Editing Dorking (section)

===Cycling===
Dorking Cycling Club was founded in 1877<ref name=DCC_About>{{cite web |url=https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/dorkingcyclingclub/a/about-dcc-52244.html |title=About DCC |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=12 March 2019 |last=Baker |first=Michael |publisher=Dorking Cycling Club |access-date=2 January 2020 |archive-date=2 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102102051/https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/dorkingcyclingclub/a/about-dcc-52244.html |url-status=live}}</ref> and by the 1890s was organising camps for amateur cyclists from across the south east of England.<ref name=Tuson-10>{{harvnb|Tuson|2013|p=10}}</ref> The club was refounded in 2011 and organises a programme of weekly rides for members.<ref name=DCC_About/> The [[Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Summer Olympic cycling]] road races passed through Dorking en route to Box Hill.<ref>{{cite news |last=Nicholson |first=Sue |date=27 July 2012 |title=London 2012: 'Massive excitement' ahead of Surrey cycle races |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-19012854 |work=BBC News |location=Surrey |access-date=2 January 2021 |archive-date=2 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102102045/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-surrey-19012854 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{refn|The [[List of Olympic torch relays|torch relays]] for the [[1948 Summer Olympics torch relay|1948]] and [[2012 Summer Olympics torch relay|2012 Olympic games]] passed through Dorking.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dorkingmuseum.org.uk/olympics-1948-and-2012-torch-relay/ |title=1948 Olympics and 2012 Torch Relay |last=Chambers |first=Erica |date=30 July 2020 |publisher=Dorking Museum |access-date=2 January 2020 |archive-date=2 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102102116/https://dorkingmuseum.org.uk/olympics-1948-and-2012-torch-relay/ |url-status=live}}</ref>|group=note}}{{refn|The [[London–Surrey Cycle Classic]] was a [[London Prepares series|test event]] which took place in summer 2011 along the same course as the 2012 Olympic cycling road race.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cycling/14521435.stm |title=Mark Cavendish wins London 2012 road race test event |author=Ollie Williams |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC Sport |date=14 August 2011 |access-date=18 August 2011 |archive-date=2 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102102048/https://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/14521435 |url-status=live}}</ref> Between 2013 and 2019, the [[London–Surrey Classic]] and [[RideLondon|RideLondon-Surrey Classic]] (for professional and amateur cyclists respectively), were also routed through the town.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Duffell |first1=Beth |last2=Nightingale |first2=Laura |last3=Boyd |first3=Alex |date=5 August 2019 |title=Ride London Surrey: Thousands take on cycling event |url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/ride-london-surrey-latest-thousands-16696111 |work=Surrey Live |access-date=2 January 2021 |archive-date=2 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102102044/https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/ride-london-surrey-latest-thousands-16696111 |url-status=live}}</ref> Both events were cancelled in 2020 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|COVID-19 pandemic]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/event/38850662-prudential-ridelondon-surrey-classic |title=Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic (CANCELLED) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=16 August 2020 |publisher=Visit London |access-date=2 January 2021 |archive-date=2 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102102120/https://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/event/38850662-prudential-ridelondon-surrey-classic |url-status=live}}</ref> and in the same year, Surrey County Council decided not to support running the events after 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last=Armstrong |first=Julie |date=27 October 2020 |title=RideLondon cancelled for Surrey after 2021 |url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/ridelondon-cancelled-surrey-after-2021-19176174 |work=Surrey Live |access-date=2 January 2021 |archive-date=2 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102102050/https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/ridelondon-cancelled-surrey-after-2021-19176174 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Bradley |first=William |date=20 October 2020 |title=RideLondon-Surrey: Your reaction after council withdraws support for race through Surrey |url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/ridelondon-surrey-your-reaction-after-19134951 |work=Surrey Live |access-date=2 January 2021 |archive-date=2 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102102050/https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/ridelondon-surrey-your-reaction-after-19134951 |url-status=live}}</ref>|group=note}}