Sportive or Audax

[Smokin Joe]

I'll wager the wannabe racers that love their sportives that are heading into audaxes are only doing the shorter options (up to 200k). Once the novelty wears off, they'll drift back into golf, triathlons or rugby while the audax scene will continue to attract the crowd it always has done.

Spot on.

 

[martint235]

I seem to remember quite a few women, nowhere near 50% as stated before but certainly more than seem represented in the photos. There were two who had come over from the States for LEL that I chatted to on day 1 and a couple of others who joined me at the beginning of day 2. Bearing in mind that I probably talked to less than 10 riders during the whole of LEL, that's a pretty good proportion