Team of British cancer survivors aiming to set new RAAM cycling record

"We aren’t super athletes by any means, we’re a group of four average cyclists with one thing in common, we’ve all had cancer"

Cyclists Fighting Cancer RAAM team 2018.

(Image credit: CFC)

Four "middle-aged" British cyclists who have suffered from cancer are hoping to set a record at the 2018 Race Across America (RAAM), widely recognised as being one of the toughest cycling challenges in the world.

The four riders are hoping to set the quickest time for a team of cancer survivors as they tackle the 3,100-mile (4,989km) route non-stop from the Pacific to the Atlantic in seven days starting from June 16 2018.

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Nigel Wynn