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Taunton Flyer Sportive

April 27 2025
Somerset South West UK
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Distances: 37, 63, 101 miles
Difficulty: Difficult terrain with longer, steeper hills
Limited to: 7500 Participants

The Taunton Flyer sportive, now in its 9th year,  is themed around the wartime airfields of East Devon and Somerset, with routes that pass RAF Exeter (Exeter Airport), RAF Dunkeswell, RAF Upottery (Smeatharpe), RAF Culmhead, RAF Merryfield, and RAF Westonzoyland.

This spectacular sportive, offers some nice, flat, open, flowing roads combined with a couple of testing climbs in the Blackdown Hills.

The Taunton Flyer offers you a choice of three routes:

The Spitfire (37 miles)
The Dakota (63 miles)
The Wellington (101 miles)

All routes are well signed and fully supported. We have well stocked feed stations with a wide selection of sweet & savoury foods, plus hot and cold drinks.

The sportive includes electronic chip timing (with split points) providing you with an official completion time, plus Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals are awarded to all finishers according to the medal standards for each age and gender category.

Age Restriction: 11 years (15 if unaccompanied)
Supported Charity: SSAFA

Taunton Flyer Sportive

 
Start Located At: Smeatharpe, Honiton, Devon, EX14 9RF
 
 
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Secure online entry system
Registration Pack (Posted out to you)
Well signed and marshalled routes
Route Map & GPS Files
Electronic chip timing (Disposable)
Personal results printout at finish line
Age & Gender Categories
Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals
Event HQ with toilets & catering
Free car parking at Taunton Racecourse
Well stocked Feed Stations (Sweet & Savoury)
High 5 Energy Drinks, Gels, and Bars
Toilets at all Feed Stations
Mechanical Support
Recovery Service (for rider and/or bike)
First aid cover with professional medics
Public Liability Insurance
Event Photography service
Post-Ride Massage Service
Donation to SSAFA
Great Ride through Somerset & Devon!

Prize / Race Categories

All finishers will receive a medal, T-Shirt and goody bag.

The Taunton Flyer is electronically chip timed. A Gold, Silver or Bronze Medal will be awarded depending on your finish time. Times are set against age and gender categories for each route. Please see the medal standards tables on the event website for details of details.

 
Facilities
Parking
Changing Rooms
Registration On the Day
Pre-Packet Pickups
 
Support for Participants
Route Signposted
Route Card
First Aid
Emergency Contact No
SAG Wagon
Outriders
Marshalls
Roving Mechanical Support
Mechanical Support at Rest Stops
 
Community
Fundraising
 
Features
Course Timing
KOM/QOM Competition
Category / Race Prizes
Finishing Medals
Results Within 24 Hours
Photos
Downloadable GPS files
 
Nutrition
Feed / Aid Stations
 
Number of Timed Hill Climbs
1 Hill Climbs
 
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