Date: Sunday 27th January 2019
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
“Eventbrite” Online Entry: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/birr-200-audax-2019-tickets-53207617416
Entry Fee by post: €5 postal order/cheque payable to Peter Doyle at above address.
Optional ACP or Audax Ireland Medals €7 each
Download Audax Entry Form here New Entry Forms
Entry Forms may be printed and posted, or scanned and e-mailed to above postal or e-mail addresses as appropriate.
Closing Date for Entries: Friday 20th January 2019
Start Location: Birr Rugby Club, Birr, Co. Offaly
Start Time: 8.00am
Mandatory: Cycling Ireland Licence, Helmet and good lights. One-day Licence available at start if required, cost €5.00
Ride with GPS Map: Ride with GPS Birr 200
Route Description: (Revised Route for 2019)
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 or 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
- 1.5 Loughs winter permanent.
- Abandoned Churches 200
- Adrian Nealon 200 (& 100)
- An East Clare Meander 200
- Angel of Mons 200
- Ardattin 200
- Ardattin 200 Night Ride
- Around Down 200
- Audare 200
- Aughties EPIC 200 Audax
- Banner 200
- Big Fella 200
- Birr 200
- Blackwater 200 (Permanent)
- Coastal Classique 200 Permanent
- Connaught Centenary 200
- Crumbling Rocks 200 Permanent
- Dark Hedges 200
- Dawn Raid 200
- Dying Cow / Mick Byrne 200
- Dying Light 200
- East Wicklow 200 (Permanent only)
- EWC 200
- Excelsior 200 Permanent
- Faceless Monk 200
- Fermanagh 200
- Forgotten Roads 200
- Fratres Cruciferi/4 Towers 200
- Gheimhridh 200 (Winter 200)
- Gimme Shelter 200
- Inner Ring 200
- Killeshin 200
- Kingsmountain 200
- Long Heron/4 Aquaducts 200
- Mayo 200
- Mayo Western Lakes 200/100 MTB
- Mayo XTRM 200
- Mick Byrne 200
- Midlands Meander 200
- Midleton 200
- Miner’s Cross 200
- North Leinster Riviera 200 Permanent
- Nutcracker 200
- Orwell 200
- Paddy Reilly 200
- Pink Elephant 200
- Rock Savage 200
- Tara 200
- Temporary Fever Hospital 200
- Titanic Torr 200
- Tubbercurry Offroad 200
- Vanishing Battalion 200
- West Wicklow 200 Permanent
- Wolfe Tone West Cork 200
- Wolftrap 200
- Yola 200