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The challenge of the PUNCHEUR Sportive is not a long list of testing climbs, neither is it mega-endurance. The challenge is to keep up a good tempo across a variety of terrains. There are long, flat stretches; draggy climbs; fast descents; and short, sharp, steeper hills to get out the saddle and punch your way over. This is a course to be attacked, knowing you don’t have to hold back due to 100 miles or more ahead of you, but can you pace it so you don’t blow up early, AND, also make sure you have something in your legs to get you up Ditchling Beacon at the end? If this blows your skirt up, sign on.
When: March 7th, 2010
Where: Start and finish in Ditchling, East Sussex, 5 miles north of Brighton
How long: 69 miles
How much: £20
Type of course: Fully-signed route of varied terrain: short, punchy hills, long drags, and some long, fast stretches on quiet roads. Summit finish at the top of Ditchling Beacon
Standards:
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
| Men | Inside 4 hours | Inside 4h.30 | Inside 5 hours |
| Women | Inside 4h.20 | Inside 4h.50 | Inside 5h.20 |
Rationale: You’ve done your winter miles, now it's time to push up your heart rate and pick up speed
Number of riders: 375 max
Feedstation - sponsored by Infinity Foods, Brighton, and Science in Sport: 1, supplying energy drinks, water, a good variety of food. Pasta back at HQ when finished
Photography: www.philoconnor.com/sportivephoto.htm
Timing system: SportIdent electronic timing
Trouble on the day? : SAG wagon if you break down; First aid/paramedics in attendance
