Thursday, 1 January 2009

What is LEL?

London-Edinburgh-London: 'The international flaship event of Audax UK', a 1400km endurance cycling event held every 4 years.

In 2005, 276 riders started the fifth London-Edinburgh-London. 246 completed the event, a 14 per cent drop out, similar to PBP (Paris-Brest-Paris) on what is, a more demanding event. LEL is 200km longer than the French classic and the northern half is hilly and cold!

On 26th July 2009, 600 riders from 30 countries will be starting, aiming to complete the ride in 116 hours.

1 comment:

Kris said...

what an event, wish i could be part of it...succes to everyone and hopefully lots of nice weather!