Day five and the end is in sight for Team DPL’s cyclists

Day five and the end is in sight for Team DPL’s cyclists

19 September 2013

Members of the cycle ride team fielded by Barnsley based Dransfield Properties are on the home straight – with just one last day on their bikes before they complete this year’s 420 mile challenge.

The 16 riders set off from Dubrovnik on Sunday and have spent the week cycling along the mountainous Croatian coastline with the aim of getting to Trieste by tomorrow evening.

Today the team covered nearly 70 miles and have battled wind, rain and climbs of more than 2,300 ft to get to Dramalj where they’ll stay this evening before heading off for the last day’s cycling into Italy in the morning.

Team DPL's riders are using their pedal power to raise funds for Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research and St Andrew’s Children's Hospice in Grimsby.

The team started their tour of Europe in 2007 riding from London to Paris – they aim to  complete a leg of their journey every year returning to London by 2022.

Mark Dransfield, managing director of Dransfield Properties, said: “Today has been a tough day, the hills have been really hard and after four days of cycling we’ve all felt really tired.  We’ve done two extra days riding this year to really challenge the team and it certainly has been a challenge so far.”

To follow the team’s progress please like Team Dransfield on facebook or follow the cyclists on twitter @teamdransfield using the hashtag #tourofeurope2013. You can also visit www.dransfield.co.uk
To support the team visit the fundraising page at http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/Dransfield2013TheMamils
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For further information or to arrange media interviews contact Amanda Holmes on 01226 350644 mobile 07747 621902 email amanda.holmes@dransfield.co.uk

Meet the team

From Sheffield: Mark Dransfield, David Simpson, Matthew Rigby, Chris Morrison, Alexander Prince, Philip Prince, Thomas Meagher, John White
From East Yorkshire:  Alec Cammish, Ian Etherington, and Chris Green
From Southport: Andrew Malley
From Lincolnshire: Dean Draper, Tim Downing and Will Downing
From London: Christian Cox

About the ride – the route and the fundraising since 2007

2007: The riders peddled from London to Paris and raised £54,000 Cystic fibrosis trust, British Heart Foundation, Leukemia Research and Sheffield Children's hospital.
2008: The second year took the riders from Paris to Lyon covering a total of 285 miles. The team raised £37,000 pounds which funded a new bone density scanner for the Sheffield children's hospital and research into Hodgkin's and Lymphoma disease at LLR.
2009: The team travelled the 265 miles from Lyon to Marseilles in France. The course took the riders up the notorious Mont Ventoux. They raised £40,000 pounds to fund research into haematology and genetics at Leukaemia research.
2010: The fourth year of the tour took the team from Marseille to Portofino.  £50,000 was raised to support The Children's Foundation, The Children's Hospital Charity and Leukaemia Research:
2011: After Portofino the team cycled 360 miles from Portofino to Rome raising more than £45,000 for the NSPCC, Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research and The Children’s Hospital Charity in Sheffield.
2012: Last year the team picked up the route in Rome and cycled to Dubrovnik raising more than £30,000 for LLR and the Ryegate pool project at Sheffield Children’s Hospital.
 
 

For further information, contact:

Public Relations Department, Dransfield Properties Ltd
Tel: 01226 360644
Email: pr@dransfield.co.uk