Cyclosport provides organisers the ability to manage your own event details through a secure login. It's simple, convenient and best of all, FREE. Get your event listed on the event calendar that really matters; it's the largest of its kind in the world. Our leading edge workflow management process puts you in total control of all of the details of your event, in a reliable, discrete and convenient manner. You can upload pictures and send us event notifications when details change.

Being on the Cyclosport.org calendar means that our 14,000 registered users and huge daily traffic can view your events, as well as add them to their own calendar when planning their season. Basic event promotion and calendar listing is FREE. Cyclosport makes your event aware to the majority of UK, Irish and International sportive cyclists.

To submit your event details, click below, please note that events are not automatically activated:

NOTICE TO EXISTING EVENT ORGANISERS: If you have submitted an event to us previously and wish to make changes, but have forgotten your event password, you do not need to resubmit all of the details. Please email Jane Blanco (Administrator) with your event and we'll send your details to you.

In an increasingly competitive sportive market, it's sensible to try and pitch your event ahead of the competitors. Cyclosport.org is the largest cyclosportive-specifc website in the world, so where better to promote and market your event?

We have the most advanced knowledge of the market place and the consumer. We have industry proven experience of selling out events, establishing new events and growing events, year on year.

We can use our advanced network to push your event, as well as our advertising spaces and featured events listings on the homepage, monthly events calendars and 14,000-user newsletter.

For advertising queries - click here >

To discuss further, please contact: Adam Tranter (Editor)

Organising a cycle event requires dedication, commitment and an endless love of the sport. 

At Cyclosport we do everything we can to help you; from the initial planning and risk assessments, through event promotion and advertising, to actual event management - we have the experience and resources to get your event off the ground. 

After everything you’ve put into the event the last thing you want is to end up with huge bills after a volunteer or a member of the public makes a claim against you following an accident/incident of some kind during the event, which is why event insurance is so important.

There aren't many suitable providers who will give the right amount of cover. To save you searching, we have done it for you – ensuring the product offers the right benefits for sportives and negotiating a substantially discounted rate – guaranteeing that you get value for money. To view the Key Benefits of the Event Insurance, click here >>

Our selected partner for cycle event insurance in 2010 is Towergate Wilson, part of the Towergate Partnership.  They have been insuring sporting events and expeditions for the military for over 60 years, so have incredible experience in this area.

Premium - 60p, per rider, per day, per event
(plus Insurance Premium Tax at 5% if applicable)

Stan Thomas: "I have received very prompt responses to my enquiries from Towergate Wilsons. All my questions have been fully addressed. You have my thanks for continuing to provide insurance cover to event organisers and finding such a helpful broker."

Paul Loftus, Organiser Fred Whitton Challenge "We use Cyclosport.org's Ltd cyclosportive event insurance. Our event was another complete success this year."

Marcus Di-Vincenzo, Organiser, Exmoor Beast "As a first time organiser of a cyclosportive event in 2007, we were pleased to be offered specific insurance and to accept cover provided through Cyclosport.org. Our event was a complete success and we plan to continue to source our event insurance through Cyclosport.org for the future. It met our needs fully and was a first class service."

Cyclosport is pleased to bring to our organisers an exclusive new partnership with the sports world leading provider of event management technology, the Active Network.

(click logo to find out more or purchase a package)

With the aim of making Cyclosport as the one stop shop for all cycling event requirements both for the participant and the organiser, Active Network’s top of the range technology allows to increase community engagement with our organisers, take online registrations and manage data in a cost and time-effective manner, sell related merchandise and offer participants with online fundraising facilities. This exclusive partnership means you can get customised fundraising pages linked to your event; additional help in marketing your event for free through the use of Active’s marketing tools such as e-mail marketing; bespoke webinars to guide you on how to best engage with the community and fast track customer support.

Serving over 75,000 event and club organisers, more than 20,000 events from the cycling industry both at a large and small scale such as Bike Blenheim Palace, Dragon Ride and The Bike Place, Active Network’s secure online registration and payment system ensures both improved management functionalities and superior participant experience.

With no set-up fees or costs for the organiser, this comprehensive and easy system offers Event Managers the option to choose between two products to best suit their requirements:

Take Active for a Test Drive - Try it out for free!
o Create a custom registration form
o Submit test entries and view reports
o No obligations or set up fee

Above: Find out why Active Network and Cyclosport are the premier options when looking to accept online entries and promote your event to participants and interested parties. Cyclosport Editor Adam Tranter interviews Active's Keith Williams on the benefits for organisers, as well as answering some frequently asked questions.

Also: See Active an action - view the video presentation that will quickly get you through the registration process to help you get started on Cyclosport.org - click here >

(click logo to find out more or purchase a package)

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What the organisers say:
“We chose Active Network because it provided a much better system than the one we had previously in place. Our system is fairly complex so we needed to have a technology in place that could cope with many events managed from one single platform, and Active’s system offered exactly that. It has great flexibility and reporting, and its ability to lead to additional revenue through merchandising sales as well as its marketing capabilities is definitely a plus.  We found that Active’s system was easy to use for both administrators and the public. 

