’, chased by ‘le peloton’ into your
classroom. The aim is to motivate and
inspire your students and young
people – not only to jump on their bikes,
but to enjoy exercise with moving scenery.
It never gets easier.
You just go faster.
Greg Lemond
Introduction 5
Hot-spot Sprint Activity
Organise your own countdown to le Grand Départ 2014 in Yorkshire and be at
‘La Tête de la Course’‘! (See French words page B15 )
Your class or group collectively could form le peloton, from which individual students
will sprint away at various stages (les étapes) as they develop their skills, knowledge
and understanding to take the different jerseys!
Why not give your students the task of designing your own coloured jersey system for
achievement?
Le maillot vert
(green jersey)
best sprinter
We also aim to investigate the impact this
race has made on people since the first
pedal turned in 1903 and why spectators
turn out in their thousands. It is much
more than just a French cycle race –
it has become a worldwide institution!
We hope that your students will embrace
the wide and varied perspective that
the ‘Tour de France’ brings with it –
qualities such as teamwork, challenge,
perseverance, determination and courage.
Through the variety of curriculum activities
and useful links they will learn, enjoy, be
inspired and ultimately be a part of and
celebrate Stage 3, Cambridge to London
on the 7 July 2014!
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Le maillot à pois
(polka dot jersey)
best climber
Le maillot blanc
(white jersey)
best young rider
TdF Pedal
Pushing Fact
Q: What is the last
rider known as,
and why?
A: La Lanterne Rouge – the ‘red light’, so
called after the red light on the tail end
of a train!
Le maillot jaune
(yellow jersey)
the leader
The Essex Route - Stage 3
Monday 7 July
On the 7 July, Stage 3 of Le Tour will commence from Cambridge
to London through Essex.
This will be the first time that Le Tour has
visited the North of England. In 2007 the
Grand Départ took place in south east
England and London.
The route will take the cyclists through
York, Leeds, Harrogate and Sheffield, and
many towns and villages along the way,
so this is a great opportunity for everyone
to watch the spectacle and be involved. It
is certain that the route will be one huge
festival as Yorkshire pulls out the stops
with celebrations and activities to speed
the riders on their way. As the peloton
flashes by, the publicity caravan of floats,
media and officials is a spectacle in itself
and takes an hour to pass by!
Stage 1: Saturday 5 July 2014
Leeds – Yorkshire Dales – Harrogate:
The first stage takes the riders up hill and
down dale through the outstanding scenery
of the glorious Yorkshire Dales through
picturesque towns and villages ending with
a sprint finish in the beautiful spa town
of Harrogate.
Richmond
Healaugh
Muker
B6270
A1M
Bedale
Bainbridge
Hawes
West Burton
A6108
Buckden
Kettlewell
Ripon
B6160
Grassington
Threshfield
A61
FINISH
Harrogate
Hetton
B6265
190km (120 miles)
Starting at the grand Leeds Town Hall, the
route will progress through lovely Yorkshire
scenery – Harewood – Otley – Ilkley –
Skipton – Aysgarth – Hawes – Reeth –
Leyburn – Ripon – Harrogate
Leyburn
Aysgarth
Race
Neutral
start
Support
vehicles
A59
Skipton
Ilkley
A65
Keighley
Otley
START
Harewood
Arthington
Bingley
Shipley
Moortown
A6120
Haworth
The Essex route 7
A1M
Stage 2: Sunday 6 July 2014
York – Pennines – Peak District Sheffield: 200km (125 miles)
A6034
A1301
Haverhill
Saffron Walden
Great Sampford
A1
Finchingfield
A1053
M11
Braintree
Stevenage
Felsted
Harlow
Chelmsford
Writtle
Epping
M25
Chingford
Brentwood
Chigwell
FINISH
London
Stepney
Kensington Lambeth
Chelsea
8
Basildon
Wanstead
Barking
Woolwich
Greenwich
Dartford
M25
Ilkley
Wetherby
Silsden
A64
Keighley
A1M
A6033
A65
M1
Mytholmroyd
Halifax
Dewsbury
M62
Wakefield
B6113
A58
Huddersfield
M62
A1M
M1
Holmfirth
Barnsley
A628
A616
Stocksbridge
FINISH
Sheffield
Race
Neutral start
Support vehicles
M1
Cambridge – London: 169km
(105 miles)
Great Shelford
M1
Harrogate
Stage 3: Monday 7 July 2014
START
Cambridge
Bishop’s
Stortford
A59
A65
The second stage takes in some glorious
steep climbs including the magnificent
Cragg Vale climb from Mytholmroyd to
Blackstone Edge, which just happens to be
the longest continuous ascent in England!
This should provide a good warm up for the
later mountain stages.
Welwyn
Garden
City
A59
Skipton
Starting at the great historic City of York
surrounded by ancient Roman walls
the route will progress through quaint
Knaresborough – Silsden – Keighley –
Hebden Bridge – Elland – Huddersfield
– Holmfirth – ending in Sheffield, which
is fast becoming one of Europe’s great
sporting centres.
Royston
START
York
Knaresborough
The Tour de France moves out of Yorkshire
and into Cambridgeshire for Stage 3
Starting in Cambridge – Saffron Walden
– Epping – Woodford Green –South
Woodford – Walthamstow – Leyton –
Olympic Park – Docklands – Embankment
– the Mall
This will be quite a flat stage in contrast to
the circuitous, hilly Yorkshire stages, and
should promise an exciting sprint finish on
The Mall in front of Buckingham Palace.
Ypres
The Tour de France machine
then crosses the channel to
hurtle through the French
countryside, tackle the
high mountains and on
to the iconic sprint finish
at les Champs Elysées
in Paris.
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage
Visit the Visit Essex website
to find out more and follow
Stage 3 of Le Tour:
www.visitessex.com
Lille
Arras
Arenberg Porte du Hainaut
Reims
PARIS
Champs-Élysées
Épernay
Évry
Nancy
Gérardmer
La Planche des Belles Filles
Besançon
Bourg-en-Bresse
Oyonnax
Saint-Étienne
Périgueux
Bergerac
Chamrousse
Grenoble
Risoul
Tallard
Pau
Hautacam
Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d’Adet
Mulhouse
Maubourguet
Pays du Val d’Adour
Nîmes
Saint-Gaudens
Carcassonne
Bagnères-de-Luchon
Hot-spot
Sprint Activity:
TdF Pedal
Pushing Fact
Q: In 1954 for the
first
time the Tour did
not start
in France. Where
did this
Grand Départ take
place?
A: The Netherlands
• Challenge your students to set up
tourism businesses and compete
with each other to come up with the
best ideas to bring visitors to your
town or village or the nearest place
where the Tour will be
passing through
Or
• Set your students the challenge to
set up their own businesses to
design, make and market a special
souvenir or Tour de France product
to sell to local people and visitors
to the region
• Invite a representative from Visit
Essex, or a local business to judge
the tourism ideas, souvenirs or Tour
de France products
The Essex route 9
The Story of
Le Tour de France
Le Premier Grand Départ
1 July 1903
It may seem hard to believe, but the very first
Tour de France cycle race was not organised to
advance competitive sport, but to boost sales
of a French sporting paper!
During the late 19th century cycling became
a very popular pastime, and as time went
on, organised bike racing was introduced.
Professional cycling became big in France
and as Radio, TV and the internet were
yet to emerge, people’s main source of
cycling news and information came from
newspapers. Sports papers such as ‘Le
Vélo’ sprung up to cover cycling in depth
and soon found that by promoting races,
then grew very successful. L’Auto was a
smaller rival paper, which was desperate to
increase circulation. When journalist Géo
Lefèvre proposed the idea of organising a
big cycle race through France, its editor,
Henri Desgrange seized the opportunity.
On 1st July 1903, sixty intrepid cyclists set
off from the Au Reveil Matin Café in the
suburbs of Paris. They covered 2,428km in
a circular route through six stages.
10
18 days later 21 cyclists made the finish
line back in Paris.
The very first winner was Maurice Garin.
Le Tour de France was born!
The race has taken place annually since
1903, except for a gap between the two
World Wars, 1914-18 (the race did actually
take place in 1914, as war broke out in
August ) and 1939-45. This is why 2013
marks the 100th Tour de France, not 2003.
As the Tour gained prominence and
popularity the course became longer,
more challenging and hazardous mountain
climbs were introduced.
Routes were designed to be as gruelling
as possible to make the race more of a
spectacle!
