Sportive

Five sportives to tackle before February

Start the year as you mean to go on

Sunday January 26

The eyes of the cycling world will turn to Yorkshire when the Tour de France rolls into town on Saturday July 5, and if you want to be in tip-top shape when your heroes roll up, the Seacroft Wheelers Reliability Trials is a great place to start.

Two routes are available, with entry open on the day and costing just £3 per rider.

Make an early check on the condition of your climbing legs with a January sportive

Starting and finishing in South Milford, the longer 80km route takes in Towton, Tadcaster and Wetherby before heading towards Sherburn via Herwood Bridge and the medium-difficulty climb of Weardley Bank.

The shorter 50km route starts and ends in the same place, but heads instead towards Towton and Stutton before rejoining the longer route at Bramham.

For more information visit http://www.seacroftwheelers.co.uk/reltrial14.htm