Marc_Etches Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Sheffield Grand Prix Cycle Race - Wednesday 24th July City Centre Cycle Racing will again return to Sheffield on Wednesday July 24th 2013. The 2nd Claremont Sheffield Grand Prix will be the final round of the British Cycling Elite Circuit Race Series and will incorporate the Browns British Cycling Womens National Road Race Series. The evening will be full of action packed cycle racing and provide a great nights entertainment both for the family and cycling fans. There is no charge to watch the racing unfold so please make your way down to the race village for a great night of elite level cycling including all the top domestic professional teams including Raleigh, UK Youth, Madison-Genesis, Team IG Sigma Sport, Node-4 Giodana and Rapha Condor JLT. Local rider and 2012 winner, Graham Briggs will be racing alongside local favourite Dean Downing. This is one of Dean's targets for 2013 and he would dearly love to win in front of his how crowd. The ladies race which last year was won by double Ladies World Junior Champion Lucy Garner will be hotly contested with all the major Womens teams coming to Sheffield City Centre to battle for the prestigious win. Local rider Jessie Walker will feature and so will her team of Matrix Fitness Race Academy riders. These will be pushed hard by Breast Cancer Care Cycling Team who have Dame Sarah Storey among their riders as well as Penny Rowson who is from Sheffield. Live commentary will start at 6.30pm, ready to introduce the Women's race at 7.00pm. The Mens Elite Claremont Grand Prix race will start at 8.30pm prompt. Final presentations for both races will be around 9.35pm. The riders will travel anticlockwise around the course and on leaving the start will travel down Pinstone Street, left onto Furnival Gate down to the roundabout and sweep left on Arundle Gate. Riders will turn left at the Crucible Theatre and make their way up Norfolk Street. From here riders will ride on the cobbled section turning right onto Surrey Street before completing 1 full lap which is 1.4kms. The finish area will be on Pinstone Street. New for 2013 is the addition of a race village positioned at the top of Fargate with trade stands and food outlets which will offer refreshments throughout the day. This year the event headline sponsor, the Claremont Hospital has again stepped up to help support the event with local bar and restaurant Browns supporting the women's race. Support from other local businesses include Harrisons Cameras, BikeBox Alan, Acorn Industrial Services Limited, Onimpex/Bioracer, Bickerton Skoda and Sheffield City Council. Event Schedule: 18:00 - Circuit Completely closed. 18:05 - Circuit open for warm up. 18:50 - Browns Women's Grand Prix Rider Gridding Starts. 19:00 - Browns Women's Grand Prix Starts - Pinstone Street. 19:50 - Browns Women's Grand Prix Presentation - Podium on Pinstone Street. 19:55 - Circuit Open for warm up. 20:20 - Claremont Sheffield Grand Prix Rider Gridding Starts. 20:30 - Claremont Sheffield Grand Prix Start - Pinstone Street. 21:30 - Claremont Sheffield Grand Prix Presentation - Podium on Pinstone Street. Single Lane Road Closures - 11:00 – 14:00 Arundel Gate (from Furnival Square to Norfolk Street) – lane closure to one traffic lane for buses and cars. 17:15 – 22.30 Pinstone Street (towards Furnival Gate). 17:45 – 22.30 Pinstone Street (from Furnival Gate to Cross Burgess Street), Furnival Gate, Arundel Gate (toward Norfolk Street), Norfolk Street, Surrey Street (from junction of Norfolk Street towards Pinstone Street) Leopold Street. This year we have a food village and trade stands on Fargate and the Peace Gardens. These will be trading all day so there are plenty of opportunities for refreshments. I'm unable to post up a link to the website as I need to post 5 times before I can do so. Simply search Sheffield Grand Prix in Google. I look forward to seeing everyone there on the night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobyjug Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Great event last year, get thissen along! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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