Today the Tour de France is organised by
the Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.).
The trials and tribulations of the early riders
are now the stuff of legend, but they laid
strong foundations for the modern day
Tour de France, which is now watched by
millions of people around the world – along
the routes, on TV and via the internet.
In the early days riders had to contend with
sabotage from spectators determined to
ensure their favourites would win. Throwing
tacks on the road was a favourite tactic!
(and actually happened again in 2012!)
At stage 10 of the 1910 Race, after tackling
the hazardous mountain passes of the
Pyrenees for the first time on roads that
were little more than tracks, Octave Lapize
famously accused the organisers of being
murderers:
Vous êtes
des assassins
neighbouring countries and ‘Le Tour’ now
hosts riders from all over the world.
The Tour de France
100 years on
The Race is currently run by the Amaury
Sport Organisation and is a UCI (Union
Cycliste Internationale/International
Cycling Union) World Tour event.
Together with the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta
a Espagna, the Tour de France makes up
cycling’s prestigious Grand Tours. ‘Le Tour’
is traditionally held during July each year,
and while the route changes, the race
contains the same format:
• Grand Départ
• 21 day long stages over a 23 day period
The cyclists also had to be mechanics
as they had to make their own repairs
and were penalised if they received any
help. As the years have gone by the
severe draconian rules and logistics were
gradually adapted and amended so that
the Tour has evolved into the iconic,
sophisticated and highly tactical race we
know and love today.
• Each stage averages a distance of 413 km
Following the Second World War,
participation gradually extended from
a primarily French field to riders from
• It includes the mountain chains of the
Pyrenees and the Alps.
• It alternates between clockwise and
anticlockwise circuits of France
• 20 – 22 teams compete with 9 riders
in each
• Team members must be dressed
identically, except those in coloured
jerseys
• Time trials (at least two)
• The finish on the Champs Élysées
The story of the Tour de France 11
How does the Tour de France
work?
The organisation and logistics of the
race can seem totally baffling with its
complicated points system and peloton
tactics. It uses specialised language
containing evocative words such as
domestique, cracking, voiture balai, tête de
la course, le grimeur and flamme rouge.
This link unravels the mysteries of the Tour
de France through a very clear, concise and
enjoyable animation
http://www.boneshakermag.com/
le-tour-explained/
Hot-spot Sprint
Activity
• Challenge your class/group to
develop a quiz on the Tour de
France on key facts
• Each team administers their Quiz
to the whole group
TdF Pedal
Pushing Fact
Q: Why is the Kin
g
of the Mountains
jersey
design red polka
dots on a white
background?
Useful links:
A documentary by Chickasmith,
‘100 Years of the Tour de France’
– You Tube
An excellent Documentary was produced in
2003 tracking the history of this legendary
race and it’s legacy. Entitled ‘100 Years of
the Tour de France, directed by Christophe
Muel, narrated by Mike Tomalaris, it is
shown in three parts:
1. Birth of a Legend
2. The Legend Rolls on
3. Stars of the Road
It contains original footage and provides
an excellent introduction to the Tour as
well as a good source or material for
various curriculum areas.
A: The original sponsor, Confectioners Chocolat Poulian sold
chocolate bars with polka dot wrappers.
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TIMELINE: ‘Le Parcours’
of Le Tour de France
1905: Classification by time changed to a points
system. Mountains were introduced into the
route and an unofficial best climber was named,
which set the scene for later accolades such as
‘King of the Mountains’
1910: High
mountains such
as the Pyrenees
became part of
the course
1904: 12 of the 27 cyclists were
disqualified for various offences, such
as travelling on trains and hanging onto
the backs of cars during the race!
1910: the ‘Broomwagon’ (voiture
balai) was introduced to follow
behind the peloton to ‘sweep up’
injured or exhausted riders
1915 – 1919: World War I
– no Tour de France
Between the Wars
1919: The yellow
jersey was
introduced to
identify the race
leader
1924: Henri Pelissier
revealed to the Press that
drugs were taken by many
riders to get them round
the course
1927: the number of stages was
increased to 24. Sixteen of the
flat stages were run as team time
trials, with teams setting off at
15 minute intervals
1925: the number of
stages was increased
from 15 to 18 to
reduce the length of
each stage
1933: the first mountains
classification by a points
system, was won by Vicente
Trueba (Spain), - the first King
of the Mountains
1930: riders rode for national teams rather than trade teams
1935: Spanish rider Francisco Copeda was the first
fatality. He crashed on a mountain descent, fractured
his skull and died 3 days later
Post War Years
1939 – 1945: World War II –
no Tour de France
1948: The finish of
the race at the Paris
Velodrome was
filmed for TV for the
first time
1947: 100 riders in national and regional teams took
part. There was no German team and the Italian team was
made up of French-Italians living in France
1952: Mountain top finishes
and an award to the most
combative rider each day
were introduced
1962: The race reverted back to trade
teams rather than national and regional
teams. Tom Simpson was the first British
rider to wear the yellow jersey
1978: Bernard Hainault
(France) won the race on his
first Tour, covering the 3,908km
at an average speed of 36.084
km/hour. He would go on to
win 5 times in total
1953: The points system was introduced for
sprints and time trials. The rider with the highest
number of points – ie the best sprinter - was
acknowledged by the award of a green jersey.
1972: Belgian Eddy
Merckx known as ‘The
Cannibal’, won his fourth
consecutive Tour
1974: Tour de France came to UK for
the first time. The cyclists crossed the
Channel by boat, for the first stage in
SW England
1975: The polka dot jersey was introduced for the best mountain
climber and the white jersey for the best young rider
1981: Phil Anderson was the first
Australian to win the yellow jersey
1986: Greg LeMond was the first American to win the Race
1995: Miguel Indurain (Spain) became
the first rider to win the Tour five times
in succession. Olympic champion Fabio
Casartelli was tragically killed
1955: Louison Bobet (France) was
the first man to win the race
three years in
succession
1998: Known as the ‘Tour
du Dopage’. The Festina
team pulled out after a drugs
scandal
1999: Lance Armstrong won the Race on his return to racing after his
battle with cancer. He was to win 6 more times, but stripped of his titles
in 2012 following a doping scandal
The 21st Century
– the modern
Tour de France
2003: The centenary route
took place entirely in France,
passing through the six towns
on the original route
2006: The route travelled through
five other countries – Luxembourg,
the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain,
and Germany
2009: Bradley Wiggins was awarded 3rd
place after Lance Armstrong was stripped
of his titles in 2012. Mark Cavendish won
6 stages including the final at the Champs
Élysées.
2012: Bradley Wiggins was the first
British rider to win the Tour de France,
with Chris Froome in second place. Mark
Cavendish won 3 stages including the
final stage
2013: A second British victory as Chris
Froome took the yellow jersey. He and the
six remaining riders of Team Sky crossed
the finish line at the Champs Élysées
together
Giants of Essex
Cycling
Alex Dowsett
Born in Chelmsford, where he still lives
today, Alex was introduced to cycling
through his father and his weekly mountain
bike ride. Alex soon met people who were
connected with his local cycling club
Maldon and District CC and was quickly
thrust into the local time trialing scene
where it became apparent he had a talent.
Alex quickly rose through the ranks winning
multiple titles along the way until he joined
the British Cycling Olympic Academy
Development Team winning the U23
National Time Trial title twice in succession.
In 2011 Alex made his step into the pro
ranks with Team Sky winning the National
Time Trial title in 2011 and 2012.
“ I love cycling in Essex because
there are lots of windy lanes and
quiet roads. Along with being a
great palce to cycle, Essex is also
the driest county in the UK and
that is always helpful when you’re
on a bike navigating a road. ”
Alex Dowsett
For the 2013 season
Alex joined Team
Movistar and he
has enjoyed much
success winning
the National Time
Trial title for the 3rd time in a row and
winning stage 8 of the Giro d’Italia (Italy’s
Tour de France equivalent). Alex is a rising
star of the pro peloton who is very proud
of his roots and can been seen regularly
training on the Essex roads.
Ian Stannard
Another Chelmsford born pro, Ian formed
part of the nine man team that assisted
Chris Froome in winning the
Tour de France in 2013. Ian
has been a pro since 2008
completing his neo-pro years
with Landbouwkrediet and
ISD before joining Team Sky
in 2010. Ian won the National
Road Race title in 2012 beating then team
mate Alex Dowsett. In recent years Ian has
concentrated on the single day Monuments
of pro cycling leading to a 6th place in MilanSan Remo in 2013 and a 3rd in the 2010
edition of Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne in truly
awful weather conditions. Ian also formed
part of the team that help Mark Cavendish
win the World Road Race title in 2011.
