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We did it!
16 Mar 2008, Peter Murray
On Tuesday March 11 the C2C peloton arrived in Cannes - 115 having ridden from London, 15 from Bercelona. The group rode along the Croisette before turning into the forecourt of the Palais de Festival where Peter Rhodes of MIPIM presented all the riders with medals.
Smith, Rogers, Prasad on bikes
13 Mar 2008, Claire Nordon
edited from Building Design by Cyclops
We are delighted to announce that the eminent British designer Sir Paul Smith, Richard Rogers and RIBA president Sunand Prasad and rider in 2006, have agreed to become patrons of the Cycle to Cannes (C2C) charity founded in January 2008.
This year, 140 riders will cycle 1,500km from London to Cannes between 6-11 March 2008 to the south of France for the Mipim property fair, aiming to raise £500,000 for a number of important charities and projects supported by C2C including: LandAid, Architects for Aid (A4A), The Tom ap Rhys Pryce Memorial Trust, Sarah Matheson Trust and The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.
The C2C 2008 ride is sponsored by the Berkeley Group. The Berkeley Group Cycle to Cannes charity challenge is a group ride of professionals involved with development, architecture and planning raising money for charity.
C2C 2006 was a great event and saw 17 riders raise £110,000. C2C 2007 attracted 52 riders and raised an astonishing £270,000.
Wet and windy
16 Jan 2008, Peter Murray
Think of the current weather as good for training - the wet and slippery roads, battling into head winds is good preparation for the fickle March climate. Last year the weather was wet at the start but pretty mild; the year before it was wet at first and then came snow and freezing weather, although it doesn't look as though we're going to get much really cold weather at the moment to help acclimatise to the higher ground in central France. Both years the wind has been behind us so I hope that this is a recurring aspect of the french weather at that time of year.
The next best thing to a strong following wind is strong rider in front that you can tuck in behind. It is really important that those riders who haven't much experience of riding in a peloton do some training in a group - if in London in Regents Park on wednesday mornings, but if you can't get there do get together with others to practice riding safely close to someone's wheel.
Hope the money is flooding in - do send in your pledges s that we can keep track of how we are all doing. |
