Date: Saturday 13th January 2024
Difficulty/Climbing (from * to *****) **
Organiser: Peter Doyle (086 1603895)
Organising Club: Wolftrap CC
Contact Address: Peter Doyle, Fancroft, Roscrea, Co.Offaly
E-Mail: birraudax@gmail.com
Entry on Eventmaster only: https://eventmaster.ie/event/BpOET23c8j
Optional ACP or Audax Ireland Medals €7 each
Closing Date for Entries: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Start Location: Birr Rugby Club, Birr, Co. Offaly
Start Time: 8.00am
Mandatory: Cycling Ireland Licence, Helmet and good lights. Cycling Ireland Licence required. If a valid Licence number is not entered on Eventmaster, a 1-day Licence will be charged automatically for €20.
Ride with GPS Map: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/40385894
Route Description:
The Birr 200 is designed as a route suitable for winter riding, it sticks to fairly flat roads with good surfaces and has a control about every 40-50km. The biggest challenge at this time of the year is usually the weather and lack of training.
The route starts in the historic Georgian town of Birr, Co. Offaly and heads North towards Banagher where it crosses the Shannon into Co. Galway. There is a small climb out of Eyrecourt over Redmount Hill before reaching the first control in Ballinasloe after 57km.
The next leg is fairly flat towards Loughrea and along the shores of Lough Rea and towards the foothills of the Slieve Aughty mountains where there are a few drags, but nothing too hard before reaching the second control in Portumna at 125km where you cross the Shannon again and into Co. Tipperary.
The third leg of the route heads to Moneygall for the third control at the Barack Obama Plaza at 160km.
The route follows the old Dublin – Limerick road into Roscrea and then heads back towards Birr along quiet roads via a small climb at Leap Castle.
Good lights are essential and riders will not be allowed to start without them.
See also
- Abandoned Churches 200
- Adrian Nealon 200 (& 100)
- An East Clare Meander 200
- Ardattin 200
- Ardattin 200 Night Ride
- Audare 200
- Big Fella 200
- Birr 200
- Blackwater 200 (Permanent)
- Bravest of the Brave 200
- Coastal Classique 200 Permanent
- Crumbling Rocks 200 Permanent
- Dark Hedges 200
- Dying Light 200
- East Wicklow 200 (Permanent only)
- Excelsior 200 Permanent
- Faceless Monk 200
- Fermanagh 200
- Gheimhridh 200 (Winter 200)
- Gimme Shelter 200
- Jack Hackett 200
- Killeshin 200
- Kingsmountain 200
- Larne Round the Lough 200
- Long Heron/4 Aquaducts 200
- Mayo 200
- Mayo XTRM 200
- Mick Byrne 200
- Midleton 200
- Miners Cross 200
- Naomh Barrog 200
- North Leinster Riviera 200 Permanent
- Northside Lowlander 200
- Old School 200
- Orwell 200
- Paddy Reilly 200
- Pink Elephant 200
- Rambo 200
- Sligo 200
- Temporary Fever Hospital 200
- Titanic Torr 200
- Tubbercurry Offroad 200
- Vanishing Battalion 200
- West Wicklow 200 Permanent
- Wolftrap 200
- Yola 200