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Russell Hampton
This Basildon born racer is the product
of the British Cycling Olympic Academy
Programme (2007 – 2009) where he raced
against and beat many of the current Team
Sky riders. Russell won the Junior Road Race
title in 2006 and finished
3rd in the National Road
Race in 2012 completing
an entirely Essex podium
alongside Stannard and
Dowsett. For 2014 Russell
will be riding for Athlon
Sport a Chelmsford based cycle shop.
Vin Denson
Vin has lived in Essex for more than
40 years and is a former pro who has
ridden the Tour de France, became the first
Britain to win a stage of the Giro d’Italia
and won the Tour of Luxembourg in the
1960s. Vin was team mates to the great
Jacques
Anquetil (the first 5 time
winner of the Tour de France)
and Tom Simpson (GB’s first
World Champion) during his
career. In 1969 Vin retired
from professional racing and
opened a wood-treatment
business near Harlow.
Matt Illingworth
Born in Westcliff-on-Sea in 1968 Matt rode
professionally during the 1990s. In 1999
he rode for the Linda McCartney Foods pro
team and won the National Track Team
Pursuit title along with the National 10 Mile
Time Trial title. Matt represented England
in the 1994 Commonwealth Games winning
the silver medal in the Team Time Trial.
Throughout his career Matt
won numerous races at
home and abroad as well as
breaking the National 10mile record in 1992 and the
30-mile record in 1998. Matt
now lives in Perth, Australia
with his partner Anne.
Hot-spot sprint
activity
Inspired by the Cycling Giants who
pioneered this increasingly popular
sport, a new generation of Essex cyclists
are starting to emerge and make their
mark on the world stage.
• Inspire and motivate your students by
challenging them to find our new, up
and coming heroes of Essex Cycling!
Here are a few names to start them off:
Alex Dowsett, Matthew Hamilton,
Russell Hampton,
• Find some local heroes very close to
home in local cycling clubs – invite
them to come in to talk to your groups
• Discuss the skills and qualities of a
cycling hero. Work in small groups
to create a life-size picture of your
cycling hero in whatever medium you
choose – words, pictures, drama or
music. You could choose a real person
or make up your own. Add the skills
and qualities to the picture
• Imagine yourself as a cycling hero.
Write a ‘Day in the Life’ diary page.
As well as your activities describe
your feelings and emotions
Curriculum links:
Literacy, ICT, PSHE, Art, Design, Music,
Drama, French
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Women in Cycling
The success of the women in the Great
Britain cycling team in the 2012 Olympics
without doubt raised the profile of cycling
for women in the UK. However, both in the
professional world and as a leisure and
fitness pursuit, the percentage of women
involved is still lower than that of men.
Although women’s cycling in Britain is
growing, the pace of change is slow and
at amateur level race organisers often
struggle to attract female competitors
with sometimes only one woman to five
men competing. There is a drive to get
more women cycling – programmes such
as Breeze, set up by British Cycling to
encourage and support thousands of
women to feel confident and comfortable
about riding bikes. Find out more by visiting
breezebikerides.com
Sir Bradley Wiggins is helping to fund a
British based team, the Wiggle Honda ProCycling team was established following
2012 to boost women’s cycling. This
includes some of UK’s best young riders
– such as Laura Trott, Dani King, Joanna
Rowsell, Elinor Barker, Amy Roberts
together with Giorgia Bronzini (Italian
World Champion) and Rochelle Gilmore
(Australian world Champion).
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Female Cycling Heroes
There are increasingly more opportunities
for women to get into cycling, inspired by
a strong cohort of inspirational cycling role
models. There will be local female Cycling
Heroes in your area to draw from to inspire
your students, but here are some well
known women cyclists as a starter for 10.
Some have started cycling from a young
age, while others have taken up the sport
later in life so there are a range of examples
to motivate and encourage your students.
Victoria Pendleton,
MBE,CBE
(b 24 September
1980, Stotfold,
Bedfordshire) - a
former track cyclist
and double Olympic
champion, who
specialised in Sprint,
Team Sprint and *Keirin disciplines. She
rode her first race - 400m, on the grass
track at Fordham at the age of nine. During
her career, representing GB and England,
Victoria has won nine world titles, including
six in the individual sprint competition
between 2005 and 2012. When she won
her first major medal at the 2005 UCI
Track Cycling World Championships she
became the third British woman to become
a cycling world champion in 40 years. In
the 2012 summer Olympics she won a gold
medal in the keirin and a silver medal in
the sprint. Victoria retired from cycling in
2012. To find out more visit
www.victoriapendleton.co.uk
*Keirin is motor–paced cycle racing in
which track cyclists sprint for victory
following a speed controlled start behind
a motorised or non-motorised pacer
Dani King, MBE
( b.21 November
1990, Southampton)
While still at school,
Dani was chosen by
the British Cycling’s
talent team coaches
to be on their
training team in
2005. She became a
track cyclist and won the
world team pursuit title in 2011 alongside
Laura Trott and Wendy Houvenaghal, in
2012 with Laura Trott and Joanna Rowsell
and in 2013 with Laura Trott and Elinor
Barker. A track and road cyclist for Wiggle
Honda, Dani also won a gold medal in the
summer Olympics 2012 with Laura Trott
and Joanna Rowsell, setting a new world
record time of 3:14:051.To find out more
visit www.daniking.co.uk
Joanna Rowsell, MBE
(b.5 December 1988,
Carshalton, London
Borough of Sutton)
– a track and road
cyclist with Wiggle
Honda, Joanna was
spotted by British
Cycling’s Talent
Team programme
at school in 2004.
Joanna won Junior British National Track
Championships pursuit in 2005 and 2006.
She went on to win gold medals in the
women’s team pursuit at the 2008, 2009
and 2012 World Championships and a gold
medal tor the team pursuit with Dani King
and Laura Trott in the summer Olympics
2012. To find out more visit
www.joannarowsell.com
Laura Trott, OBE
(b.24 April 1992, Harlow, Essex).
Suffering from asthma as a small child,
doctors recommended that Laura should
take up a sport to regulate her breathing
and later took up cycling. Now riding for
Wiggle Honda, Laura is a track and road
cyclist specialising in team pursuit and
*Omnium disciplines.
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At the summer
Olympics 2012 she
won gold in both
events – (the team
pursuit with Dani
King and Joanna
Rowsell) making her
a double Olympic
champion in her first
Olympics! To find out more
visit www.lauratrott.com
Marianne Vos
*Omnium is a multiple race event in
track cycling
(b. 13 May 1987, Hertogenbosch,
Netherlands) - a Dutch road and track racer,
who started cycling when she was six and
participated in races when she was eight.
Marianne won a junior European world
championship in road racing progressing
to world champion in cyclo-cross and road
racing at 19. She won a gold medal in the
2008 summer Olympics and gold in the
women’s road race in the 2012 summer
Olympics. In 2006 and 2012 she won the
accolade of World Road Race Champion.
Wendy Houvenaghel
Crystal Lane
(b 27 November 1974, Upperlands, County
Londonderry, Northern Ireland). While in
the RAF, Wendy started cycling in 2002, On
completing her commission in 2004, her
cycling career started to take off – riding
on both road and track, but specialising
in track. She has represented Britain in
various World Cycling Championships,
winning silver at the Beijing Olympic
Games in 2008 and gold at the team
Pursuit at 2008, 2009 and 2011 Track World
Championships. Wendy has guided new
riders in the Team pursuit and finished the
2010/11 track season as World Number
One in the UCI World Rankings and in 2012
won gold in the UCI Track World Cup Team
Pursuit in London.
To find out more visit
www.wendyhouvenaghel.com
Born 13 September
1985, Barking, Greater
London. Lane who
was born with an
under-developed left
arm, took up sport
as a youth and was
active in football,
playing at County
level. In 2008 she
watched Sarah Storey compete at the 2008
Summer Paralympics in Bejing. She noticed
that she had a similar disability to Storey
and realised that she could classify as a
Paralympic athlete. After a 2009 Great
Britain campaign to find athletes for the
2012 Summer Paralympics, Lane applied
and was accepted for trials. By December
2010 she was part of a three athletes
selected as part of the GB Para-Cycling
Team for 2011. Lane made her international
debut in 2011 competing in the Road World
Championships in Roskilde, Denmark. She
finished 9th in the C5 Time Trial and took
the bronze medal in the C5 Road Race, the
gold going to GB team mate Sarah Storey.
