Outlaw Bike Course Revealed

The bike course for the Outlaw Triathlon has been unveiled by organisers, One Step Beyond, today, Tuesday 26^th January 2010.

The course is starting and finishing at Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre. It will utilise some of Nottinghamshire’s best road surfaces, quietest routes and enjoy lane closures, managed junctions and extensive marshalling. Special permission has also been granted to return to the regatta lake through the private grounds of Holme Pierrepont Hall.

Organiser Iain Hamilton, said:

“There is no doubt about it, this is a fast course. We’re delighted to have the full support of Nottinghamshire’s highways department to secure lane closures and access to some of the best roads in the county. Being able to return through Holme Pierrepont Hall will make this a really memorable ride, and a fantastic backdrop for photographs!”

Athletes will complete three laps around a rolling course, and an out and back route to get to the start of the laps. The 112mile route will see cyclists exit Holme Pierrepont along Adbolton Lane and Regatta Way before joining the flat and fast A52 dual carriage way, which will have the benefit of a lane closure.

It will then follow quiet country roads to Gunthorpe Bridge and the A6097 to Lowdham roundabout, where the route will take a managed right turn towards Southwell, with traffic having been diverted away from the bike route. This will be the start of the lapped section and those who have competed in the popular Southwell Triathlon will be very familiar with the route to the minster town.

A free spectator bus will be available to transport people to and from Southwell throughout the day. This will be a key spectator and entertainment point, where family and friends will have the opportunity to see athletes up to three times during their ride.

The route continues towards Newark before joining the A617 heading north. It returns to Lowdham through Farnsfield and Oxton, routes used weekly by local time triallists.

Hamilton added:

“The route is available for athletes to download from our website now, ensuring they’ll have plenty of time to ride it as part of their training leading up to the event on 8^th August 2010.

“We’ve also booked training camps on 21^st March and 16^th May with thetriathloncoach.com coaches where athletes can have a look at the route, and there’s the Southwell Sprint Triathlon of course on 30^th May, which uses part of the route!

“Places are filling up quickly for the Outlaw and places for the training camps are limited to the first fifty people for each date.”

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