Velo29 Events
Ronde Yorkshire Sportive
18 April 2026
HQ Stokesley Show Ground, Helmsley Road, Stokesley
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There is no postcode as it’s a field!
Depart – 07:30 – 08:00
Entry
Rider Manual
Ride Stats
Distance: 65.4km
Elevation: 981m
Ride Time: 3-5 hours
Feed: x1
Price: £30
Ride Stats
Distance: 124.3km
Elevation: 2,048m
Ride Time: 6-8 hours
Feeds: x2
Price: £35
Ride Stats
Distance: 166.1km
Elevation: 2,815m
Ride Time: 7hrs
Feeds: x3
Price: £40
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.
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
No other Sportive organisation knows Yorkshire like Velo29 do! We grew up here and still spend our time exploring this stunning part of the World on a bike.
Ronde translates to ‘Circle Of’ and this certainly is a ‘Circle of Yorkshire’. An early season event which takes in as much of this brilliant area as possible.
There are Hills of course! We find the first (Clay Bank) in the opening 10km! The short departs Medium and Long at the top of Clay to enjoy Bilsdale and Newgate Bank before re-joining M&L at the Feed.
Medium and Long twist through some of Yorkshire’s finest roads – Heartbeat Country if you know it? Kildale, Castleton, Danby, Lealholm, Glaisdale, Egton, Rosedale….we’ve picked the best route through. The long route drops into Whitby where it’s worth the extra KM to ride up the Keiber Pass to the Whale Bone, along the cliff top then down to Sandsend. The coastline here is amazing!
The good news is that Medium and Long get to ride up Rosedale Chimney before heading South to Helmsley and then back along the delightful Hawnby to Osmotherley Road. Flat all the way back to HQ for an amazing medal, hot BBQ and cold can of Erdinger Alkoholfrei!
A must do event for any keen rider.
The title Ronde was inspired by Richard’s years in France riding The Ronde Finistere, a series of super tough races based in Finistere, Brittany. ‘It’s always nice to keep the memories alive in our own events’ comments Richard.