In 2012 Lane entered the UCI World Cup
in Rome. There she finished 4th in the
Road Race and 5th in the Time Trial. Lane
qualified for the 2012 Summer Paralympics
in all three of her specialised events: C5
track pursuit, C5 time trial and C4-5 road
race. www.crystallane.co.uk
www.activeessex.org/funding/essexathletes-foundation/
Nicole Cooke, MBE
(b.13 April 1983, Swansea, South Wales) – a
former professional road bicycle racer and
Commonwealth, Olympic and World road
race champion, Nicole retired at 29 on 14
January 2013.
Nicole began cycling at 11 with Cardiff Ajax
Cycling club. At 16 she won her first senior
national title, becoming the youngest rider
to take the senior women’s title at the 1999
British National Road Race Championships.
At 17 she became the youngest rider to win
the senior women’s title at the 2001 British
National Cyclocross Championships.
She turned professional in 2002, riding
for the Spanish-Ukrainian Deia-PragmaColnago, based in Forli, Italy. During
Nicole’s career her major wins include the
Commonwealth Games Road Race, 2002;
Amstel Gold Race 2003, Giro.
Tour de Tendring 2014
The hugely popular Tour de Tendring bike
ride will take place on Sunday 11th May.
You can cycle on one of three circular routes
around the picturesque district of Tendring perfect cycling country with quiet roads, low
hills and views to the sea. All routes start
and finish in Dovercourt - the long route
visits the classic seaside resort of Clacton
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on Sea, famous for its pier, St Osyth, and
Great Bentley which has the biggest village
green in England. The routes rejoin in Great
Oakley, mentioned in the Domesday Book,
before the finish where you can unwind
with refreshments, entertainment, and a
swimming pool! The six mile family ride
is mostly traffic free as it passes through
the historic town of Harwich (including
Britain’s oldest cinema!) up to the coast,
passing three lighthouses on the way back
to Dovercourt. The ride is open to all. For
further information please visit
www.bikeevents.com
The Women’s 2014 Tour
The Women’s Tour is Britain’s first
international level stage race for women in
the UK, taking place for the first time from
7th to 11th May 2014.
The Tour will race in Tendring on Friday
9th May, where the finish of Stage 3 is in
Clacton, and again on Sunday 11th May
when the final stage heads off from Harwich.
Joining the already confirmed Marianne
Vos and her Rabo Liv team will be the likes
of Orica – AIS, Boels Dolmans, Specialized
Lululemon and the Wiggle Honda team
of British Olympians Laura Trott, Joanna
Rowsell and Dani King.
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The current line-up includes teams from
eight different nations with the race
expected to draw a high quality field
featuring the best riders from each of
the named teams, with further rider
announcements and the identities of the
final two international teams to follow in
due course, pending visa confirmations.
The full list of teams for The Women’s Tour
is as follows:
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Boels Dolmans Cycling Team (Ned)
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Orica – AIS (Aus)
UnitedHealthcare Professional
Cycling Team (USA)
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Wiggle Honda (GBr).
Estado de Mexico Faren (Mex)
Great Britain (GBr)
Hitec Products (Nor)
Lotto Belisol Ladies (Bel)
Matrix Fitness – Vulpine (GBr)
Netherlands (Ned)
Optum P/B Kelly Benefit Strategies
(USA)
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Rabo Liv Women’s Cycling Team (Ned)
Specialized – Lululemon (USA)
The Women’s Tour will take place over
five stages between Wednesday 7th
and Sunday 11th May, beginning in
Northamptonshire with an opening stage
from Oundle to Northampton.
Leicestershire, Bedfordshire, Essex and
Hertfordshire will all host subsequent
stages in the event, before the final stage
finish in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, with
highlights of every stage shown on ITV4.
A promotional video for The Women’s Tour
2014 can be found here
http://youtu.be/JRc79kVeVWY while an
interview with Northamptonshire’s Hannah
Barnes of the UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
team talking about the race can be found
here http://youtu.be/XfX68Zypnls
Safe Cycling
Cycling is a wonderful means of
transport for people of all ages; it creates
independence, it gets people outside and
into the fresh air and it is a very ‘green’
form of transport as it does not pollute
the atmosphere, and it is a great form of
exercise. There is nothing quite like the
sense of achievement when the stabilisers
are taken away and you are launched into
the world on two wheels! However it is
imperative that anyone who wants to cycle
– whatever their age – can feel confident
and be equipped with the skills to cycle
safely. This is where Cycle Training plays
a crucial part and will equip you with the
skills and knowledge you need:
• to be a safe cyclist who is visible to and
aware of the traffic around you.
The main programme for schools and
community groups is Bikeability – a
National Standards Cycling Training
administered by the Department for
Transport. This is a cycling proficiency
programme for the 21st century that is
designed to give the next generation of
cyclists the skills and confidence to safely
ride their bikes on today’s roads.
Bikeability was developed by more than
20 professional organisations including
the Royal Society for Prevention of
Accidents and is supported by
cross-Government departments including
the Department for Transport, Department
of Health and Department for Children,
Schools and Families.
• to know where to ride to be safe – eg
riding in the marked cycle lanes on
pavements.
• to ensure that your bike is road worthy
and undertake basic maintenance.
The best way to achieve this is through
joining a cycle club or signing up to a
proficiency programme.
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There are
three Bikeability levels
Level 1: Red Badge: age 10+
Learn to control and master the bike.
Training takes place in an environment
away from cars and traffic such as
a playground or closed car park.
Get to know your wheels with top
tips to keep your bike in shape.
Level 2: Orange Badge: age 10-11
The training takes children out on the roads
to gain real cycling experience to enable
them to deal with traffic on short journeys
such as cycling to school. Get geared up
with tips on how to choose your bike
and kit.
Level 3: Green Badge: age 11-18
The young people learn the skills to tackle a
wider range of traffic conditions so that on
achieving Level 3 they will be able to deal
with all types of road conditions and more
challenging traffic situations.
Bikeability in Essex
Essex County Council became involved with
the Department for Transport “Bikeability”
national cycle training scheme in
2008/2009 and bid for 250 training places.
Since then the team have increased their
capacity year on year and this year up to
March 2014 Essex County Council is on
target to complete 5200 training places, a
further 1500+ places are also in process by
School Games Organisers funded through
the Youth Sports Trust.
The team’s emphasis is to continue
increasing their numbers overall and
especially in Secondary schools at the
advanced level 3. The team are also carrying
out some adult training in Essex and are
training a number of teachers in special
schools to ensure that this opportunity is
available to as many people as possible.
Essex now has a team of its own nationally
qualified instructor trainers and more than
100 trained instructors working throughout
the County. The team run a number of half
term and summer courses in various areas
of Essex training to levels 1,2 and level 3.
Visit the website
www.dft.gov.uk/bikeability
Bike to school week 9-13 June
visit
www.sustrans.org.uk
National Bike week 14-22 June
visit
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www.bikeweek.org.uk
Essex County Council & Sustrans present
l’ éco tour
Cycle to School
Get points and help your school win l’éco tour
Pupils write the appropriate score on class sheet. For example, 5 points if they cycle alone, 5+4 if they
cycle accompanied with a cycling parent/guardian/adult, 5+4+4 if they cycle accompanied with 2
cycling parent/guardian/adult, 4 if on a bike of a cycling parent/guardian/adult, no score if any
other method of transport is chosen. Teachers also write score on the class sheet if they cycle to school.
Categories & Prizes
L’ÉCO TOUR has 3 different categories and prizes
Infant School
(Foundation and KS1)
Junior School
(KS2, Primary schools will be devided into two categories)
Secondary School
(KS3 and above)
Terms and conditions: Schools must run the L’éco tour on the specified 9 days (see www. ecoraceessex.org.uk/dates). Class
record sheets must be sent to Aba Pifferi by the given deadline. Only one prize per school (If same school wins more than one,
the second prize will be given to the school in second place). The difference of scores between pupils, teachers and parents is
mainly to be able to distinguish the different people cycling when collating data and working out the percentage. Giving all the
same score would not allow us to identify the number of parents, teachers and pupils cycling. Score sheets are sent to Alba Pifferi Sustrans at the end of each week/beginning of the next. Data collated by Aba Pifferi and winners based on percentage (for fairness,
ie small versus large schools/classes, and overall scores in inter class competition).
