Mark Palmer

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Fundraising for Cure Leukaemia
£101,059
raised of £100,000 target
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Event: The Tour 21, from 24 June 2022 to 17 July 2022
The Tour 21
Campaign by Cure Leukaemia (RCN 1100154)
The Tour 21 will see a team of 18 amateur cyclists ride all 21 stages of the 2022 Tour de France, one week ahead of the professionals - with the aim of raising £1m for Cure Leukaemia.

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"Your ego's writing cheques your body can't cash" probably sums this up... Last year I made a deal with Geoff Thomas that he would ride the Tour de France 2022 if A, I rode it and B, I raised £100k for the amazing charity, Cure Leukaemia.  So here I am, making good on that promise.

For those that don't know 'Le Tour', it's the most iconic cycle race in the world, taking in a distance of 3,328 Km (2,067 miles) and 48,500 metres of climbing (that's 5.5 times the heigh of Everest) over three (long, arduous and painful) weeks! 

I'm currently training around 15 hours per week and plan to increase this to more than 20 hours as we get closer (and I get stronger). By then I should have covered more than 6,000 km in training rides! Here's my Strava account for you to check in on my progress https://www.strava.com/athletes/65925505 

This may all sound like fun, but there's an incredible cause at the heart of all of it: Cure Leukaemia. This amazing charity punches far above its weight in what it raises to the positive impact it has, saving thousands of lives and working tirelessly to hep cure such a horrible disease. The Tour '22 team are going to raise more than a million pounds for the charity and every penny is going to be spent directly on their Trials Acceleration Programme (TAP), which opens and runs clinical trials for pioneering treatments nationwide which will make a huge difference to so many people in vital need. 

I'm hoping that this is all adding up to you wanting to give generously, which I know is a big ask when we're in a post-pandemic world. However, the bang for buck that the amazing CL team get means that your kind donations will go further than it would in many other places. 

I'm sure I can speak on behalf of everyone at the charity and on the trials when I say thank you for the difference you're making to people, friends and families across the country.



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About the campaign

The Tour 21 will see a team of 18 amateur cyclists ride all 21 stages of the 2022 Tour de France, one week ahead of the professionals - with the aim of raising £1m for Cure Leukaemia.

About the charity

Cure Leukaemia

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RCN 1100154
Cure Leukaemia fund research nurses at 15 hospitals across the UK. These roles form the Trials Acceleration Programme (TAP) network giving patients, from a catchment area of 30m, access to potentially life-saving treatments through clinical trials, with plans to fund a paediatric network on the way.

Donation summary

Total raised
£101,058.63
+ £6,231.75 Gift Aid
Online donations
£28,058.63
Offline donations
£73,000.00

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