Pately Bridge, Nidderdale, Yorkshire, UK. 17th May 2014: Otley Sportive Cycling Organisation hosting their first women only sportive. The Sportiva offered participants the choice of two routes – a medium, 40 kilometre ride from Pool to Harrogate then Wetherby, and back, and a longer, 100 kilometre ride that will take in Pateley Bridge, Knaresborough and Wetherby. Credit: Mar Photographics/Alamy Live News


Otley Sportive Cycling Organisation hosted their first women only sportive. Women’s road and circuit racing is on the up with female British Cycling licence holders having increased by 23% in the last year. Increasing both female participation and the number of competitive events available to women are key features of British Cycling’s strategy to get one million more women cycling by 2020.


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