For further information please contact Aba Pifferi: aba.pifferi@sustrans.org.uk
TdF Pedal
Pushing Fact
Q: Which British
bicycle
manufacturer spo
nsored
the winning rider
in the
1980 Tour de Fran
ce?
Who was the win
ner?
KS2:
Try the Sustrans ‘Suss it out’ activities,
‘Staying Safe’
Sprint
• Hi -visHot-spot
treasure hunt
Activity
• Hazard
map
• The great safety debate ‘Suss it Out’
is a series of free downloadable, fun
and engaging activities
www.sustrans.org.uk
KS3:
Try out the Sustrans Big Street Survey
which enables students to investigate
the area around school and create a
manifesto on how to make the streets
safer and greener.
www.sustrans.org.uk
or: Plan your route to school
• Plan a safe route to school from home
either on your bike or on foot
• Present your plan to younger people
who live near you
Curriculum Links:
Science, Literacy, PSHE
A: Raleigh; Joop Zoetemelk (Netherlands)
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Cycling for Healthy Living
Cycling is acknowledged as one of the best
forms of exercise to get fit and stay healthy
and the beauty of it is that once you can
ride a bike you can cycle as often as you
please. You can enjoy being outside in the
town or countryside and it is free. Cycling
can open up a whole new world. There are
many cycling clubs, groups and events to
join in with if you need an incentive or if
you want to cycle with an organised group.
It is also a great way for people of all ages
to socialise. To find your local cycling club
follow this link:
www.britishcycling.org.uk/clubfunder
or use the local resources at the back of
this pack – Wheels Within Wheels.
good for our health) and hopefully even
more Olympic champions and Tour de
France winner
• Cycling at least 20 miles a week reduces
the risk of heart disease
• Young people who cycle are more
confident, more independent and
perform better at school
To encourage Cycling for Healthy Living
why not organise a Bike to School Week.
You could link in with the Sustrans
programme which usually takes place in June
(see following page) or link with National
Bike Week.
Encouraging children and young people
to cycle will produce many benefits for
the short and long-term future, so the
Countdown to the Yorkshire Grand Départ is
a fantastic opportunity to inspire them and
equip them with the skills and confidence
to get pedalling.
The Bikeability programme observes that
• More young people cycling will lead to
improved health and fitness, reduced
congestion and pollution (which is also
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A great example of an organised programme
that focuses on cycling and healthy living is
the Sustrans UK-wide ‘Bike to School Week’
that takes place each June. This is a fantastic
way to get your whole school or club involved
in a ready-made programme jam-packed
full of tips, events, activities and lessons to
inspire young people and families to make
more journeys by bike. The programme is
designed to take place over six weeks with
a step-by-step guide to help you get there.
However, you do not need to wait until
June 2014 – you can organise your ‘Bike to
School’ week whenever it fits your calendar or
curriculum.
Visit the Sustrans website
www.sustrans.org.uk/biketoschoolweek
Hot-spot Sprint
Activity
Try the Sustrans ‘Suss it out’ activities
‘Being Healthy’
• Finger on the Pulse
• Get Creative
• The great Activity-off
‘Suss it Out’ is a series of free
downloadable, fun and engaging
activities
www.sustrans.org.uk
KS3:
Organise and promote a ‘Bike Fest’
for your school or youth club
• Plan a variety of health focused
activities.
Curriculum Links:
TdF Pedal
Pushing Fact
Science, Literacy, Art, ICT , PE
be super fit
Q: Cyclists need to
mountains
to tackle the high
nsistently.
and win stages co
wned
Who has been cro
tains’
‘King of the Moun
seven times?
A: France’s Richard Verinque, between 1994 and 2004.
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Cycling Clubs
in Essex
Hadleigh Mountain
Bike Club
Based at Hadleigh Farm
in Essex, the Hadleigh
MTB Club is the only
mountain biking club to be based at an
Olympic venue and the first affiliated club to
be founded on the legacy of London 2012.
Throughout the year the Hadleigh Mountain
Bike Club has both formal (led) and informal
rides taking place on a weekly basis in the
local area. Contact details:
www.hadleighmtbclub.co.uk.
The Braintree BMX Club
The club caters for all ages from the very
young to the old. Riders and spectators
are always welcome at its events. The track
is situated in Braintree at the junction of
Panfield Lane and Deanery Hill, opposite
Towerlands Equestrian Centre.
Contact details: www.braintreebmx.com
Born 2 Tri
The club is a triathlon and multisport
club aimed at attracting participants
and members from all sections of the
community. The club has coached swim,
run and cycle sessions and would be
suitable for novices and experienced
triathletes. Contact details:
www.born2tri.co.uk
Braintree Velo Cycle Racing Club
The club is a cycle club of 20 riders
and growing. Main activities are racing,
sportives and leisure riding for all ages.
Contact details: www.braintreevelo.com
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Gateway Cycling
The club caters for anyone living in Thurrock
and the Thames Gateway area that is
interested in cycling, whether you just want
to take part in gentle social rides or push
yourself to the limit in races. Contact details:
www.gatewaycycling.org.uk
Chelmer Cycling Club
The club is a community cycling club with
members who range from leisure to serious
competition. It has its own training facilities
at its clubroom. It organises a complete range
of touring and competition events for all their
members who are from 4 to 80 years old.
Contact details: www.chelmercc.org.uk
Tri Sport Epping
The club is a well established triathlon club
with experienced coaches offering training
sessions and events for club members
of all ages (8+) and welcome and caters
for all abilities from complete novices to
experienced triathletes.
Contact details: www.trisportepping.co.uk
Essex Roads Cycling Club
The club is rapidly cycling club growing
based in Billericay, Essex. It caters for all age
groups, sexes and abilities. The club organise
Sunday novice, club and training rides all
year through.
Contact details: www.wssexroads.com
Glendene Cycling Club
Cycling club offering road, time trial,
MTB, cyclo cross racing plus club riding
and touring.
Contact details: www.glendenecc.org.uk
Maldon and District Cycling Club
Maldon and District club caters for cyclists
of all abilities, ages and cycling interests.
It offers activities in most branches of cycling.
New members are always welcome.
Contact details: www.madcc.org.uk
Cycle Harlow
If you want to cycle to socialise more, get
fit or become the best racer you can, Cycle
Harlow can help you reach your goals.
The club has qualified club coaches, ride
leaders trained by British Cycling and is also
affiliated to the Cyclists Touring Club (CTC).
Contact details: www.cycleharlow.co.uk
To find a sport, club or activity visit: www.activeessex.org/playsport/
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Cycle Maps
in Essex
Visit Essex has four cycle maps that illustrate
circular routes meandering through some
of the county’s most beautiful rural areas
and passing through many of its most
charming villages and towns. Each route
has details on the towns and villages as
well as places of interest that can be visited
whilst in the area together with quality
assured accommodation, should you wish
to stay longer, and places to eat. For further
information please visit www.visitessex.com.
Picture-perfect villages
Coggeshall, Finchingfield and the Hedinghams routes
Total distance of main route is 87km/54miles
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2
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01
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North End
0 Miles
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2
A1
A12
Silver End
White Notley
The Food Company
Tel: 01206 214000
www.thefoodcompany.co.uk
Heckfordbridge
Feering
The Green
Rank’s Green
The Compasses at Pattiswick
Tel: 01376 561322
www.thegreatpubcompany.co.uk
4

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Easthorpe
E
4
6
Cressing
3
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Stanway
Copford
4
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2
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End
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13
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West Street Vineyard
Tel: 01376 563303
www.weststreetvineyard.co.uk
B 102
2
53
B 10
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1
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56
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Tel: 01376 561453
www.baumannsbrasserie.co.uk
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The Suites @ Pannells Ash
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Heath
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Roma
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Marks Hall Gardens and Arboretum
Coggeshall Museum & Heritage Centre
Paycocke’s House & Garden
Coggeshall Grange Barn
Cressing Temple
Gallery in the Garden
Finchingfield Windmill
Colne Valley Railway
Hedingham Castle
Alderford Watermill
East Anglian Railway Museum
St James the Less Church
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Green
2
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End
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11
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Crow’s
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4
5
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30.6km/19.1miles
12.7km/7.9miles
12.2km/7.6miles
14.7km/9.2miles
19.8km/12.3miles
33.7km/21.1miles
11.6km/7.2miles
19.7km/12.3miles
Attractions along this route
Bures
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9
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End
Little
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Gestingthorpe
Great Yeldham
Grass
Green
Craig’s
End
A
Stambourne
Green
Place of worship
Telephone in rural area
Smythe’s
Green
Layer
Marney
Public House
Layer
Breton
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C 18.2km/11.4
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D 20.4km/12.7
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10
Woodham Ferrers
B10 10
1
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Short rides
3
4
6
Fambridge
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for specific details.
