RideLondon Classique

First held in 2013, the RideLondon festival was designed as an annual legacy of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The format consists of a series of cycling events on closed roads for amateur cyclists and professionals.

As part of the festival, a professional women's event (originally the RideLondon Grand Prix) was held on a central London circuit, with the finish line on The Mall.

In 2016, the race was added to the UCI Women's World Tour, was renamed the RideLondon Classique, and gained an identical €100,000 prize fund to the London–Surrey Classic – making it the richest one-day race in the women's calendar.

[2] Due to the flat, short circuit in central London, the race often culminated in a sprint finish on The Mall.