Event date: 15th October 2022
Difficulty/Climbing (from * to *****) ****
Entry Closing date: 12th October 2022
Organiser: Mark Hodnett
E-mail: audaxirl.mark@gmail.com
Entry Fee €5 on Eventmaster, plus fees
Optional ACP or Audax Ireland Medal €7
Cycling Ireland Licence is required. A 1-day Licence is available for €10, this will be charged automatically on Eventmaster if you do not have a current Annual Cycling Ireland Licence.
Entry on Eventmaster only: Link to follow later
Start Point: West End, Ballincollig, Co. Cork
Start Time: 8am
Facilities: Parking and supermarket at the start.
Entry Limit: 30 riders
The Pink Elephant 200 route will take in some of the more remote sections of West Cork but retains the coastal run from Clonakilty up past the eponymous “Pink Elephant” Restaurant, before turning North and heading for home.
The route is slightly over the 200km mark and has over 2200m of climbing. This event is difficult and riders should be prepared accordingly.
Road surfaces are generally good, though there are some poorer sections – particularly between the 50 and 77km mark. The roads in this section are also quite narrow.
There are very few options for food or water between Ballyvourney (45km) and Kealkill (90km) so riders should take advantage of the control stop in Ballyvourney to top-up.
Given the time of year, and the fact that there are a number of long climbs, lights will be mandatory.
This event is also available as a Permanent.
Please note that a Cycling Ireland / IVCA annual licence will be required to take part in a Permanent. Day licences will not be available. Entry Fee for a Permanent is €5 which should be sent by PayPal to paypal@audaxireland.org
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
- Miners 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