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Zut alors! London-Paris 2011 sells out in fifteen minutes!

Organisers set to anounce details of new three-day fully supported sportive in the Alps

The 2011 London-Paris ride, entries for which opened yesterday at noon, sold out in an unprecedented 15 minutes, described as an “amazing” response by organisers, who have told disappointed would-be participants to keep an eye out for details of a new, multi-stage sportive in the Alps later this year that will be launched soon.

Reacting to yesterday’s clamour for places on the four-day ride between the British and French capitals, Sven Thiele of organisers Hot Chillee, said: "This is amazing. We thought the demand for places in 2010 was incredible, with the event selling out in just 20 hours, but this uptake has taken even us by surprise. It's testimony to this unique event and its popularity which increases year on year.

“We understand that there must be disappointed riders who have not managed to enter; we hope that they place themselves on the reserve list or consider The Alpine Challenge in September which is our new multi-day cyclosportive taking place in the Alps".
The Alpine Challenge, which will take place next September over three days, will follow a similar format to the London-Paris event, including professional support, rolling road closures and motorbike.

Full details will be announced shortly, and of course we will report them here on road.cc as soon as they become available.
 

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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Simon_MacMichael | 13 years ago
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I imagine there is a logistical element to this specific ride that means numbers need to be kept within certain limits - Channel crossing, accommodation/meals, impact of large group of riders in terms of escort, road closures etc?

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37monkey | 13 years ago
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I would suggest that taking only what's necessary and giving the option, to those who really can well afford it, to give more, would allow everyone access to the event, promote good will toward the charity and have people complementing how much they got for their money not how little, a winner all round. Just because something is popular doesn't by definition mean it should only be for the rich. If more companies (and yes banks) did this we wouldn't be in the pickle we are now.

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simonmb | 13 years ago
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If it's so popular, why doesn't someone organise a second one? Supply and demand!

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Tony Farrelly | 13 years ago
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Is using capitalist tactics to extract the maximum amount of money for charity from those who can well afford it isn't such a bad thing 37monkey?

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Tony Farrelly | 13 years ago
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an editor type might wonder if there's much point giving an event coverage if it's going to sell out so quickly that most of those reading about it won't have a chance of entering anyway  39

Still I suppose we will give more details on this when we get 'em it's for charity and all… how many people are doing this ride again?

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37monkey | 13 years ago
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@cat1commuter, Boo to your capitalist thoughts, there's more to life than making money

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cat1commuter | 13 years ago
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A marketing man would suggest that they under priced entries if they sold out that quickly!

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