Date
26th April 2026
Location
Suffolk, Venue TBC
Bike
Road/Gravel Bike
Event Times
Event Village Times – 7:30am until 5:00pm
The Suffolk Roubaix takes you through the wild, rural beauty of the Suffolk coastline, its sweeping heathlands, and charming villages. With quiet country roads and stunning scenery, it’s the perfect setting for an early-season sportive.
This is a truly unique event. It gives riders a blend of road and dirt track sections to create a one-of-a-kind challenge. Don’t want to get muddy? No problem, there are signposted road alternatives too.
From previous years, we know the achievement of conquering the Suffolk Roubaix challenge is raised by the weather, where it is possible to have all four seasons in an hour! You will earn your medal and Adnams after this one…
Routes
At TPR Events, we’re dedicated to creating the best routes for riders to enjoy. Every route is carefully plotted, analysed, risk-assessed, tested, and fully signposted, giving you the confidence to ride with peace of mind. Plus, all routes will be available to download as GPX files, providing turn-by-turn directions on your phone or GPS device. GPX files will be available a few days before the event, after our final checks for road closures and obstructions.
ROUTES TBC – CHECK BACK SOON 🙂
Optional Suffolk Roubaix Sectors
The Suffolk Roubaix also has OPTIONAL off-road sections. These are called our Roubaix “sectors” in homage to the famous early season “Paris-Roubaix” race that utilises short sectors of rough tracks within northern France.
Any road or gravel bike can tackle the sectors but you are likely to get muddy and/or dusty. You can simply choose en-route whether to tackle the sectors or bypass them as both are signposted and in the downloadable routes.
100 Mile Route
TPR Events Difficulty Rating (This difficulty is worked out from the elevation and riding the routes ourselves)
It is the ultimate early season challenge! A chance to get your first century of the year in on some stunning roads and optional Suffolk Roubaix sectors.
This route will take you South from Southwold towards Ipswich, staying on quiet B roads and country back lanes letting you stretch your legs while taking in the scenery.
75 Mile Route
TPR Events Difficulty Rating (This difficulty is worked out from the elevation and riding the routes ourselves)
This 75 mile route will follow the 100 mile route down towards Tunstall Forest where it will split away from the 100 mile route and criss cross its way over some stunning back lanes and B roads to meet back up with the 100 mile route.
This ride is perfect for all abilities and bike types. You will get supported the whole way round with our all inclusive drink stops run by our amazing volunteers.
50 Mile Route
TPR Events Difficulty Rating (This difficulty is worked out from the elevation and riding the routes ourselves)
50 miles around some stunning villages in Suffolk…. Thats what the 50 mile route on the Suffolk Roubaix gives you. You will wind your way south from our start crossing through some extensive heathland, passing through forests on quiet roads before coming across some lovely villages.
This route is suitable for all riders of any ability or age riding whatever bike you would like. There are some optional Roubaix sectors which are more suitable for gravel and off road bikes but these are all optional so a road will be fine as well. E-Bikes and anything else you can think of are all welcome as well.
25 Mile Route
TPR Events Difficulty Rating (This difficulty is worked out from the elevation and riding the routes ourselves)
Our 25 mile Suffolk Roubaix has become a favourite to kickstart your season, quite often your first ever event and it is popular with e-bike riders. This route doesn’t miss out on any of the big appeal parts of the event with stunning back roads, beautiful villages and a Free drink stop.
You will ride south from Southwold making you way towards Dunwich before heading back through Wesleton and finishing back at Southwold.
What bike is suitable?
The Suffolk Roubaix is a unique event based on the lanes of rural Suffolk.
We use a mix of beautiful country lanes and flowing B-roads and rougher optional ‘Roubaix Sectors” which are sections of bridleways tracks and trails. All the ‘Roubaix sectors’ have fully signposted road alternatives.
The road sections are suitable for all types of bikes, e-bikes, tandems and experienced hand-cycle riders.
The optional “Roubaix sectors” are ideal for bikes with 32mm+ tyres or gravel bikes.
