Day four - and the DPL cycle ride team are well over half way there!

Day four - and the DPL cycle ride team are well over half way there!

18 September 2013

The Dransfield Properties charity cycle ride team are now more than half way through their 2013 Tour of Europe challenge after completing day four today (Wednesday).

The riders have arrived in the coastal town of Novalja in Croatia after setting off from Dubrovnik on their six day ride on Sunday - they've now completed 292 miles of their tough cycling challenge which has taken them along the mountainous coast of Croatia.

The 16 strong team, of riders fielded by the South Yorkshire based company Dransfield Properties Ltd are covering a total 420 miles from Dubrovnik in Croatia to Trieste in Italy.

They've now arrived in Novalja for an overnight stay before the final two days of this year’s tour which finishes on Friday in Trieste.

Since the annual ride started back in 2007 the route has covered more than 1,860 miles and raised an impressive £256,000 for charity.

This year is the seventh leg of the tour and an extra day’s cycling has been added to make it the most challenging route to date with six days on the bikes, more miles to cover and a tough and mountainous route to navigate.

Along with the regular members who’ve joined the ride every year the team is also welcoming some new faces who have added their pedal power to raise funds for Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research and St Andrew’s Children's Hospice in Grimsby.

The team aim to complete a leg of their journey every year returning to London by 2022.

Mark Dransfield, managing director of Dransfield Properties, said: “It's been a really tough challenge this year and the final two days have got some tough climbs for us so although we’ve covered more than half the miles in this year’s challenge we can't relax just yet and we know the last 48 hours are going to be really hard.

“We’re also determined to do the best we can for the charities we are supporting this year and would like to thank all our sponsors who have supported us 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