Crystal Palace

Welcome to Round 03 of the Challenge Tires London and South East Cyclo-Cross League at Crystal Palace, London.An iconic Cyclo Cross venue that once hosted the World Cyclo Cross Champs in 1973. Hosted by Brixton Cycles and organised by Rory Kemper.

We've got a steel band coming back again and we're hoping to have a Women's Collective from Brixton cooking up some amazing jerk. 

This year the gridding will take place near Fishermans Corner. The start goes straight up the hill on tarmac, then onto grass before turning right, crossing the tarmac and onto the grass in front of the iconic Laptop stage. The course crosses in front of the stage that played host to Bob Marley’s last UK gig, before moving into a technical tight turns behind the stage. Watch out for a narrow section that takes you back into the bowl where you complete a circuit of perimeter the bowl and cross into a small wooded area where you’ll have to weave through the trees. Turning left onto the finish straight has a section of tarmac before turning right onto the grass and weaving through larger trees the riders will pass the double entry pits before an enjoyable fast single track descent down to the skate bowl and past the National Sports Centre. Unlike last year, we avoid the acorns and bank of the southern terraces but instead loop around the skate park and enter the wooded area below fishermans corner where you’ll go up and down the bank before being directed onto a long off camber section taking riders past the gridding area and in front of the maze. Once again you’ll pass the pits, hurdles, before crossing the tarmac and once again looping around the bowl.

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