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FOR the second time in three years, Geoff Thomas and his Unity Team undertook one of the most testing challenges in all of professional sport during the summer of 2007 - The Tour de France.

Riding two days behind the actual race, Geoff and his intrepid team mates, including special guest riders such as football legend Ian Wright, attempted to cover the 3,550-kilometre course.

Geoff had successfully completed the route in 2005, raising over £170,000 for Leukaemia Research in the process.

Those efforts were sufficient to win the prestigious BBC Helen Rollason Sports Personality Award and the ringing personal praise of the greatest cyclist to ever live – seven-times Tour winner and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong.

Geoff explained: “I think it’s a well-known story now that when I was being treated for leukaemia, Lance’s book was a huge inspiration for me and led to me riding the Tour in 2005.

“This time, though, there was a slightly different motive. Four of the Unity team are, like me, cancer survivors and I thought it was important to spread the news and show examples of how many brave and inspirational people there are in the cancer community.

“Lance was an inspiration to me and people were kind enough to say I helped inspire them in 2005. Well, these guys should be an inspiration to everyone for what they accomplished and how they did it.”

The 2007 Tour de France started in London, giving the ride a personal feel to Geoff who spent the most successful period of his football career in the capital withCrystalPalace.

The route covered 3,550 kilometres, made up of 11 flat stages, 6 mountain stages, 1 medium mountain stage and 2 individual time-trial stages.  There were 3 mountain finishes, 2 rest days, 117 kilometres of individual time-trials and 21 Category 1, Category 2 and highest level passes.

It also featured some emotional highs and heartbreaking lows for Geoff, the riders and their hard-working support staff.

And you can follow the Unity Team every step of the way by visiting the Taking on Le Tour 2007 pages at www.geoffthomasfoundation.com

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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

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Good luck Geoff. Look forward to seeing you at Selhurst again soon. Keep on inspiring!

Donation by Martin Stanford on 08/07/07

£25.00

+ £7.05 Gift Aid

Good luck Geoff, up the Wolves!!!

Donation by suze on 08/07/07

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

Donation by staners on 08/07/07

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

all the very best keep up the fight

Donation by mribbands on 07/07/07

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

May your pedals yurn smoothly

Donation by Jim Bryce on 07/07/07

£50.00

+ £14.10 Gift Aid

All the best Geoff and the Unity Team. You are inspirational.

Donation by David Morgan on 07/07/07

£100.00

+ £28.21 Gift Aid

Keep those pedals turning...turning, turning, turning.

Donation by richard on 06/07/07

£50.00

+ £14.10 Gift Aid

Permision to engage the granny ring. PB

Donation by Paul on 06/07/07

£50.00

+ £14.10 Gift Aid

Donation by Legro on 06/07/07

£5.00

+ £1.41 Gift Aid

Good luck

Donation by vic wwfc on 06/07/07

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

good luck geoff

Donation by dean on 06/07/07

£5.00

+ £1.41 Gift Aid

hope all goes well on the tour

Donation by colin on 05/07/07

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

Anyone who can spend three weeks with Whitt really deserves more than this...best of luck to all of

Donation by John Wardle on 05/07/07

£50.00

+ £14.10 Gift Aid

Good luck Mike and all the team

Donation by James and Natasha Scrivens on 04/07/07

£50.00

+ £14.10 Gift Aid

keep going

Donation by woody on 04/07/07

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

Good luck Geoff. Pete "Squatter" Slater, kick Wrighty's arse

Donation by Toddy on 04/07/07

£30.00

+ £8.46 Gift Aid

Good Luck to Dan Ellmore and the rest of the Team

Donation by UK Waste Solutions on 04/07/07

£50.00

Good luck chaps - you'll need it!!

Donation by Sharon and David Jackson on 04/07/07

£30.00

+ £8.46 Gift Aid

Donation by Ella on 04/07/07

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck Steve. Have a great time.

Donation by Sarah, Jared and Alex Lang on 04/07/07

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

Good luck Geoff.

Donation by Joanne Baker on 04/07/07

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

Good Luck Pete and rest of the team

Donation by Hazel & Steve on 04/07/07

£50.00

+ £14.10 Gift Aid

Watch that saddle Bully - Yaz No.2 still required !!!

Donation by Donna & Yasmin on 03/07/07

£50.00

+ £14.10 Gift Aid

good luck Geoff

Donation by Shaun Osborne on 03/07/07

£50.00

Good luck from the Gold & Black Army

Donation by Geoff Brown on 03/07/07

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations£15,209.25
  • Offline donations£133,395.84
  • Text donations£0.00
  • Total raised£148,605.09
  • Gift Aid£3,496.03

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