Bike Course

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Bike Course

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Bike Course

112 miles / 3 laps anti-clockwise / 7131ft or 2348meters of climbing in total

Feed Stations

3 Feed Stations appox. every 10 miles located under the M61 motorway, Abbey Village and Buckshaw Industrial Estate. Due the lapped nature of the course you will visit each Feed Station more than once.

Each Feed Station on the Bike Course will have the following -

- Gatorade (Thirst Quencher Orange)
- Powerbars - various flavours
- Water

Special Needs

Locations TBC.

Although IRONMAN UK Race Crew try to expedite assisting you in obtaining your Special Needs Bag at the relevant Feed Station, the volume of competitors may require you to stop and find your own Special Needs Bag.

Please see Q34 on the FAQ section for further information regarding Special Needs Bags and Procedure, or click HERE

Bike Course Description

	Miles	BIKE COURSE DESCRIPTION
1.	0.1	Exit Pennington Flash, turn left join A579
2.	0.2	At Junction Turn Left and continue along A579
3.	0.7	At roundabout go straight over
4.	2.9	At roundabout take 2nd exit
5.	3.56	Turn left and contiune over railway tracks towards Hooper Green
6.	5.34	Turn right
7.	5.7	Turn left and join A6 and continue along for 5.5 miles
8.		START OF LOOP
9.	11.2	Turn right and pass under motorway - FEED STATION
10.	12.2	Cross Road heading bak to Rivington Reservoir
11.	12.9	Turn right heading towards Rivington Village over causeway
12.	13.6	Turn left into Sheep House Lane. Steep climb and Sharp descent - TAKE CARE
13.	17	Turn left at Belmont and join A675 and continue along road for 6.1 miles - FEED STATION at Abbey Village
14.	23.1	At roundabout keep left and join A674 continue for 4 miles
15.	27.1	Turn right and join the B6229
16.	27.9	At junction turn left
17.	28.1	Turn right and enter industrial estate - FEED STATION
18.	29.2	Exit industrial estate, turn left
19.	29.3	Turn right
20.	30	At traffic light junction turn left and join A49 continue for 6.3 miles
21.	36.6	Turn left and join B5239
22.	37.4	Turn righ into A5106
23.	37.6	Turn left towards Red Rock and Blackrod and continue for 2.4 miles
		FOR LOOPS 2 AND 3 FOLLOW FROM POINT 8
24.	41	End of loop
25.		After point 23 on 3rd loop follow steps back to Pennington Flash
26.		Turn righ and join A6 and continue for 5.5 miles
27.		Turn left
28.		Turn Right and continue over railway tracks
29.		At Round about take 1st exit
30.		At roundabout go straight over
31.		Turn right onto A576
32.		Turn right into Pennington Flash and enter Transition

Bike Map

cycleroute

Downloadable map of Bike Route - 2010CycleRoute.pdf

Bike Profile

Will be updated soon

Downloads

Bike Course Memory Map

To open the maps, you need to have Google earth installed, visit http://earth.google.com/ to download the free program.

When you have done that, right clink onto the map link and choose the option “Open With” from the list of programs available select Google Earth.

IRONMAN UK would like to take this opportunity to thank, Wigan Police, Greater Manchester Police, Lancashire Police, Lancashire Highways and Wigan Highways for their prompt turnaround to our ongoing discussions, and for their hard work to get the 2010 courses to their present stages in order that online entries can open for you the competitor.

We look forward to working with all the afore mentioned authorities to further develop the 2010 courses in the New Year, as some changes are inevitable as our combined planning process continues to develop the 2010 event.