Alex Mckenna

21 days, 3500km on the bike for a great cause

Fundraising for Cure Leukaemia
£96,564
raised of £100,000 target
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Event: The Tour 21, from 24 June 2022 to 17 July 2022
The Tour 21
Campaign by Cure Leukaemia (RCN 1100154)
The Tour 21 will see a team of 18 amateur cyclists ride all 21 stages of the 2022 Tour de France, one week ahead of the professionals - with the aim of raising £1m for Cure Leukaemia.

Story

At the third time of asking (thanks to the pandemic), in June 2022, I joined former England and Crystal Palace footballer and leukaemia survivor, Geoff Thomas, to cycle the full Tour de France route one week ahead of the professionals.The Tour 21 took place from Friday 24 June - Sunday 17 July and what a ride it was!

As a team we are committed to raising £1,000,000 for the charity that helped save Geoff's life. We are nearly there. All funds raised from this event will be invested directly into the national Trials Acceleration Programme (TAP) network which Cure Leukaemia will begin funding from January 2020 allowing them to open and run clinical trials for pioneering treatments for the disease. Patients from an increased catchment area of over 20 million people will have access, as a result, to potentially life-saving treatments.

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About the campaign

The Tour 21 will see a team of 18 amateur cyclists ride all 21 stages of the 2022 Tour de France, one week ahead of the professionals - with the aim of raising £1m for Cure Leukaemia.

About the charity

Cure Leukaemia

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RCN 1100154
Cure Leukaemia fund research nurses at 15 hospitals across the UK. These roles form 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.

Donation summary

Total raised
£96,563.99
+ £810.00 Gift Aid
Online donations
£5,737.41
Offline donations
£90,826.58

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