{"id":550073,"date":"2026-04-25T14:01:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T14:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/550073\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T14:01:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T14:01:11","slug":"thousands-of-cyclists-descend-on-highlands-for-etape-loch-ness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/550073\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of cyclists descend on Highlands for Etape Loch Ness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Around 6,500 cyclists will descend on the Highlands for the Etape Loch Ness this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The UK\u2019s largest closed-road sportive, in its twelfth year, will see riders take on a 66-mile route around the loch on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The event sold out months in advance and is set to be the biggest in its history.<\/p>\n<p>More than 1,000 participants will be riding in support of Macmillan Cancer Support, continuing a partnership that has raised over \u00a32.6 million since 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Malcolm Sutherland, CEO of Caledonian Concepts, organisers of the Etape Loch Ness, said: \u201cSeeing thousands of riders come together to take on this incredible route \u2013 whether for personal challenge, charity, or simply the joy of riding \u2013 is what makes this event so special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spectators are encouraged to come and support riders along the route. There will be road closures in place along the A82.<\/p>\n<p>Details are available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etapelochness.com\/event-info\/spectator-info\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udeb5 ETAPE 2026 ROAD CLOSURES \ud83d\udeb5 <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\uddfa\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/A82?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#A82<\/a> Loch Ness<br \/>\ud83d\udcc6 TOMORROW (26th April)<br \/>\ud83d\udd54 05:20-09:35<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udeb2 The A82 along Loch Ness will have various closures in place before and during this event for the safety of participants. <\/p>\n<p>For more details, click here \ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NpAmWgx3Ji\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/NpAmWgx3Ji<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kZUer04LCV\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/kZUer04LCV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Traffic Scotland (@trafficscotland) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trafficscotland\/status\/2047948762320887903?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 25, 2026<\/a>  STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Around 6,500 cyclists will descend on the Highlands for the Etape Loch Ness this weekend. The UK\u2019s largest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-550073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}