Welcome to the new website for The UCI Magnificat - (formerly Highclere Castle sportive). After four years at Highclere Castle we have moved the location to Newbury Racecourse for our sportive on Sunday 13th June 2010.

We are delighted to have Verenti Bikes as our title sponsors. Verenti Bikes, a division of Wiggle, will be supplying a new range of high quality sportive bicycles.
 
 We are very pleased to welcome back our main sponsor Mavic who will be providing fantastic bike support services during the event weekend. All cyclists will be able to benefit from their skilled team of mechanics. 
We are pleased to announce that Torq will be sponsoring the energy and nutritional supplements at our event for the first time. Torq have established an excellent range of nutritional and energy supplements which will be available to all riders at Village HQ and around the courses.
 
We have had a lively demand for entries since we opened the online entry doors on 4th December. Just click on the ride you are interested in entering to view full details and / or click the Enter button to register your place. Please note we had to close entries early for the event in June 2009 due to increased demand.
One of the reasons we decided to move our HQ to Newbury Racecourse was in response to your feedback requesting a wider range of facilities at the village HQ and easier access by public transport. 
 
This is what we now include:
  • Newbury Racecourse Village HQ
  • Registration on Saturday and Sunday
  • In-house catering with menus designed by cyclists for cyclists
  • Licensed bar
  • Changing rooms and showers
  • Comfortable relax areas inside and outside
Newbury Racecourse access
  • Conveniently located on the outskirts of Newbury town centre
  • Mainline Newbury station less than 5 minutes cycle time to Start
  • Overnight parking within grounds
  • Traffic Management
We will again be supporting The Fire Fighters Charity and welcome our second charity of choice Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). Please try and find ways to raise donations for these charities through your efforts to ride your own challenge.