White Rose Classic

23/11/2025

ENTRIES ARE OPEN FOR THE 2026 EDITION OF THE WHITE ROSE CLASSIC

We have also taken the opportunity to revamp the routes for the next edition, with the Epic route now dropping in to the Heart of Wensleydale. We have 4 routes to chose from which we are hoping gives a wider variety and differing challenges. The route maps, mileage and ascent are live on the White Rose Classic website https://whiteroseclassic.org.uk/ but here are some snippets:

The routes are 35miles, 70miles, 98miles and 124 miles
Norwood Edge climb has been removed which means that the whole section round to Grassington has also been removed 😲

Making this change allows the following to be introduced: Kidstones Pass and Buttertubs Pass on to the Epic route!

- The Intermediate route (70 miles) will now take in Halton Gill and Albert Hill
- The Challenge route (98 miles) will go up Fleet Moss, climb out of Hawes towards the Ribblehead viaduct and Albert Hill
- The Epic Route (124 miles) will now go up Kidstones Pass, round Aysgarth Falls and over Cross Top road round to Buttertubs, on to Hawes, Garsdale Head/Coal Road, Dent Head road & Albert Hill.

All routes including the short will climb out of Burnsall and the final climb of the day, Langbar. (yes, Langbar is back in on all routes!)

This means all riders head out to the Grassington feed stop together with a slight route split at Hartlington Raikes road, and after Grassington the routes will split before joining back after Hawes and Settle.

EARLY BIRD ENTRIES QUALIFY FOR A 10% of the standard entry fee, the discount code is: WRC2026

Looking forward to another great WRC in 2026

We are back for another epic edition of the White Rose Classic, come and join us on Sunday 31st May 2026 for another great day out in the cycling mecca that is the Yorkshire Dales. (Gods own back yard!)

07/10/2025

02/07/2025

ENTRY DEADLINE APPROACHING

Entries via the White Rose Classic website will close at midnight tonight.

After midnight you can still enter the event via the event page on the British Cycling website until midnight on Friday.

29/06/2025

Epic Route update

We hope your training has gone well and you are now tapering off in preparation for the event next Sunday.

One of the planned route changes we had made for the Epic route has to be removed due to roadworks / road closure. For those that have ridden the Epic, (long) route in recent years you may be happy with the revision as we now need to take back via Deepdale in to Ingleton and on to Clapham.

We had planned to turn you left at Lea Yeat, which is the T-junction when you descend Coal Road from Garsdale Head, and then take you up and under Dent Head Viaduct and then straight under the Ribblehead viaduct. But due to a landslide just before the Dent Head viaduct which was until recently impassible to anyone on foot, bike or vehicle, North Yorkshire council have since allowed walkers to navigate this area but we can not risk allowing you to cycle this way. This is because our first aid vehicles cannot get through and if they is an incident on the other side the first aid vehicles will need to turn around and loop back around towards Hawes, which is approx 20-30 minute drive.

Therefore, we will now turn you right at the T-junction in Lea Yeat and take you through Deep Dale towards Ingleton, once at Ingleton we will loop you around the village centre as there is their annual 1940’s weekender in the village which means access to the village road through the centre is restricted to event traffic/participants - please respect this.

This alteration adds on an extra 2miles to the route and an extra 500ft of climbing.

Those already entered on to the Epic route have been communicated to and sent the GPX file via Ride with GPS. As we will not be updating the website so close to the event day, any new entries on to the Epic route will be communicated to individually.

Those waiting for the 2025 road book, this will issued within the next 24 hours.

14/06/2025

We still have spaces across the 4 routes on offer at this year's edition of the White Rose Classic. Entry fee is between £37 & £46. (10% discount for groups of 4 or more riders entering together)

We provide fully stocked feed stations, start line mechanic plus a mechanic at the first feed stop. Chip timing with instant message alert with your time when you have crossed the finish line. First aid support, fully signed routes, access to your event photo, free post ride drink, live music and your finishers medal. Full details can be found on our website. https://whiteroseclassic.org.uk

08/05/2025

ANNOUNCEMENT
11-17yrs can enter 'Free' with a paying adult across our 2 shorter routes.
16-17yrs can enter at a reduced fee of £15 across the 2 longer routes.
Please contact the event team at whiteroseclassic2024@icloud for entry forms & parental consent form.

Please see the full T&C's for under 18's

Where a signed parent/guardian consent form is required, the event team will provide a form once an entry has been received. The signed form must be returned to the event team no later than one week before the event date. No signed consent form will mean you are unable to ride the event, and we are....

06/05/2025

With just over 8 weeks to go to this year's edition of the WRC it's time to get your entry in, we have 4 great routes to choose from to test all abilities and 11-17 years can take part. Please read the T&C's for child entries.

Your entry fee gets you: Chip Timing, well stocked feed stops to fuel you along the way, finishers medal, free post ride drink, mechanical support, first aid support and a digital photo - remember to smile 😀

Check out our new website for full details and entry :

Come and join us on Sunday 6th July 2025 for another epic adventure of the “White Rose Classic” in the cycle mecca that is Yorkshire. (Gods own back yard!)

02/03/2025

Apologies, the route announcement earlier today was for the 'The Challenge route' and not the 'Intermediate route, this will be announced shortly. (all posts have been updated)