The Race to the Wallace is the first event in the Scottish Student Cycling Championship for the 2018/19 academic year.

The event is a time trial up the access road to the Wallace Monument in Stirling.

The first rider goes off at 17:46 on the 22nd September 2018 with sign on commencing at 17:00 at the base of the climb.

Due to a high demand, this event will be open to non-students too. However, as this is an event aimed at student participation, non-students will have their own classification.

There will be four classifcations within the race;

• Male Students
• Female Students
• Male Non-Students
• Female Non-Students

Equal prize money will be awarded to Male and Female podium places in the Student Classification only.

Roots Cycles will be providing additional prizes for the podium places of both classifications.

If you are a student, you are obligatged to enter the Scottish Student Sport online entry in order for your participation to count towards your institution's overall score.

Enter here: https://sss.azolve.com/Workbench.mvc/Show/6?ref=8090AC346D151D95688B05A4C5628332B93FD70F

British Cycling Day-Licences will be available on the day.

There is car parking available at the base of the climb.

Info for Riders

This event is available for Students and Non-Students.

There will be four classifcations within the race;

• Male Students
• Female Students
• Male Non-Students
• Female Non-Students

To qualify as a student, you must be current matriculation at a Scottish institution, university or college or any other form of higher education.

This is a Scottish Student Sport event so in order to compete as a student, the SSS entry must also be completed at a cost of £5 per entry, this is a mandatory obligation.

Helmets must be worn during competiton.

The course must not be ridden on before 17:30 as we do not have permission to use the National Wallace Monument's property before that time.

The first rider will go off at 17:46.

Sign on starts at 17:00.

We are guests on another organisation's property. Please be respectful and do not infringe on any other member of the public enjoying the Wallace Monument Facility. This is especially important in the car parking area before 17:30.

Car parking is available at the venue.

The course profile is available here; https://www.strava.com/segments/1252274.

The course is 460m in length at an average gradient of 14%.

As this event is primarliy aimed at student particpiation, equal prize money will be awarded to Male and Female podium places in the Male Student and Female Student Classifications only. Prize money will be awarded as follows;

• 1st Place - £15
• 2nd Place - £10
• 3rd Place - £5

Roots Cycles will be providing additional prizes for the podium places for all classifications.

If you are a student, you are obligatged to enter the Scottish Student Sport online entry in order for your participation to count towards your institution's overall score.

Enter here: https://sss.azolve.com/Workbench.mvc/Show/6?ref=8090AC346D151D95688B05A4C5628332B93FD70F

Good luck!