Dromara CC will be hosting the 5th annual Slieve Croob Hill Climb Challenge on Saturday 19th September 2020. This open hill climb competition offers entrants a chance to test themselves against one of the toughest road climbs in Ireland. This year there are two options for the cyclists. The road climb or the off-road climb. Both start at 1 pm from the the bottom of Dree Hill in the village of Finnis. The road climb follows the public road up Dree Hill then takes the private tarmac path up to the summit of Slieve Croob. E-bikes are welcome.
Fee: £10 for those age 18 and over, £5 for Under 18s.
Riders must have a competition licence from Cycling Ireland to participate (Limited competition or Full competition). One day licences will be available (additional £9 to upgrade from a leisure licence, £18 for those with no licence).
Each rider gets free t-shirt and BBQ afterwards in Kings Pub.
Prizes:
Prize money and gifts for the fastest male and female riders.
Spot prizes after the BBQ provided by local businesses (riders must be present to receive a spot prize).
Registration:
Pre-registration will open in August 2020
On the day:
Sign on opening at 12:30 pm in Kings Pub, Rathfriland Road, Finnis, Dromore BT25 2BB
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First rider away at 1 pm. One minute intervals. On the line the riders get a shoulder number. This gets removed at the summit on Slieve Croob. Riders are classified into one of the following categories
| Classification for results sheet | |
| Road | Male (18+) |
| Road | Female (18+) |
| Road | Male (U18) |
| Road | Female (U18) |
| Road | E-bike |
| Off-road | Male (18+) |
| Off-road | Female (18+) |
| Off-road | Male (U18) |
| Off-road | Female (U18) |
| Off-road | E-bike |
Riders have the option of doing the climb twice – either two times by road, two times off-road or once on both routes. No extra prizes will be provided for doing so – just kudos!!
Here is the full route of the course – https://www.strava.com/routes/6089526 and thanks to veloviewer you can see the gradient of the climb.
