In August 2018 we lost our best friend at the age of 22 after a five year battle with Leukaemia. Elias beat Leukaemia three times and was lucky enough to have state of the art, ground breaking treatment at UCLH, which is a centre of excellence for haematology cancers. This treatment enabled him to live life to the fullest, and make memories together that we will hold forever. 

We started this journey in July 2019 when over 50 riders completed VAP 1 (Vegas After Party) Paris-London over 3 days, and raised £185,000 for Haematology Cancer Care. On 1st December 2021, the research project got underway into leukaemia, and specifically how the CAR-T treatment that had given us so much hope for Elias, can be improved. Every pound raised by our riders 3 years ago went directly to the charity, with £35,000 spent on a critical apheresis machine at UCLH, and the bulk of the money raised ring-fenced for funding a PHD student for the next 3 years. A cheque for £150,000 was recently handed to the research staff to fund the project in Elias' name, and it is beyond inspiring to see this work underway to help so many others in their fight ahead against this disease.

So what are we doing this time round for Vegas After Party 2?

In July 2022 we are going again, taking to the roads of France from Paris to Poitiers, 330km over 3 days of cycling to continue our journey in Elias' name.

This is the team page for a group of Elias' closest friends who will be cycling together - we understand that some of you may wish to support multiple participants so hope this makes it as easy as possible to support. Please do leave names of those you are supporting as everyone has individual donation targets.

We have been humbled by your generosity and thank you for any way you can support us to continue funding research that we hope one day will stop others dying of leukaemia and help us keep alive the legacy of Elias, our hero.

Much love,

Alex, Cam, Sam, George, Sameer, Jacob, Jamie, Elliot