Prudential RideLondon is the world’s greatest festival of cycling, developed by the Mayor of London and his agencies in partnership with Surrey County Council.

Staged for the first time in August 2013, it is the largest festival of cycling in the world with more than 100,000 participants expected to cycle more thanthree million miles during the weekend of 29-31 July 2016.

It combines the fun of a free family ride in central London with the excitement of watching the world’s best professional cyclists. Amateur cyclists participate by riding a 100-mile or 46-mile challenge on the same closed roads as the professional road race, raising millions for good causes.

This year a third day has been added to the festival with events for handcyclists, youths and BMX riders on Friday 29 July at the LeeValley VeloPark in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

Prudential RideLondon 2016 comprises the following events:

Prudential RideLondon Grand Prix, Friday 29 July 2016, is new for 2016 and the programme features:

  • Two handcycle races: the Prudential RideLondonHandcycle Grand Prix for injured veteran servicemen and women and the Prudential RideLondon Elite Handcycle Grand Prix for top international handcyclists
  • The Prudential RideLondon Youths Grand Prix: a programme of four races with a boys and girls race for the Youth B category (open to riders aged U14) and a boys and girls race for the Youth A category (open to riders aged U16)
  • The Prudential RideLondon Youths BMX Grand Prix for boys and girls in four age categories (for riders aged U8, 9-10 years, 11-12 years and 13-14 years)
  • Danny MacAskill brings his world famous Drop and Roll Tour, sponsored by Continental Tyres, to the Festival Zone and features the world’s top street trials rider performing breathtaking stunts on a state-of-the-art custom built rig

Prudential RideLondonFreeCycle, Saturday 30 July 2016, offers the chance for all the family to enjoy atraffic-free route on closed roads through central London passing some of the capital’s most iconic landmarks. Everyone is welcome, no matter what their age or ability. Cyclists may cycle at any pace and as many times round the route as they like, stopping along the way to enjoy a range of free bike-based entertainment and activities at seven Festival Zones. Cyclists are encouraged to register in advance at

Prudential RideLondonClassique, Saturday 30 July 2016, is the richest women’s one-day race in cycling, offering exactly the same prize money as the men’s Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic. It gives spectators the chance to see the best women’s cycling teams in the world battling it out over 12 laps of a closed 5.5km circuit that starts and finishes on The Mall.

Brompton World Championship Final: Saturday 30 July 2016,The 11th Brompton World Championship will seemore than 500 riders make a mad dash to unfold their bikes before sprinting off on two wheels to complete up to eight laps around St James’s Park.

Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100, Sunday 31 July 2016, will see more than 26,000 amateur cyclists take on a cycling challenge like no other through London and Surrey on a similar route to that of the London 2012 Olympic road races. The Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 startsin Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, goes out through Londonto Surrey’s stunning country roads and hills before returning to the capital to finish in spectacular style on The Mall in front of Buckingham Palace.

Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 46, Sunday 31 July 2016 was launched this year by Sir Bradley Wiggins and has been created specifically for newer and younger cyclists to encourage them to enter their first mass-participation cycling event and enjoy the freedom and camaraderie of Prudential RideLondon. Like the 100, it starts in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and finishes on The Mall in front of Buckingham Palace.

Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic, Sunday 31 July 2016, sees 150 of the world’s top male cyclists starting from Horse Guards Parade andracing over much of the same route as the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100, with extended circuits of testing terrain to meet international race requirements. Live coverage of the race will be shown on BBC TV on Sunday 31 July.

Where

Prudential RideLondon Grand Prix will take place on the road circuit and BMX track at LeeValleyVeloPark in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

Prudential RideLondonFreeCycle will take place on closed roads in central London.

Prudential RideLondonClassiquewill take place on a spectacular 5.5km circuit in central London, beginning on The Mall in St James’s Park, going up Constitution Hill, turning at the top to come down and on to Birdcage Walk, then passing Big Ben and turning left on to Whitehall and right on to the Strand before turning again to come back up the Strand, through Trafalgar Square, Admiralty Arch and back on to The Mall.

Brompton World Championship Finalstarts and finishes on The Mall and includes up to eight laps of St James Park.

Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 will take place on closed roads in London and Surrey. The sportive will start at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London before heading through the capital and out into the Surrey countryside and returning to the finish on The Mall. There will be road closures, bus diversions and parking restrictions.

Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 46 takes place on traffic-free roads, starting at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London immediately after the last start wave of the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100, and finishing on The Mall in front of Buckingham Palace. It will send riders along Hampton Court Way, enabling 22 miles of the route through Surrey to be opened 30-45 minutes earlier than in previous years. Local access to and from Thames Ditton via Embercourt Road will be maintained all day on Sunday 31 July. There will be road closures, bus diversions and parking restrictions.

Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic will take place on an extended version of the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 route. Starting from Horse Guards Parade in central London, the professional cyclists will race out through the capital and into Surrey to the testing climbs of Leith Hill, Ranmore Common and Box Hill before heading back to the finish on The Mall. There will be road closures, bus diversions and parking restrictions.

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When

Friday 29 July

13:00 – 21:00: Prudential RideLondon Grand Prix

Saturday 30 July

09:00 – 16:00: Prudential RideLondonFreeCycle

17:00:Prudential RideLondonClassique

19:15: Brompton World Championship Final

Sunday 31 July

06:00 – 09:00 start: Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100

09:00 – 09:30 start: Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 46

13:15 start: Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic

Who

Prudential RideLondon is an annual world-class festival of cycling developed by the Mayor of London, London & Partners and Transport for London in partnership with Surrey County Council and sponsored by Prudential. The event is managed by the London & Surrey Cycling Partnership.