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We have winners! Free entry to F1 star Mark Webber's sportive this weekend + signed jersey

Red Bull driver's sportive takes in Northants and Buckinghamshire...

Well, it's Friday afternoon, Tiffin has been taken, and we've managed to tear our eyes away from Holland vs Brazil, Murray vs Nadal and of course the Tour de France build-up to set the random number generator to work, and we've found two lucky winners for Mark Webber's Ride to the Horns Schwag.

So without much further ado, it's Nellybuck who gets the jersey and the free entry to the ride, while Jonathan Wyatt misses out on the jersey, but also gets free entry to the sportive - we hope you both have a great day, and look out for an email winging its way towards you from road.cc very shortly.

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This weekend sees Red Bull Formula 1 star Mark Webber, who walked away unscathed from a 190mph crash at the European Grand Prix in Valencia, swap four wheels for two as he hosts his annual Ride To The Horns sportive in Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire – and we have two entries up or grabs, as well as a jersey signed by the Aussie motor racing ace himself.

The 93-mile ride takes place this Sunday 4 July and starts and finishes at The Stag restaurant in the village of Mentmore near Leighton Buzzard, with riders departing between 8am and 8.30am. After a gentle start through a gated road that takes you onto a route initially reminiscent of Flanders, things get a bit bumpier later on with some pretty steep climbs including Brill, Whiteleaf, the Crong and Ivinghoe Beacon.

Webber himself will be there on Sunday to hopefully ride the full distance and will also be posing for pictures and signing ride jerseys and shorts at Mentmore Village hall, but thanks to organisers Wheels in Wheels, one lucky road.cc user will get a signed jersey plus free entry to the ride, which normally costs £30, while another will get the ride entry free.

Even if you don't win, it's still not too late to enter the Ride to the Horns, and full details of that, as well as the shorter, 50-mile Stag ride and a family-friendly, 7-mile ride are available on the event website, and there will also be a full programme of activities throughout the day on the village green at Mentmore to keep everyone entertained.

To enter, just make a comment in the thread below – normal road.cc rules apply so just one entry per person. We’ll be making the draw tomorrow afternoon at around Tiffin time, so good luck!
 

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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Fringe | 14 years ago
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you know i might even sit this one out as the jersey doesn't really do it for me and certainly cant make the ride this weekend, what you mean im entered just by leaving a comment. golly gosh.  4

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djtrax | 14 years ago
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Erm... something

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Simon_MacMichael | 14 years ago
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Thanks JK, that's fixed now. Must have spent too much time staring at the Sir Walter Scott Monument when I was in Edinburgh last week  3

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JK | 14 years ago
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Where is Ivanhoe Beacon  1

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Alankk | 14 years ago
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It's too far for me to travel but I'll take the shirt, he doesn't even need to sign it, xp j/k

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ninjaslim | 14 years ago
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Ride your heart out

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moolife | 14 years ago
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I'm in! I really want to ride it but forgot about the event till I saw this article

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guttertrash | 14 years ago
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in please

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Rob | 14 years ago
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count me in

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Jonathan Wyatt | 14 years ago
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Sounds good

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mrchrispy | 14 years ago
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yarrrrrr

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jengy replied to mrchrispy | 14 years ago
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It is quite a hilly route, the 2nd half does have some pretty testing climbs (for me at least..) - one of them features in the '100 best climbs' book recently released.
Webber is also due at the festival of speed this weekend so it'll be interesting to see how he does both events

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Myriadgreen | 14 years ago
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I watched the crash. Amazing that he got straight out. He's such a great athlete and I really admire his persistance in racing and riding, even when stuff like the crash happens, or the time he was knocked off his bike in Tasmania. Cheeeeeerrs!

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Decster | 14 years ago
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oooh nice - xl -please  4

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highwaymunky | 14 years ago
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Yes Please!!

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Jonny7C | 14 years ago
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surprised he's cycling this weekend after that 'shunt'.

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Hamster | 14 years ago
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Worth a punt. Count me in.

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andylul | 14 years ago
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Looked like he was driving Prof. Pat Pending's converter car while overtaking...

Count me in, please?

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nellybuck@msn.com | 14 years ago
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Excellent, I'm in please!

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Super Domestique | 14 years ago
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Webber was very fortunate to walk away from that one.

Hope he can enjoy the 2 wheeled fun a bit more!

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SmallerPlatypus | 14 years ago
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Sounds wheelie good, count me in!

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richeyre replied to SmallerPlatypus | 14 years ago
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please please please

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