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RideLondon ballot rules?

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  • August 15, 2014 at 8:57 am #22161
    stefv

    Hi,

    I have suspicions that the RideLondon ballot does not provide an equal chance for each entry, i.e., they might positively discriminate against certain combinations of age and sex to make the field more diverse.

    Naturally, there is no such information on the website, so I was wondering if anyone in-the-know could save me a phone call?

    As an aside, has anyone joined in the course without an official entry? How did that work out for you?

    Cheers!

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  • August 15, 2014 at 4:07 pm #810053
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    Gkam84

    Nope, no guaranteed places
    Nope, no guaranteed places anywhere. That is unless you are on a test event….lol

    The ONLY want to guarantee you place for 2015 was to differ your place from 2014 and not take part.

    August 15, 2014 at 3:57 pm #810051
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    parksey

    Ok, that sounds reasonably
    Ok, that sounds reasonably encouraging then. Without sounding overly mean-spirited, I’d rather have my entry fee back if I’m not doing the event.

    That said, am I right in thinking that if you don’t get a place but donate the fee to charity, you get a guaranteed place the following year (albeit subject to payment of the fee again)?

    August 15, 2014 at 2:40 pm #810049
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    Gkam84

    You don’t pay the fee
    You don’t pay the fee upfront, at least you had the option not to last year.

    I’ll be in the ballot, with a recumbent test event happening next year. I’ll be there 😀

    August 15, 2014 at 1:51 pm #810047
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    DrJDog

    parksey wrote:
    Also, I’m

    parksey wrote:

    Also, I’m assuming you have to pay the £58 entry fee when you enter the ballot? In that respect, what happens to it if you don’t get a place?

    You can choose to let them give your entry fee to charity, or get it back.

    August 15, 2014 at 12:42 pm #810045
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    CXR94Di2

    30000 entrants, wow. I
    30000 entrants, wow. I don’t think I’ll bother entering. The narrow lanes will be grid locked. There is a point where it becomes over subscribed, a victim of its own success/popularity.

    I have done it now got the medal 🙂

    August 15, 2014 at 12:19 pm #810043
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    parksey

    mickcee wrote:I would like

    mickcee wrote:
    I would like Ridelondon organisers to issue how many places up for grabs in the ballot.

    I have been unsuccessful both years and took up a charity place this year, which quite a lot of charities buy quite a lot of places.

    This is a fair point.

    I’m interested in taking part next year but just riding it as a sportive, and so will be entering the ballot. However, some idea of what proportion of the *total* number of places are available in the ballot would be handy, as I assume a good proportion of them are “reserved” for charity entries.

    I could have ridden it this year for 2 or 3 different charities but they all wanted pledges in the region of £700-£800… I personally don’t think the nature of this ride would be as well regarded by friends and family as other more prominent charity rides for fund-raising purposes, so I reckon I’d still be sticking several hundred quid in from my own pocket to ride it. That makes no sense.

    Also, I’m assuming you have to pay the £58 entry fee when you enter the ballot? In that respect, what happens to it if you don’t get a place?

    August 15, 2014 at 11:42 am #810041
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    farrell

    mckechan wrote:I think I will

    mckechan wrote:
    I think I will be entering my wife :)

    http://static.bips.channel4.com/bips/orig/frankie-howerd-the-lost-tapes/articles/45a456f9-c3e7-4b57-b720-cc78edcd50fe.jpg

    August 15, 2014 at 11:31 am #810039
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    stefv

    djaustin, that’s interesting
    djaustin, that’s interesting given your sample size. I think I will be entering my wife 🙂

    August 15, 2014 at 11:24 am #810037
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    djaustin

    I collated nearly 100 entries
    I collated nearly 100 entries from our club. If you are female and won a place, congratulations, you tossed a head. If you are male, you rolled a six! The odds ratio for a place was 3:1 for female to male. But selection is random, after adjusting for gender.

    August 15, 2014 at 10:50 am #810035
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    Leviathan

    Out of a sample of one male
    Out of a sample of one male 35+, he got in two years in a row, suspicious.

    August 15, 2014 at 10:22 am #810033
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    mickcee

    I would like Ridelondon
    I would like Ridelondon organisers to issue how many places up for grabs in the ballot.

    I have been unsuccessful both years and took up a charity place this year, which quite a lot of charities buy quite a lot of places. I heard another cyclist telling a guy next to him in my starting area he had got in the ballot twice and that starting figure will be over 30,000 next year.

    be nice to know if 10,000 of those places are not up for grabs in the ballot though

    August 15, 2014 at 10:01 am #810031
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    Wookie

    Of the 15 Members of my Club
    Of the 15 Members of my Club (9 males and 6 females) that entered the RidleLondon-Surrey100 only 5 got through and they were 4 males and 1 female.
    So I’d go with the ballot being random as RideLondon says it is.

    August 15, 2014 at 9:53 am #810029
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    Martyn_K

    Although of the 30+ members
    Although of the 30+ members in my club who entered last years ballot only 10 were female. 9 got entry through the ballot and only 3 males did.

    Another club a few miles away had similar results from the 2014 ballot. Does not prove anything but interesting results.

    August 15, 2014 at 9:05 am #810027
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    stefv

    Pleasingly, RideLondon
    Pleasingly, RideLondon replied to me on Twitter:

    “Hi there, further info on the ballot will be published by Monday. It’s a random ballot. Best wishes, PRL”

    So it looks like my suspicions may be unfounded! <:P

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