Victoria Road
Riverside Retai
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Chelmsford CM1
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77
www.cyclesuk.c
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Cycle King
76-78 Springfield
Road
Chelmsford CM2
6JY
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64
www.cycleking.c
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Fenn
A11
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4
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Fambridge
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B 1010
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LA
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20
www.lochfynese
afoodandgrill.c
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88
www.pieandpint
inns.co.uk/theha
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3 The Three
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Elms
Tel: 01245 4431
51
www.the-three-e
lms.com
4
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Tel: 01245 3611
88
www.windmillm
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32
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One of the best ways to explore the sites
is by bike. Country parks especially are
most suitable for off-road cycling for the
whole family. Some have special cycle
paths and offer cycle hire - for example
Great Notley Country Park (near Braintree)
and the nearby Flitch Way cover an area of
100 acres with views across open farmland
to the west - and a link to over 15 miles of
walking and cycling paths completely
off-road ideal for families with
young children.
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Scandal and
Ethics
Throughout its 100 year history the Tour de
France has seen some scandalous incidents
of cheating, sabotage and doping.
In the history of sport, such are the
pressures put on athletes to perform well
that they will always strive to achieve above
and beyond expectation. Some athletes,
unfortunately, use unfair means to achieve
the advantage. From the very beginning,
the Tour de France organisers imposed
strict rules and regulations so that each
cyclist had a sporting chance of success.
The rules have been adapted through the
years to support the changing dynamics
of the race. ASO has continued to uphold
stringent but fair regulations so that the
glory of the sport can be maintained and
all who participate have exactly the same
advantage as his fellow competitors.
Even the very first Tour de France did not
take place without incident as members of
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the crowd did more than just shout their
support and encouragement to assist their
favourites but physically tried to hold back
and even assaulted other riders.
The second race in 1904 was rife with
incidents of cheating by riders and
sabotage by supporters. Desperate to win,
many riders took shortcuts, hung on to the
backs of cars or rode some of the route by
train! The fact that some stages were so
long that they took place at night provided
the incentive to cheat under cover of
darkness. The supporters were even more
vicious than the previous year, sabotaging
bike frames and strewing the roads with
tacks and nails. Worse than this - on Stage
2 at the top of the Col de la Républic at 3am
the riders were greeted by a group of about
100 people armed with clubs and stones
who proceeded to attack them in order to
assist their local man.
One of the organisers, following in a car,
fired pistol shots and the crowd dispersed.
Maurice Garin commented:
If I’m not murdered before
Paris I’ll win the Tour again!
Garin did win, but was later among the 11
riders who were disqualified for cheating.
Henri Desgrange despaired that these
scandals may cause the second Tour de
France to be the last.
However, the race continued into the third
year, with a significant and effective change
as the organisers introduced more, but
shorter stages. This did not eliminate the
nails strewing practice for the next few
Tours, and scandals continued throughout
later years - in 1938 there was a report of
a rider hanging onto the back of a car and
in 1955 riders were fined for being given a
helping hand by spectators.
More cases of unruly fans continued when,
in 1950, drunk spectators blocked the road
in the Pyrenees and threatened the Italian
favourite, Gino Bartali, forcing the Italian
team to withdraw. The French government
were obliged to apologise to the Italian
government. Even more incredible, in
1975,was the case of the so-called fan
who punched five-times Tour winner Eddy
Merckx in the kidneys . Merckx won the
stage, but thanks to the attack, did not win
a sixth Tour.
The most long-standing scandal plaguing
this sport is that of doping. This reared
its ugly head as early as the 1920’s when
French brothers Francis and Henri Pélissier
(the 1923 winner) revealed to journalists
how they got through the Tour.
There, look, this is what we
use to get through the Tour.
Cocaine to go in our eyes, chloro
form to rub on our gums…,
we run on dynamite
It was common practice for the riders to
drink alcohol during the race until the
1960s when a law was passed forbidding
the use of stimulants in sport. Doping tests
were introduced in the mid-1960s.
However, this did not stop the practice
– a fatal combination of brandy,
amphetamines together with the heat and
the climb led to Tom Simpson’s death
during the 1967 Tour.
As with many sports doping continued
to tarnish the sporting ethics of the Tour
de France, compounded by the measures
some riders took to undermine the tests.
In 1978 Belgian Michael Pollentier was
disqualified after an elaborate system of
tubes under his armpit containing clean
urine was discovered.
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control what substances they were taking
and ensure their good health!
Despite the fact that this scandal nearly
killed the Tour de France, doping still
continued. The most recent high profile
doping scandal involved the American,
Lance Armstrong (pictured), who after
combatting testicular cancer in 2009, won
seven Tours in a row – a feat that had never
been achieved before.
In 1988 the Tour winner, Pedro Delgado
tested positive for a substance banned
by the International Olympic Committee,
but it was not on the UCI‘s (Union Cycliste
Internationale) banned list so he was not
penalised. Tests taken the day before and
after were clear, so the positive test is a
mystery, but it still cast a shadow over
the event.
The 1998 Tour, became known Tour
du Dopage when the biggest scandal
in the history of the race erupted and
resulted in the whole Festina team being
disqualified. The Festina affair started
when their Soigneur (carer/physical
therapist) was stopped by the police on
the France/Belgium border and found
to be in possession of a massive haul
of performance enhancing drugs. The
fallout revealed that most of the team
had been systematically doped, as part
of a programme so the whole team was
disqualified. Bruno Roussell, Festina’s
Director Sportif’s explanation was that
providing the team with the products would
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However, doping accusations started
to emerge and in 2012 after intense
investigations he was stripped of all
his titles. Since then, now that the dirty
washing of the Tour de France has finally
been hung out for the world to see and
through greater scrutiny and thorough
drug-testing, there have been no new
scandals to wobble the peloton!
Measures have been put in place and
organisers will strive to ensure that the
Tour de France stays clean. Chris Froome’s
speech on the podium after winning the
2013 event endorsed the necessity to
uphold and promote the clean ethics of
the race with his evocative words:
This is one yellow
jersey that will stand
the test of time
Ethics
It is human nature to focus on the infamous
and notorious aspects of life. The Tour de
France scandals can, however, be balanced
by many instances of chivalrous and
‘gentlemanly’ conduct.
Le Gentleman
During the 2012 Tour de France, the old
practice of ‘fans’ throwing tacks on the road
raised its ugly head, with the result that
Australia’s Cadel Evans suffered several
punctures at Stage 14. Race Leader,
Bradley Wiggins slowed the pace of the
Peloton so that Evans could catch up, and
was widely praised for his sportsmanship.
The French public gave him the accolade
‘Le Gentleman’.
Team Spirit
The modern day Tour de France operates
very much on team spirit, and each team
has a planned strategy for choosing and
supporting a leading rider. Each team
member has a vital role to play such as
that of ‘domestique’ to ensure that the
leading rider is in a position to win various
stages and ultimately the Tour itself. It is a
complicated system, but a joy to watch as
the team pushes a path forward through
the Peloton, and the leader sprints to
victory.
Geraint Thomas of Team Sky commented
that Sir Bradley Wiggins..
will be the first to recognise
that he would not have been able
to achieve his victory without a
terrific team behind him
Another great example of team spirit was the
wonderful spectacle of Chris Froome crossing the finishing line the 2013 Tour de France
with the remaining members of his team.
Picture © Graham Watson
TdF Pedal
Pushing Fact
Q: Who are the ol
dest
and youngest win
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the Tour de France
to date?
Hot-spot Sprint
Activity
• Ethics/Scandal Drama: working in
groups the students research an
example of good Ethics or bad Scandal.
They create a mini-drama of their
chosen example and present to the
whole class
• Choose an incident on Ethics v Scandal
and organise a debate. The PSHE
Curriculum activity could provide
a starter for ten
Curriculum Links:
Literacy, PSHE, Drama
A: Oldest: Firmin Lambert (Belgium) in 1922, aged 36. Youngest: Henri Cornet (France) in
1904 , aged 19. This was the controversial year in which twelve riders including the ‘winner’, Maurice Garin, were disqualified for cheating. Henri Cornet was declared the winner
four months after the Race!
