Le Loop - supporting the William Wates Memorial Trust
Le Loop follows the official Tour de France route, one week ahead of the professionals. Around 100 riders gather for the Grand Départ, with participants joining at different points across the three-week event — each committing to ride one of several set "Loops."
I'll be riding the Mountains Week — arguably the most spectacular week of the entire 2026 Tour. Setting off from Chalon-sur-Saône on 9th July, I'll cover 7 stages (and one very welcome rest day) through some of the greatest climbs in cycling, finishing atop the iconic Alpe d'Huez on 17th July. That's 1,203km and over 25,000 metres of ascent through the Vosges, Jura and Alps — including the Col du Galibier, Col de la Croix de Fer, and not one but two ascents of Alpe d'Huez on the final day.
Every participant commits to raising a minimum amount for the William Wates Memorial Trust (WWMT). Importantly, this fundraising is entirely separate from the participation fee — your donations do not pay for my ride. Every penny goes directly to the charity, whose mission is to help the most disadvantaged young people stay away from crime and violence and reach their potential — through grants to charities working with young people via sport, arts and education.
It's been a tough few years for charities and for young people especially. This is my chance to give something back and support those who haven't had the advantages in life that most of us take for granted.
Riding even a single stage of the Tour de France route is going to hurt. Seven Alpine stages is going to hurt a lot. Please reward my suffering generously!
Merci! 🙏
Thank you to my Sponsors
£220
Sarah Raja-brown
£107
Gavin Fallon
This donation is cheaper than pretending to care about your Strava updates for the next couple of months.
£107
Helen Corner
No pain, no gain! Go for it and enjoy the view!
£107
John Strickland
Smash it!
£104.60
Giles Corner
£100
Richard Seabrook
Go get em crunch!
£100
Anonymous
Best of luck - I hope you're blessed with good weather!
£100
Dhs
Enjoy!?
£75
Linda And Allan Fraser
Sounds very hard work, Giles, but we're sure you'll love it.
£54.75
Saskia
£54.75
James Gannaway
£54.75
Ollie Mitchell
Good luck matey. 💪🏼💪🏼
£54.75
Anonymous
Good luck, and look after yourself!
£54.75
Ed Cox
£54.75
Dicklaaa
Go for it Gizza. Bon chance!
£54.75
James Melville
£50
Jonathon Pinner
£42.64
Binney
Good luck mate!
£40
Charles Lockhart
Have a Wheely fun time! Rather you than me.
£33.15
Tessa Bircham
Rather you than me! Cracking work Giles, I am sure you will smash it.
£28
Sarah Burton
Enjoy shredding your butt cheeks for a great cause! Good work xx
£28
Tatum Human
Good luck, Giles! Hope you smash it.
£28
George Bright
Alle alle alle
£27.40
Neil S
Follow that yellow jersey!
£25
Emilia Kubat
Good luck Giles!
£25
Anonymous
Bonne montee
£25
Tom Owen
Marriage does weird stuff to us men. Good luck mate
£25
Helena Conway
When you think you're sweaty and hot, don't forget to check your internal body temp so you know that you are in fact really really sweaty and hot.
£25
Dan Alldis
Make sure you treat yourself to a little bottyrocket at the end
£25
Judith Mccandless
Good luck Giles!
£25
Anish Sharma
Praying for the quads & hammy's
£25
Kelly Foot-batten
Good luck Giles!!
£15
Anonymous
£10
Anonymous
£10
Jacob Craig-vinayak
Because you begged me to contribute. Hope you don't cramp
Enjoy those hills.