The
London–Surrey Cycle Classic was a one-off, one-day bicycle race that served as one of three
U.K. events in the year-long
2010–11 UCI Europe Tour and acted as the test event for the
2012 Summer Olympic Games. The race was part of the
London Prepares series of events. The race was run over most of the Olympic course, starting in
the Mall and heading into
Surrey, where the riders completed two laps of the
Box Hill loop before making their way back to the Mall. The course took the riders through or beside four Royal Parks and six London Boroughs. Most of the riders represented countries instead of trade teams; however, there were several, mainly British, trade teams in the race with England being classified as one of them. The race was won by
2011 Tour de France Green Jersey winner
Mark Cavendish.