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Celebration, Music
and Culture
The Tour de France, as well as being the
most exciting and popular cycle race in the
world, provides the catalyst for three weeks
of celebration, music and culture along
the route.
The Tour de France caravan publicity,
composed of up to 180 vehicles,
accompanies the cyclists. It is an hour long
mobile road show with dancers, music
and advertisers handing out promotional
items! Millions of spectators line the route
– many of them dressed in colourful and
quirky costumes. The race is televised in
around 188 countries which provides a
fantastic opportunity for 3.5 million people
to witness the continuous festival that
welcomes the Tour de France spectacle as
it hurtles through more than 250 towns and
villages and countryside along le parcours.
The towns and villages pull out the stops to
create their own local cultural festivals and
welcome the world into their domain.
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A vast myriad of souvenirs are available –
books, posters, stamps, coins and clothes
and many such items will no doubt form
special collections! Here are some of the
quirky events and evocative ideas from
previous Tours.
• Images of jerseys and bike sculptures on
the city walls at Corsica Park
• The French farmers aerial bike at Stage 3,
2011 Tour de France – a wonderful aerial
image of moving art. This can be found by
going onto Google - www.youtube.com
• The Tour de France attracts hundreds of
dedicated and loyal fans year after year
who line the roads and cheer on the
riders, many wearing outrageous
and flamboyant costumes.
The route through towns and villages is a
whirling sea of colour, noise and jubilation.
One of the most well recognised characters is
German Didier ‘Didi’ Senft who, dressed as a
red devil complete with pitchfork, encourages
the riders up some of the most challenging
mountain climbs! Didi has been the Tour’s
red devil since 1993. He has been nicknamed
‘El Diablo’ and his trademark has been to
paint trident symbols on the road ahead of
the peloton. He often builds a special bicycle
to bring along – one famously being labelled
as the largest bicycle in the world! See what
other examples your students can find!
Essex Events
Not only will Essex be hosting Stage 3 of
the Tour de France but there are a number
of events taking place before, during and
after the tour. To find out more about
some of the events please visit
www.visitessex.com.
Music
Songs from past years
Evocative music is used to accompany the
televised footage of the Tour de France.
Most people will recognise the catchy
theme tune to the 2012 and 2013 Tour even
if they don’t know who wrote it – ‘We’re
on the Road to Nowhere’ by Talking Heads.
Through the years more than 100 songs
have been written to celebrate the race and
the cyclists, which is another lasting legacy
of the Tour de France.
When the record industry was taking off in
France during the 1930’s the organisers
of the Tour chose an official anthem each
year – songs such as ‘C’est un tour’ and ‘Le
Tour qui passe’ in 1933, ‘Vas-y-Theophile’
in 1934,’Les Chevaliers de la route ‘in 1939
and many more. The songs became hits
after being played each evening in the
stopover towns, and en route from the
publicity caravan. Some are still sung years
later when children learn to ride a bike.
After WWII the event started up again
accompanied by popular music hall
singers, and even an accordion player,
Yvette Horner, who played every night on
every Tour from 1952 – 1962!
As professional cyclists rose to stardom
they inspired more songs than ever before,
particularly when the race
became televised.
More recent songs inspired by the Tour
de France include Queen’s 1978 hit single
‘Bicycle Race’. In 1983, German electronic
band Kraftwerk released ‘Tour de France’
soundtracks, and the 1985 theme, Charger,
was recorded by The Buzzcocks. Now
Tour de France enthusiasts are able to
buy or download CDs with music written
for, or accompaniments to, the television
coverage of the race.
Live Music
Tony Morrison is a skilled producer from
Eastern Roots, who recently delivered
Essex Undiscovered, encouraging new
music talent. Rayne will host an events
programme on Monday 7th July, consisting
of a mixture of local music and street
theatre.
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TdF Pedal
Pushing Fact
Road Art
Mixed media/graphic artist Elaine Tribley,
a Firstsite Associate Artist, has experience
of creating commissions for multi-agency
environments e.g. Network Rail &
Southwest Trains. Elaine will create a
number of original pieces of art to bring
the streets of Essex alive as the Tour
passes through.
Land Art
Essex based sculptor, Nicola Burrell works
in the public realm. In 2007 she created
an ambitious mown meadow artwork in
a 10 acre field that was viewed from the
flight path of Stansted Airport. She will
create a new six acre meadow piece
capturing the dynamism of bicycles
moving at speed through the landscape.
Q: Each of the 2
1 stages
is a race in itself
so
winning a stage
is a great
achievement. O
nly three
riders have won
eight
stages during a
single
tour. Who are th
ey?
Hot-spot Sprint
Activity
Use the Tour de France as an
inspirational educational tool
• Plan a unique Road-side
Celebration
• Create a sculpture or Art display
• Create an event to showcase
Yorkshire or your town or village in
the Tour de France
• Create a piece of music ’to ride
bikes by’!
Curriculum Links:
Literacy, Maths, Art , Design,
ICT, Geography, Music
A: Belgian Eddy Merckx, Frenchman Charles Pélissier, and Belgian Freddy Maertens
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Essex Cycling
Stories
The following examples of documents
give a glimpse into the history of cycling
in Essex.
Letters describing cycle racing in
Southend Park c. 1887
This letter describes penny farthing
cycle races on a cinder track in Southend
Park. The writer’s sister describes canvas
screens being put up to ensure paid
admission to see the racing, but she
managed to find a place to watch the races.
Braintree Baptist Church Cycling Club minutes, 1909
Cycling was seen as a healthy and
wholesome pursuit and was taken up by
Braintree Baptist Church in 1909. The
club organised runs on Thursday evenings
and Saturdays to places such as Stisted,
Witham, Cressing, Pattiswick, Tiptree and
Sudbury. The club was open to men and
women.
Essex County Cycling and Athletic
Association Programme for 17th Annual
Race Meeting, 16 July 1898
The Essex County Cycling and Athletic
Association was formed in 1883 and had
more than 113 clubs affiliated to it. The
programme of races included several
cycling races over a distance of 1 mile.
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‘Ancient and Modern Sports and Pastimes’
by Robert Cook, a talk given on 6
November 1893
Robert Cook was the founder and Hon.
Secretary of the Essex County Cycling and
Athletic Association. Here he describes
the rapid technical progress in bicycles and
the resulting rise in popularity of the sport
and improvements in speed and distances
which could be achieved.
Essex County Amateur Athletic Association
Centenary booklet,1883-1983
This history of the Essex County Amateur
Athletic Association, formerly the Essex
County Cycling and Athletic Association,
gives all the prizes awarded for cycling
since 1882. The races were originally
held over five miles but that distance was
reduced to one mile from 1897, with some
held over shorter sprint distances.
Crompton’s Ltd programme for Inaugural
Open Bicycle and Athletic Race meeting,
24 August 1907
Many companies provided sports facilities
for their employees, and Crompton’s was
no exception. The Arc Works club held
meetings at its ground in Wood Street,
Chelmsford. This programme has been
annotated with the results of the races
and the winning times. It also includes
a photograph of the club’s cycling social
held in August 1906. The programme
also advertises a two mile tandem
bicycle pursuit race and a ten mile bicycle
handicap race which involved 50 laps of
the track.
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D/Z 518/1 Visitors’ book, Cock Inn,
Ongar, 1890-1956
Cycling was a very popular hobby in the
early 20th century and the Cock Inn at
Ongar made a speciality of entertaining
cycling clubs on rides out from London.
The cyclists wrote and drew amusing
entries in the visitors’ book.
Walbro Engineering Company,
Saffron Walden. Sale of bicycles,
1927-1936
The popularity of cycling created an
additional market for local engineers who
sold bikes, motorcycles and cars, such as
Walbro at Saffron Walden. This stock book
shows its stock of Hercules cycles for 19271928 including both gentlemen’s and and
ladies’ bicycles, and some with three gears.
Lake and Elliot Ltd, Braintree, tool
manufacturers, newspaper cuttings,
1895-1911
Another firm to benefit from the
development of cycling was Lake &
Elliot, tool makers of Braintree. They
manufactured all sorts of tools for cycle
manufacturers and also a Millennium
spanner which was aimed at cyclists
themselves, so that they could undertake
running repairs. It was favourably reported
in the cycling press.
