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London-Edinburgh-London (LEL) is a randonnée bicycle event of approximately 1400km held in the UK on an out-and-back course between the capital cities of
London (England) and
Edinburgh (Scotland). It is believed to be the longest regularly scheduled grand randonnée to be sanctioned by the
Randonneurs Mondiaux.
LEL is regarded as the British equivalent of
Paris-Brest-Paris and is the flag ship event of
Audax UK. It is held every 4 years, 2 years apart from the quadrennial Paris-Brest-Paris.
It is part of the
brevet series and is intended to be a noncompetitive endurance bicycle event.
The first LEL was held in 1989, when there were just 29 starters and 26 finishers, all of them British. For that inaugural ride, the distance was 1300km, and the route included a stretch of the infamous
A68 highway. Finishers of that original event are sometimes referred to as members of the "A68 club". The inaugural ride also didn't start in London, but in
Doncaster, the home town of the organizer. Riders headed first North to
Edinburgh and back, then South to
London and back. Because of this, and also the distance (100km longer than
PBP) and the tough hills in the Northern half of the event, 2 of the riders coined it as the ride "to EL and back".
For the fifth and most recent edition in 2005, there were 306 starters and 246 finishers, from the UK, mainland Europe and other countries around the world, including Japan, Russia, Australia, the USA and Canada. Riders set out either from
Cheshunt, on the Northern outskirts of Greater London, or from
Thorne, close to the original
Doncaster start.
There will be some changes in 2009. First, the ride will start (and end) in
Cheshunt only. Second, riders can choose between three starting times (8, 14 or 20 o'clock) and - independently from the starting time - between three time limits (116:40, 105:16 or 93:20h).
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