RideLondon-Essex, a mass cycling event which runs through Dunmow and Saffron Walden, is taking a hiatus in 2025.

The cycling festival, which features a Women's UCI World Tour race - the Classique - mass participation rides over 100 miles, 60 miles and 30 miles and a FreeCycle event, will not take place next year as organisers work on a new concept for the event.

Full refunds will be given to everyone who has already entered the 100-mile event. Entries for the 60 and 30-mile events have not opened.

Hugh Brasher, CEO of event organisers London Marathon Events, said: "We feel the time is right to take a pause this year and bring all stakeholders together to work on a new concept for the world’s greatest festival of cycling.

"We have now staged 10 hugely successful editions of the event which has inspired more than 300,000 people to get back on a bike or cycle more and also raised more than £85 million for charity.  

"No event in 2025 means that we can focus on a full strategic review of RideLondon, which was first held as a London 2012 Olympic legacy event back in 2013, and design a new concept which will engage more riders of all ages and abilities and inspire hundreds of thousands more people to cycle more often."

RideLondon was first held in 2013, in partnership with Surrey County Council. The festival took place annually until 2019, but was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 because of the pandemic.

The festival returned in 2022, in partnership with Essex County Council, and the 10th event was held in May this year.

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Cllr Lee Scott, Essex County Council’s cabinet member for planning a growing economy, said: "Essex County Council has been proud hosts of RideLondon for the past three years.

"Not only has this event brought substantial funding into our county to encourage physical activity but it has inspired many to get involved in physical exercise and take up active travel.

"We very much look forward to working with the organisers and partners on the vision for the event in future."