My story

We are a team of 4 people pretending to be cyclists who are fundamentally driven by the prospect of raising over £10,000 for the Geoff Thomas Foundation, an amazing charity who focuses on pooling together resources for clinical trials of life saving, leukaemia fighting, drugs. These clinical trials allow for drugs to move from the shelves of laboratories to the bedside tables in hospitals. 2011 is a breakthrough year for the Geoff Thomas Foundation as they have recently teamed up with Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research. Together they are making serious headway and are closing the gap on the difference in advances between treatments for Blood Cancers and treatments for other Cancers.

In December 2010, 4 guys got together and on a whim they decided they would battle the late August elements of England, France and Italy, possibly even venturing to Switzerland and they would do all this on a bike! With little more hill climbing experience than an under-powered Robin Reliant they knew that tackling the unavoidable Alps would be tough. So much so that one guy pulled out. But before you could say Lance Armstrong another stepped in. Our team for our own, self-organised, London to Milan cycling adventure had been formed!   

The team of 4 are: Christian Zaleski, Tom Mcconnell, James Miesner and Nick Poursadigh. As a team we have met with Geoff Thomas himself to discuss the challenge and discuss our objectives. Both parties are extremely enthused about this and relish the opportunity to do something meaningful. As such we kindly ask you to donate what you can to this cause.

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Geoff Thomas Foundation

Geoff Thomas Foundation

Charity Registration No. 216032

Ex-England Footballer and cancer survivor, Geoff Thomas is working in partnership with Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research - the only UK charity solely dedicated to research into blood cancers, including leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma. Your contribution really will make a difference to the lives of the 30,000 people diagnosed every year with a blood cancer. beatingbloodcancers.org.uk

Donations 116

Congratulations James on completing a demanding team challenge for a very worthy cause x

Donation by Holly Cranidge on 21/11/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Well done Chris. Sterling effort!

Donation by Peter Brown on 10/11/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Can't let Hukon outdo me on the donation stakes - but well done, commendable effort all round (probably extends to your back-up team too ....!!

Donation by Tad Belina on 04/11/11

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

Well done guys! ;)

Donation by May Mwanje on 10/10/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Congratualions all of you for this great achievement and charity you raising money for!

Donation by Dick and Nynke Minkema on 10/10/11

£50.00

Well done Nick and friends. An amazing achievement by you all.

Donation by Debbie and Mark on 02/10/11

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

Well done Miesner and friends, such a good cause and what a challenge. Looking forward to hearing all about it. Allez Allez Allez

Donation by Andy Copping on 12/09/11

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

Well done James & Co. Fantastic achievement with some dreadful weather thrown in!

Donation by Peter Miesner on 10/09/11

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

What a fantastic achievement - well done James!

Donation by Marcella Boatswain on 07/09/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Well done Miesner & Co, great effort!

Donation by Martin Himpfen on 07/09/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Congrats boys! Well Done!

Donation by Craig Monteiro on 06/09/11

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

Well done James + Co....a worthy cause!!

Donation by Amanda Williams on 06/09/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Congratulations to you all, a brilliant achievement and a great cause.

Donation by Scott Hackworth on 05/09/11

£15.00

+ £3.75 Gift Aid

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James (and team), Gregoir has informed me you have completed a successful journey! Massive congratulations! Now get back to work :-)

Donation by Sally Silver on 05/09/11

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck Chris !

Donation by Ted Gibbins on 02/09/11

£15.00

+ £3.75 Gift Aid

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Good luck to you all, stay safe!

Donation by Rebecca Burden on 29/08/11

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Good luck Leski. Remember, soyez jeune, soyez libre, soyez actif!

Donation by Matt Clissitt on 26/08/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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Good luck to all of you, its a fabulous challenge and a great cause close to my heart. Please..all of you take care XX

Donation by Sandy Powell on 25/08/11

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Good Luck and be safe!

Donation by Barbara Krok-Paszkowska on 24/08/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Go for it lads, it's going to be amazing and its all for a great cause!

Donation by Robert Fillery & Hannah Maynard on 24/08/11

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

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Good luck Leski

Donation by Ross Vowells on 24/08/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Add this to John's donation. The very best of luck. Hope you enjoy the challenge.

Donation by Mary Paler on 23/08/11

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

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Good luck Chris and friends...have a fab time. Make sure your drivers look after you ;) Let us know how you get on.

Donation by Steph Hunter (Grace's sister) on 23/08/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Very best of luck, Christian & Team! Don't forget the LARGE tub of vaseline (I sppeak from experience!!) Dave

Donation by Dave Little on 22/08/11

£40.00

+ £10.00 Gift Aid

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All the best lads

Donation by Dave Honisett on 22/08/11

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations$4,610.05
  • Offline donations$3,568.78
  • Text donations$37.90
  • Total raised$8,216.73
  • Gift Aid$1,029.75

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