Le Loop - supporting the William Wates Memorial Trust
I am taking part in Le Loop, which follows the official route of the Tour de France, one week ahead of the professionals and finishes 21 stages later in Paris, covering 3,350 kilometres and 51,500 metres of climbing (Everest is 8849m).
On Friday 27th June 2025 around 100 riders will gather in Lille for the 'Grand Depart'.
All the money you give goes directly to the William Wates Memorial Trust whose mission is to help the most disadvantaged young people keep away from a life of crime and violence and fulfil their potential. This is done through grants for art, education and sport. (Donations do not pay for my tour which I am funding).
Le Loop is no small undertaking. Riding even ONE stage of the Tour de France route is going to hurt! Please reward my pain by giving generously.
As a bit of fun, and a thank you for donating, if you would like to guess how many hours I spend in the saddle over the 21 stages, I will give £50 to the person who is is the closet (put figure in comments please). I will upload each days ride to Strava so you can follow along if you wish.
Merci
My Updates
Gulp !!!
Sunday 2nd Feb Pressing the button was the easy part, 5 months to go it’s gets serious from here on in. No more lie ins, no cold weather excuses, the old saying winter miles for summer smiles ring true. The best motivation, your donations and giving young people a better chance in life to fulfil their potential. ShareThank you to my Sponsors
£54
David Morrison
£54
Andrew Strong
£35
John Rumbold
£27
James Lealan
Fantastic effort John. I hope the training is going well, and great work raising donations for this fantastic charity. Best of luck for the up hills :)
£27
Tracey Stead
Wishing you the best of luck John for such a fantastic cause!
£27
Tyne Hansford
Wow John, this is impressive!!! What a wonderful cause, best of luck for the training and prepare some good playlists for those hills!!!
£27
Ciara Sullivan
Best of Luck John!
£27
Corinna Lovesy
The best of luck John
£27
Avanade
£25
Doug
Good luck John. I guess you'll be in the saddle for 190 hours. Hopefully you wont suffer too much!
£21.60
Wai Williams
10 hours
£16.20
Siobhan Purcell
Good Luck John
£10.80
Ollie Marsden-ridley
Incredible effort for a great cause. All the best. Enjoy the trials an tribulations for spending that amount of time in the saddle. Views and memories worth it. Ollie
£10.80
Dan Burdge
£10.80
Simon Simon.j.williams
£10.80
Karen Melvin
What a great cause John.
£10
Andy Mason Mason
Good luck John
Wow John, rather you than me! It will be a fantastic achievement when you finish ):