London will play host to the UK’s first ever women-only night cycle event on Saturday, May 31.
Over 2,000 women have registered to take part in Women V Cancer Ride the Night, in support of Breast Cancer Care, Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust and Ovarian Cancer Action.
Aiming to raise over £750,000 for women’s cancer in a single night, the 100km cycle starts and finishes at the Royal Windsor Racecourse, with the first group of cyclists setting off at 9.00pm. The course then follows a circular route taking in some of the capital’s most famous landmarks including Westminster Abbey, Trafalgar Square and Buckingham Palace
A competition for ‘best dressed bike’ will ensure the London skyline is awash with fun and colourful bicycles through the night with the winner taking home a brand new Pendleton bike.
Ann Frampton, Director of Action for Charity and Dream Challenges, said: “In the UK 55,000 women and men annually are diagnosed with breast cancer whilst every day three women die from cervical cancer and 12 lose their lives to ovarian cancer. Ride the Night provides a fantastic opportunity to both raise funds for three amazing charities but also awareness of these diseases which devastate the lives of thousands of families every year.”
To date just over £4.2 million has been raised by Women V Cancer which is divided equally between Breast Cancer Care, Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust and Ovarian Cancer Action. It is expected that the Women V Cancer franchise will have raised £5 million for the women’s health charities by the end of 2014.
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