My sincere apologise, this event has now been cancelled.
The 3Pears Sportive is on Sunday 15th August 2010.
This is NOT a race !
Event HQ – University of Worcester, Henwick Road, Worcester (awaiting confirmation)
The name, 3Pears, is taken from the County Coat of Arms of the start and finish City of Worcester. The route takes riders through undulating valleys and numerous villages dotted in beautiful cycle friendly quiet lanes. Riders will cross into Herefordshire before return to the HQ in Worcester.
City of Worcester Coat of Arms
The 3Pears Sportive is by no means competing to be the toughest event on the calendar, NO, in fact more climbs could easily been found but we feel that flogging riders until they drop, distracts from what is aimed at being an enjoyable ride. If riders want to push / challenge themselves, then go for it but this route allows riders of all standards to enjoy the same route for perhaps varying reasons. Don’t be deceived by the only 3406ft of climbing, 86 mile route, the undulations in the second half of the ride should have riders heart, lungs and legs, suitably and adequately opened. At £15 entry fee it is our intention to provide, an excellently signed route, feedstops and emergency on-route support, with the emphasis on a great atmosphere and value for money. (distances and ascending approx, courtesy of mapmyride)
The organiser has completed many sportives in the UK and several in Europe and is confident he has put together a pleasant, satisfying route, whether it is a commuter, or pleasure cyclist wanting to advance and extend themselves, a triathlete using for training, or an experienced sportive rider, all will experience beautiful parts of Worcestershire and Herefordshire.
After 78miles Ankerdine Hill is certainly NO PICNIC 
It is acknowledged that sometimes after completing one of the major European Sportives, probably a season’s major ‘goal’ for most, then sometimes riders don’t make use of that extra fitness gained from their experience and ‘drift’ during the second part of the year. The 3Pears Sportive gives riders a balanced challenge to re-focus their season with an enjoyable challenge.