Also I would like to thank Keith, Fran and especially Ellen for all the support they have given us, which has been invaluable.”

Paul Orsi
Bike Blenheim Palace, UK

*** SUPPORT FOR ORGANISERS:

Active's next webinar is on the 27th May entitled “Facebook Tips & Tools to Increase Awareness and Participation”. To register for free please go to: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/281153353
 

SPORTident has provided the timing and events results service for cyclosportives where the number of competitors varies from 150 to 1,000 participants. SPORTident equipment is used worldwide to identify, time and score competitors in many different types of event. The competitor carries a small electronic SI-Card. This is dipped into electronic stations, which are located at each checkpoint. The SI-Card stores a list of the locations and the times they were visited.

At the end of a set of activities, the contents of the SI-Card are downloaded into a computer. Each competitor is immediately given a printout that provides a summary of their performance. Full results may be displayed at the event and uploaded onto a website.

It can provide:

- Advantages of SPORTident Timing Compared With Mat Based Systems
- Individual timed starts or possibly a few mass starts
- Recording times at a number of checkpoints
- Calculating Split Times
- Recording times at an unlimited number of checkpoints en route at no additional cost
- Software automatically identifies the course that the rider has completed based on the checkpoints they have visited. This is done when the chip is read when the rider finishes.
- Each competitor receives a small printout just beyond finish and/or a certificate that shows their time and award standard
- Overall results can be displayed in real time.
- The system automatically generates the results in formats that can be uploaded to an event website and/or Cyclosport.org's comprehensive results service for its members (since 2003).
- Can provide a countdown of missing participants which drops to zero when everyone has been accounted for.

Please download our SPORTident Timing Information Sheet documents, or email us at Jane Blanco (Administrator)

Bring a new dimension to your event with real-time GPS tracking from Map My Tracks.

Map My Tracks event and race tracking is an easy-to-use professional GPS tracking solution for sportives, races, clubs and venues of all sizes. Event organisers will benefit from accurate, real-time tracking of participants presented on an interactive online race viewer for spectators and sponsors to follow live around the world.

Map My Tracks provides event organisers with a comprehensive, hosted solution that includes:

• Easy-to-use race manager for tracking participants, setting courses and monitoring participant’s progress
• Dedicated online race viewer to present an event live online or to replay the action when the riders get home
• Simultaneous tracking, in real-time, of multiple participants
• Compatibility with over 100 mobile phones including iPhone, Nokia, Blackberry and Sony Ericsson. No other hardware needed.
• Comprehensive statistical breakdown of each participant's performance for post race analysis.
• Full screen display for showcasing the event on a large screen at the race HQ for spectators to watch.
 


How it works
Using Map My Tracks at an event is easy.
1. Set up your event online at www.mapmytracks.com
2. Supply each participant with the unique event code
3. On the day of the event each competitor enters the event code in one of the Map My Tracks mobile apps that they carry with them during the event.
4. Event organisers manage and control all aspects of the event tracking via the online event manager and publish the race online.
It's that simple.
No set up fees. No monthly costs
When you use Map My Tracks pricing is really very simple.
• No setup charges
• No monthly costs
• Just a flat event fee of £250, plus £3.50 for each participant
Please note, all prices are in Pounds Sterling and include VAT.

Get started. Set up your event - click here >>


Custom event packages
Map My Tracks provides custom GPS tracking packages for events with special requirements. Contact the events team at Map My Tracks for more information - events@mapmytracks.com.

Cyclosportive participants now expect a minimum standard when taking part, they must be organised to a high standard, and health and safety is paramount.

With Cyclosport.org's proven experience and expertise, organisers are clearly choosing us to help develop their events and achieve excellence.

New, potential or existing event organisers interested understanding current Cyclosportive standards should contact: Adam Tranter (Editor) - this service is offered primarily to existing partners with Cyclosport through featured events and promotion.

In 2006 we developed a patent protected rating and ranking system for cyclosportives. It's now materialised as THE definitive way to gauage the quality of organisation, route and experience of sportives across the world.

The high standard of members events are reflected in the Event Rankings listed on the Cyclosportive Web Site.

Our members regularly rate events they participate in that provides:

- Detailed feedback to event organisers
- Provides an independent process, lead by the consumer
- Drives Standards forward
- Gives participants information regarding the standard of events

For more info on Cyclosport's user rating and rankings, contact: Adam Tranter (Editor)

Cyclosport.org's official sportive event photography partner is: Sportive Photo

Sportive Photo is available as a professional photographic service to sportive organisers throughout Great Britain. Sportives are growing both in numbers and the professional way in which they are organised. A professional photography service that is available to the riders adds value to the event.

Sportive Photo features the work of Phil O'Connor who has photographed cycling professionally for over 25 years, he is regularly assisted by other photographers who themselves have considerable experience of photographing cycling.