Cheshire Cat medium Sportive Velo29 Events

Velo29 Events

Cheshire Cat Sportive
Medium Route

29 March 2026

HQ and Parking – Crewe Alexander FC Crewe CW2 6EB

Stats

Distance: 78.4mi (126.2km)
Elevation: 4517ft (1377m)
Ride Time: 5 – 8 hours
Feed 1: Horton 27mi (43.5km)
Feed 2: Goostray 55.1mi (88.7km)
Price: £35

The Monday before the sportive at 6pm, you will receive a ‘Get Ready’ email which contains information about the sportive.

On Tuesday at 10am, you will receive an ‘Act Now’ email which contains the links you need to obtain your rider number and booking reference in order to complete the Pre-Event Questionnaire and Book a Time Slot.

Booking opens from 10am Tuesday until 18:00 Thursday. This is ESSENTIAL to ride.

It is vitally important that you remain subscribed to our emails. However, copies will also be uploaded to our FB page which you do not need a FB account to access.

Pre-Event Questionnaire & Start Slot Booking

No entries on the day.

Entries close on Sunday night 1 week before the event.

For any questions relating to Pre-Event Questionnaire or Time Slot Booking email depart@velo29.com

This challenging medium route has plenty to offer the more experienced sportive rider. At 78 miles it has some climbs, some lovely little lanes and a few faster parts to get up to speed and have a blast!

After a steady ‘roll out’ from Crewe Alexandra Football Club, you find yourself meandering around quiet country lanes of Cheshire, warming your legs up for the first challenge of the day, Mow Cop after just 20 miles. From Mow Cop we rapidly descend into Biddulph before….another pretty challenging climb up to Biddulph Moor.

Here we find the 1st of 2 Medium route feeds, Horton is stocked as your breakfast feed with some great pastry snacks, carb bars, High5 and a hot brew.

We remain quite high as we head towards Meerbrook and the highest point on the course (Gun Hill Road) at 355m which we crest after 54km.

This part of the course is really stunning as we head down and then sharply back up to Barlow Hill, a climb that is 10% in places, all the way up to the 344m summit.

From here it pretty much is all down hill! After 88km we reach the biggest feed stop of the year at Goostrey Sports Pavillion where we enjoy a famous Velo29 FULL FAT FEED!

Fresh sandwiches, pork pies, sausage rolls, flap jack, brownies, as much High5 as you can handle and of course, a hot brew!

From Goostrey we go easy on you, bringing you back into the rolling countryside of Cheshire for a steady spin into Crewe where you will be greeted by an atmospheric finish line, offering free post ride Erdinger Alkoholfrei and BBQ Sausage Bun to enjoy whilst celebrating an awesome day out with your new finishers medal!