Cyclone Festival of Cycling, an event for riders of all abilities and ages

Cyclone Festival of Cycling

12 Treherne Road, High West Jesmond, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne NE2 3NP

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Cyclone Festival of Cycling

2021

Family Leisure Rides

Tyne 6 Bridges

Friday 2nd July 2021

Rides for all Ages & Abilities

Cyclone Challenge

Saturday 3rd July 2021

National Women's Race

The Curlew Cup

Sunday 26th September 2021

National Men's Race

Beaumont Trophy

Sunday 26th September 2021
Countdown to Entries

COUNTDOWN TO 2020 ENTRIES CLOSING

Races Re-Scheduled For September

This year’s Beaumont Trophy and Curlew Cup have been rescheduled from July 4th to September 26th

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Cyclone On Track For July

A Message From Cyclone Organiser, Peter Harrison

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5 Reasons to Ride - Challenge Rides

The Cyclone Challenge Rides take you through some of England's most beautiful and yet least know landscapes. In the short video below we highlight five of the main reasons cyclists from all over the country come back year after year to ride in the event.

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Cyclone Climb Guides

Video guides to some of the Cyclone Challenge Rides' important climbs, including the famous Ryals.

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The Cyclone Festival of Cycling attracts thousands of cyclists and spectators to the North East.

The Tyne 6 Bridges family/leisure rides take place on traffic-free routes alongside the Tyne, starting and finishing in central Newcastle.

Thousands of riders take on the four routes of the Cyclone Challenge Rides through Northumberland's matchless landscapes. Meticulously planned and signposted, these rides have extensive first aid and mechanical support as well as a number of well-stocked feeds. Many of the villages on the routes also ply riders with home-made cakes and teas. This is one of the UK's premier "sportive" events and should be on the bucket-list of any keen cyclist.

The third day of the festival sees the focus switch to elite racing with the women's Curlew Cup elite road race in the morning and the Beaumont Trophy elite men's race in the afternoon. Both races will attract an array of top riders and provide great spectating opportunities. Note, the 2021 races will take place on 26 September, not the originally scheduled date of 4th July.

Our Partners

British Cycling

Cyclone in Numbers

Charity
OVER

£2.5m

raised for charity

Coins
OVER

£13m

to local economy

Distance
OVER

2.5m

miles ridden

Cycling
OVER

31,000

participants

What Our Participants Say

Everybody from the guys at the start doing the numbers, the starters through to the marshals’ on the course were all fab.
Just completed my first Cyclone and wanted to thank you all for a fab day. The organisation was superb. Thank you very much.
Great organisation, really friendly and fantastic to be around the pro teams and all the support vehicles.
I must say congratulations (again) to you and your team for the impeccable organisation of the Challenge.
It really was a fantastic day, massive credit to all those involved from marshals to supporters to volunteers at feed stations for making it such a success.
The event is amazingly well-organised and a great day out. We hope to join you again next year.
Just needed to say thank you to you and to all those wonderful folks who made this year’s events so great. No hassles – smooth as you like – a pleasure both days. Looking forward to the next event.

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