Official Handbook of cricket, cycling,
football, hockeyand athletic clubs of Essex,
1892, 1902, 1907
Cycling was a popular pastime in Essex and
many clubs were formed to organise social
runs and competitions. These handbooks
list contact details for local clubs, giving
details of records and title holders. There
is also a list of dangerous hills, including
Hadleigh Hill, which should not be ridden!
Programme for 17th Annual Race Meeting,
16 July 1898
Picture-perfect villages
Coggeshall, Finchingfield and the Hedinghams routes
Total distance of main route is 87km/54miles
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This map is intended as a guide only. Please refer to relevant
OS Explorer maps for specific details.
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Tel: 01376 561322
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Tel: 01376 563303
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Tel: 01376 561453
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Cressing Temple
Gallery in the Garden
Finchingfield Windmill
9 Colne Valley Railway
10 Hedingham Castle
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12.2km/7.6miles
14.7km/9.2miles
19.8km/12.3miles
33.7km/21.1miles
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races for members of Essex cycling clubs.
These examples show results sheets for the
men’s 100 mile and women’s 10 mile scratch
time trial and team events for 10 September
1950. The winning time for the men’s 100
mile race was 4 hours, 37 minutes and 40
seconds, making an average speed of a
little under 25 miles per hour. The women
were racing at Essex County Cycling and
Athletic Association.
Place of worship
Smythe’s
Green
Layer
Marney
Public House
Layer
Breton
Reproduced from Ordnance Survey mapping with the permission of the
controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office © Crown Copyright.
Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution
or civil proceedings. Essex County Council. Licence no: 100019602, 2006
National Rail
1
 Accommodation
1

Restaurants
Cycling maps of Essex c. 1900, 1913, 1920
Essex was a popular choice with cyclists,
particularly those from the London area
as it was a short distance to ride out
into the countryside from the London
suburbs. Mapmakers including Crutchley,
Bartholomew and the Ordnance Survey
produced editions of maps for cyclists.
These are a selection from our collection.
They show main roads and some are
coloured to show the contours of the land.
Some cycle clubs had huts where members
could stay overnight before returning home.
A12318 D/Z 528 Essex and Suffolk Border
Cycling Combine
The Essex and Suffolk Borders Cycling
Combine arranged time trials and road
Essex cyclists were record breakers from the
earliest days of the sport. R C Knights was
a cycle engineer and agent with premises in
Tindal Street and Market Road, Chelmsford.
He offered cycling lessons. He was also
a record breaking rider, holding the world
records for two, three, four and five miles on
grass and the 100 miles Eastern Counties
Road Record. He used a Swift bicycle fitted
with Dunlop tyres and sold Essex and
Suffolk Border Cycling Combine Rules of the
Combine, as amended in February 1963.
Great Eastern Railway Company Cycle, 1885
The programme includes an advertisement
for the Great Eastern Railway Company
Sports which features cycle races. Here is a
photograph of members of the Great Eastern
Railway Company Cycling Club at Kelvedon
Hatch in 1885. Several of the men are riding
penny farthings.
41
Roamer Cycling Club, Forest Gate,
badge c. 1910
Cycling clubs wore different colours for
racing and had uniforms and badges.
This blue enamelled badge belonged to
Edward Henry Blade (1889-1972) who lived
in Forest Gate and was a member of the
Roamer Cycling Club.
The North London Cycle Club at
Chelmsford, c.1895
If you look at the front forks of the bicycles,
you will see that some have a footrest
indicating the machine has a fixed wheel.
The bicycle at the extreme right of the
picture appears to have a ‘cushion tyre’,
a soft solid tyre dating the machine to the
early 1890s.
The Chelmsford Bicycle Club, c.1895
This picture (below) can be dated by the
type of machines and the ladies’ dresses. It
worth noting that all the ladies are wearing
corsets, not the most comfortable attire
when riding a bicycle.
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A pedestrian ‘Hobby Horse’, 1890s
Made in Britain between 1819 and the
1820s, the Hobby Horse (above) was the
first kind of two-wheeled transport. Note
that the machine does not have pedals, as
the rider would power it by running.
Boneshaker, 1890s
The first ‘proper’ bicycle was the
Boneshaker or Velocipede (right). Invented
in France in 1861, it was introduced to
Britain in 1868 and used for both pleasure
cycling and racing, until the mid-1870s.
Race meeting, c.1900
The man holding the rider and bicycle
(below) is probably the coach, who would
train and look after the rider or team. Cycle
racing was often held on grass tracks with
a football field in the centre and many of
today’s major football clubs started as
cycle clubs.
Penny Farthing, 1890s
The Penny Farthing, or Ordinary, was
invented in 1871. Until the mid-1880s, with
the development of the diamond-frame
safety bicycle, the Ordinary became the
primary means of two-wheeled transport.
The reason for the big front wheel? Speed –
the larger the wheel, the faster one can go!
These were used as racing machines.
Racing bicycle, 1890s
A mid-1890s racing bicycle and rider in
club or personal colours (right). The bicycle,
made by Swift of Coventry, has no breaks,
as the rider would back pedal to slow down
after a race. Between 1870 and 1890 more
people watched cycle racing than football.
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Le
2014
Le Tour
Tour de
de France:
France: Making
Making Tracks
Tracks in
in Essex
Essex 2014
KS2/KS3 Resource
Pack
KS2/KS3
Resource Pack
Hadleigh Farm
Country Park Legacy
The Essex 2012 Legacy
Essex
team was established in
Legacy
2006 to lead a partnership
from the 2012
Games
of organisations to secure
a legacy in Essex following
the London 2012 Olympic and
Paralympic Games.
London 2012
In August 2012 Hadleigh Farm hosted
the London 2012 Olympic Mountain Bike
events where 40,000 spectators enjoyed
the events over two days.
The circuit situated on open hillside was
a new concept for Mountain Bike events,
which are typically held in forested areas.
Largely man-made, it featured dramatic
drops across imported boulders and tight
twisting climbs.
• Retaining and adapting the Olympic
Mountain Bike Course for use by the
public to create a Legacy for mountain
biking – Video including GB rider Annie
Last which shows the course adaptions
which will be happening to make the
course accessible to all.
• Improving and enhancing 18km of the
wider network of trails and paths for a
range of users.
• Delivering projects to protect and
enhance the natural and historic
environment.
Olympic Mountain Bike Event - FACTS
• 50 male and 30 female competitors
• Women’s race winner: Julie Bresset
(France)
Hadleigh Legacy Project
The Hadleigh Legacy project will bring
together and bring to life the heritage of
Hadleigh Farm and Country Park alongside
the legacy of the Olympic Mountain Bike
Course by:
• Men’s race winner: Jaroslav Kulhavy
• 5km Laps
• 1.7km of climbing per lap
• Race duration was between 1 hour
44
(Czech Republic)
30 minutes and 1 hour 45 minutes
Facts about HADLEIGH
• In the 1230s Hubert de Burgh, Earl
of Kent, spent money building
Hadleigh Castle.
• Subsequent land slips have caused
the collapse of most of the
north-east tower
• The Hadleigh Farm Colony was started
in 1891 by William Booth.
• During the 1950s, Hadleigh Farm
helped to train former young offenders.
• In 1990, the Hadleigh Training Centre
More information about this can be found
on our website: http://www.essexlegacy.
org/hadleigh/ecology-and-heritage-/
To ensure the Hadleigh Farm Olympic
Mountain Bike course and Country Park is
more accessible for the public the visitor
amenities will be improved.
This project includes a visitors centre (Hub
Building), café; bike hire shop improved
WC facilities, offices for the rangers, redeveloped business units as well as
additional facilities for The Salvation Army
to expand its valuable work with vulnerable
local people.
was opened on the site.
45
A plan showing where all the buildings will
be located can be found at:
http://www.essexlegacy.org/news/gallery/
hub-development-gallery/hub-developmentplan/
Since the Olympic Games, many running and
cycling events have taken place at the venue,
including the final round of the National
Mountain Bike Series and Hadleigh Legacy
10K running event with close to 1000 people
already competing on the venue in 2014.
46
With British Cycling’s Inter-Regional
Mountain Bike Championships for Under-16
riders happening at Hadleigh for the third
time in 2014.
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This information is issued by
Essex County Council, and Active Essex
You can contact us in the following ways:
By email:
administration@activeessex.org
Visit our website:
http://www.activeessex.org/schools/tour-de-france/
By telephone:
01245 438618
By post:
Active Essex, Room C327, County Hall,
Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1QH.
Read our online magazine at essex.gov.uk/youressex
@activeessex
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Published April 2014
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