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Visit the charity's profileDescribed as The Daddy of UK sportives by Cycling Weekly, the Wheelbase Fred Whitton Challenge is one of the UKs most famous and most feared cycling events.
Riders can look forward to several strenuous hours in the saddle, wrestling 112 miles of the Lake Districts winding roads on one of Britains toughest routes.
With 3,366m of elevation and gradients of up to 33%, youll tick off some of the nations greatest climbs, including Hardknott Pass, Kirkstone Pass, Honister and Cold Fell.
Enter the Fred Whitton Challenge.
The Fred Whitton Challenge has been raising money for charity since it began in 1999.
Until his untimely death in 1998 at the age of 50, Fred Whitton was an extremely popular member of the Lakes Road Club. Not only was Fred the main instigator behind all the club activities, but he was always there on the club runs and training weekends. Living near all the steep Lake District climbs, Fred would have known them all, so the year following his death, his family and friends decided to cycle the route in his honour and use it as an opportunity to raise a bit of money for charity. Twenty years later, that bit for charity is now reaching the £2,000,000 mark!
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