Road Cycling Events in Exeter

The Taunton Flyer is themed around the wartime airfields of East Devon and Somerset, with routes that pass RAF Exeter (Exeter Airport), RAF Dunkeswell, RAF Upottery (Smeatharpe), RAF Culmhead, RAF Merryfield, and RAF Westonzoyland. We also have a full scale replica Spitfire Aircraft (the only one in the world!) on display at the event HQ. Guided tours of the cockpit will be available and there will be a draw prize in support of SSAFA for the privilege to sit in the aircraft and fire up its Merlin Meteor Engine.

This spectacular early season sportive, offers some nice, flat, open, flowing roads combined with a couple of testing climbs in the Blackdown Hills.

The Taunton Flyer offers you a choice of three routes:

The Spitfire (55 km / 34 miles)

The Dakota (119 km / 74 miles)

The Wellington (184 km / 114 miles)

All routes are well signed and fully supported. We have well stocked feed stations with a wide selection of sweet & savory foods, plus hot and cold drinks.

The sportive includes electronic chip timing (with split points) providing you with an official completion time, plus Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals are awarded to all finishers according to the medal standards for each age and gender category.

Cycling event experts Let's Go Velo are bringing this challenging cycle event to Dartmoor, starting at Dartmoor Brewery HQ.

Choose from two exhilarating routes - the Half Pint (25 miles) or the Full Pint (50 miles), each of which starts at Dartmoor Brewery in Princetown, taking in stunning Dartmoor scenery, and ending at the Prince of Wales in Princetown.

There will be a warm welcome at the Prince of Wales at the finish, and a bottle of our famous Jail Ale for every competitor to take away and enjoy later!

A 600km cycling event starting from Exeter. Controls at Wells, Cirencester, Brackley, Leighton Buzzard, Pangbourne, Chandlers Ford, Salisbury and Sherborne. The Exeter version of the Buzzard. 'X' rated event with commercial sleep facilities around 400k.

The Exeter version of the Buzzard. 'X' rated event with motels available around 300-400km. Postal finish.

The 20th year of the Nello bike ride will take place on Sunday 30th June. This is going to be a huge landmark for this event not only for FORCE and the founders of the ride but for so many people who have ridden in so many of the rides and for whom this event has its own significance.

The Dartmoor Classic Sportive, organised and run by the Mid-Devon Cycling Club, is widely recognised as the most prestigious open-road cycling event in the UK. Established in 2007, the Dartmoor Classic has grown in popularity, attracting cyclists from around the world. The Dartmoor Classic offers you a choice of three routes. The Grande (107 miles / 173 km), the Medio (67 miles / 109 km) or the Piccolo (38 miles / 61 km).

A 300km cycling event starting from Honiton. A simple route on the quietest roads of rural Devon and Somerset.

A simple route in the quietest & best cycling routes of rural Devon and Somerset. Commercial controls with food and drink. Food & drink at the finish.

A 407km cycling event starting from Clayhidon, near Taunton. Ride the Exe Valley and A39 by night, see the dawn in Somerset, use the Bath tunnels and the Bristol-Bath cyclepath, cross the Severn Bridge and return South. Event start/finish is at a great pub with free camping in a field. Seeing the sunrise at Glastonbury depends on moving speed and weather conditions.

107km cycling event starting from Newton Abbot, Devon. Controls at STOKE CANON, plus 5 information controls.

This is a ride for experienced cyclists, and you are expected to be mainly self-sufficient on the ride. Mudguards and helmets optional but recommended. Starting from Newton Abbot, Devon. Controls at Stoke Canon and Princetown, plus 3 information controls.

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Hunts CIder is a family run business on a beautiful farm next to the village of Stoke Gabriel. The routes will take you north along rolling country lanes and, depending on whether you take on the half pint or the full pint, you will either skirt Dartmoor or take you on an epic loop into the moor. Its then south back towards Totnes and finishing at the farm for lots of refresments and chatter.

For those that want to make a weekend of it, there is camping available on both Friday and Saturday night so you can relax after the ride and enjoy the fine cider on offer and the live music.

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The Beyond Dartmoor sportive is about more than the usual suspects and of course our route will still pass them, Burrator dam, Haytor rocks ,etc. (Route specific)

We have tried to find a route thats about visiting places on Dartmoor you wouldn't normally see we have open spaces, great riding lanes, superb climbs and stunning views, not only the special place that is Dartmoor, but beautiful rivers, stunning woodland and quaint villages and all seen from the saddle.

Both routes will Start and Finish near Okehampton.