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• bishop bashed by epic ride
Bishop’s week of Gore-y hell
Tourers tackle World Record
THE WORLD Cycle Racing Grand Tour takes place over 106 days and got started last month. The riders are aiming to set a new record by choosing their own route, though they’ll all have to travel 18,000 miles (29,000 km) around the world carrying GPS trackers. The race is hoped to finish before the start of the 2012 summer Olympics (on July 27th, fact fans). Alan Bate is the current World Cycle Record holder having set a daily average of 250km despite all weathers and terrain, having beaten Vincent Cox’s world round effort.
Lovejoy fights
LIVERPUDLIAN COMEDIAN John Bishop has ditched the jokes in favour of a ‘hellish’ cycle challenge for Sport Relief. At the end of February the joke meister embarked on a week of cycling, rowing and running over 290 miles from Paris to London. Help came in the form of Gore bike and running wear, kitting out the comedic challenger with a Countdown Insulated Jacket, Fusion GT AS Jacket, Ozon WS Long Jersey and Contest Thermo Jersey. Find out more at
www.sportrelief.com/bishop
Facebook fight!
In another meaningless battle dreamt up by overworked bike journos, Facebook pits the three ‘Grand Tours’ of Europe against each other…
for the right
SOMETHING FOR the Weekend and Soccer AM presenter Tim Lovejoy has signed up to the Right to Play 2012 Bike Ride. Taking place from June 30th to July 3rd, Lovejoy is supporting the children’s charity ride, sponsored by Specialized, despite not being a natural cyclist himself. Follow his training on Lovejoy’s Twitter feed –
twitter.com/timlovejoy – or at
www.righttoplay.com/uk/Pages/2012BikeRide.aspx
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