On Friday 12th September 2008, Ian Johnston completed his cycle tour of EVERY stage of the 2008 Tour de France cycle race (not whilst the main event is on!). That’s an incredible 3,558 kilometres or 2,223 miles, over 19 high mountain passes through the Pyrenees and the Alps! Yes, that’s an average 100 miles a day starting from Brest in Brittany to Paris in 21 days!
Ian has now raised £10,000 to fund two very special bicycles that will enable disabled children from Alexandra House in Lancaster, to experience the joys of cycling - speed and the feel of the wind in their faces, as they are pedalled by an able bodied cyclist.
After the ride….
Find out more about what happened after the ride here.
Here’s the route…
The 21 stages have the following profiles:
- 10 flat stages,
- 5 mountain stages,
- 4 medium mountain stages,
- 2 individual time-trial stages.
Here’s the bike…
The ‘O Pair’ Wheelchair Bicycle
A bicycle fitted with a comfortable spring-action, detachable wheelchair. The wheelchair can be easily detached from the bicycle frame so that you can go for a walk with the wheelchair separately whenever you wish.
Read Jonno’s daily Tour diary
You can see Jonno’s day by day account of his ‘Tour’ here.