After months and months of training and fundraising, The Tour 21 class of 2023 have completed all 21 stages of the Tour de France route, just one week ahead of the professionals, and raised over £1 million!
The team, made up of 18 amateur cyclists from across the world, have worked as a team to make their way across Spain and France across three and a half weeks. They set off from Bilbao on Saturday 24th June 2023 and followed the same 21-stage route as the pros, riding over 3,500km in just 21 days - all to raise over £1,000,000 for Cure Leukaemia, the official charity partner of the Tour de France in the UK.
Fundraising from the challenge is directly invested in the Trials Acceleration Programme (TAP) which helps those fighting the cancer across the globe, including three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond, who last year announced he is battling Chronic Myelogenous Leukaemia.
People’s generosity means they can help the prospects of blood cancer patients by funding more nurses and running more clinical trials through the TAP (Trials Acceleration Programme) network of 15 centres across the UK. As they progress though the event, check out the latest news, updates, videos and pictures from the team across their social media channels – including Twitter - @TheTour21, Instagram - @TheTour21 and YouTube - The Tour 21.
Cure Leukaemia funds research nurses at 15 hospitals across the UK in roles forming the Trials Acceleration Programme (TAP) network, giving patients from a catchment area of 30m, access to potentially life-saving treatments through clinical trials, with plans to fund a paediatric network on the way.
