Former England Captains Freddie Flintoff and Lawrence Dallaglio will ride Boardman Performance Series Road Pro Carbon bikes (available exclusively at Halfords) on the Dallaglio Flintoff Cycle Slam 2012. Their challenge is a gruelling 2,817km charity cycle ride from Olympia, Greece to the Olympic Park, London, from 23 April to 18 May 2012.
Both Freddie and Lawrence will cycle the full distance, joined by 12 other core riders. 250 other riders will join them for each of the five stages of this incredible ride, with a total of 400 riders taking part over the whole event.
In 2010 Lawrence raised over £1,000,000 in association with Sport Relief on the Dallaglio Cycle Slam, cycling from Rome to Edinburgh, taking in the six nation’s stadia. Next spring, with Freddie Flintoff in the team they hope to raise over twice that amount, a grand total of £2,012 000 for the Dallaglio Foundation (supporting Cancer Research UK) and the AF Foundation (a children's charity raising funds to build, develop and improve child rehabilitation and physiotherapy units throughout the UK) as well as Virgin Unite (the not-for-profit foundation, helping young people in the UK to increase their employability and entrepreneurialism, as well as tackling other important issues for young people).
Lawrence Dallaglio said: “We can’t wait to get on with training on our new Boardman Performance Series bikes – they’re quality machines that will definitely help us achieve the speed and power we’ll need over the 22 day event. The ride is going to be unbelievably tough, but we’re confident that with support from our Halfords mechanics and the wider team we’ll stay on schedule and exceed our fundraising target of £2,012,000.”
Official Cycle Slam Route:
The route is made up of five stages, each of four or five days.
- Stage 1: Classic Greece (4 days): 521km / 325mi, 4,740m / 15,642ft climbing
- Stage 2: Italian Riviera (5 days): 728km / 455mi, 6,107m / 20,031ft climbing
- Stage 3: Strade Bianche (5 days): 562km / 352mi, 6,576m / 21,569ft climbing
- Stage 4: Swiss Alps (4 days): 483km / 302mi, 4,829m / 15,839ft climbing
- Stage 5: Champagne (4 days): 578km / 362mi, 4,173m / 12,691 climbing
To support the guys visit www.dallaglioflintoff2012.com
Posted on Monday, 5 December 2011
