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Ride For Charlie - Foundation supporting inspired young off road riders
Ride For Charlie - Foundation supporting inspired young off road riders
Our aim is to support young off road cyclists, who are or would have been inspired to ride for Charlie and follow in his pedal strokes.Many thanks to everyone who wrote to rideforcharlie for the cross season. Lovely to see so many experiencing what Charlie loved.
Here are some quotes from a team of riders experiences from racing in Belgium over Christmas.
“Again the atmosphere and the whole experience surrounding this event and Belgian cyclocross as a whole has really brought me on as a rider and has encouraged a new attitude to bring to my local races too.”
“ I hope next year to come and ride more Belgium races as I have enjoyed the great experience with mates and supportive organisers that have made this happen. “
Thank you 😊
“I had the amazing opportunity to go away to Belgium with the Wales Off Road Academy, and compete in two races against some of the best junior riders in the world.””
“I’m extremely grateful to Rideforcharlie for not only supporting us but being the personal reason why I managed to make it through both races with a smile. “
“I am happy with my performance in Diegem because although I finished a long way down the field there was not a lot more that I could’ve done to improve and I feel I learned plenty to aid me in future races back here in the UK.”
“Big thank you to RideforCharlie for a great trip and an amazing opportunity which was made better and easier with the help of the support in the pits, food and accommodation over the weekend.”
“I have never had the opportunity to race Cyclocross in Belgium before, so when WORA and ride for Charlie offered me a chance I didn’t hesitate to turn down the offer. It’s a rare chance to be funded to be able to race abroad and I am very grateful for the chance to do so.”
Well done to the British cycling team day 1 at the @uci_cyclocross_wc_2020
Lovely to see so many junior girls in their first world champs.
Charlie would of loved to represent GB in the cross worlds. Good luck tomorrow.
Big Bobble Hatsrlie #vandercraig
#keepsmiling
Big Bobble Hats
What a brilliant Picture 👍 we are there in Zurich cheering you all on 👍 good luck to all of you.
He would’ve smashed it too
Great photo , well done GB 👍
Love this!!! ❤❤❤❤
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Epic bobble hats for a great cause 💛
Best picture ever 😁
What a gorgeous photo! We’ve loved watching you guys ride today- and what a great set of results so far 🇬🇧👏🇬🇧
Fantastic support for a very worthy course
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Wow that’s fantastic
Here is @alec_gregory_ words from his recent @rideforcharlie supported trip
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“Hi sarah and the trustees,
I would like to thank you all for allocating this money to help me do these cyclocross trips over the winter, there is no way that this would have been possible without the support of the fund.
This grant has helped me achieve goals whilst out on this trip. Firstly some good results that will hopefully aid me in getting into a Belgian cross team for next season and without these it would have been much tougher to do so. Another is to properly experience living out there and also racing the best in the world and even be in contention with them throughout the race. This has been an eye opener into what next year will be like for me and has made me even more excited for it. I have had great fun over the two trips and made foreign friends that I will be seeing much more of in the coming season. I feel like these trips are what the grant is for and hope that Charlie would be proud of what I have achieved and also racing in the spirit that he would have. Thanks again for all the support, if there is anything else you need let me know.
Alec x “
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Thanks Alec!
#RideForCharlie #VanDerCraig
Fantastic.
Rideforcharlie have been able to support a group of riders from the Welsh academy to ride in Belgium. This was their first trip for some racing in Europe. We look forward to hearing more from them.Here is a small clip made by the riders. #rideforcharlie
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people or changed who can see it, or it's been deleted.Fantastic
Awesome stuff 👍
Thank you @Jenson Young for sharing your experience in Belgium.
After competing in my first ever elite international cyclocrosss races I couldn’t be happier with my performance, and my progression during my first year as an U23. This opportunity to compete in Bredene and Baal in Belgium wouldn’t of been possible with out the support and funding of rideforcharlie.
It’s a pleasure to race in the memory of Charlie who was such a great friend, who we all miss and will continue to miss.
Jenson
You missed a few agains off 😂😂😂
Adam Gardner, this is the guy who lapped you again and again and again...........
Top job Jenson 👍
Well done, I’m sure Charlie would love the banter! 😆😆😆
Thank you so much for supporting me so that I was able to go over to race in Belgium. It was one of the best experiences, racing against many of the top names in the sport and with thousands of spectators lining the course it was crazy but absolutely incredible. I loved racing in the spirit of Charlie and am extremely grateful for the support from RideForCharlie in helping make it possible.
Thank you again it was honestly one of the best experiences I have done on a bike, especially lining up in the dark again Van Der Pol in front of 20,000 spectators in Diegem.
Tom Couzens
Callum Macleod
Callum Raced several races with support from rideforcharlie.
It is so lovely to see how much charlies fund helps support these young riders experience racing abroad.
"All these races were a great experience for me and I’m extremely lucky to have been able to ride in Charlie’s memory and with funding from the charity. Doing these races wouldn’t have possible without this support so I’m extremely grateful. Thank you so much and I hope I did Charlie and his legacy proud. "
Callum 💛
#rideforcharlie
You did with out a doubt👍👍
Thank you Sam .
Thank you so much for the support from @RideForCharlie – I had an amazing, fun time and really enjoyed the racing.
On the Saturday evening we raced the LRC Cup in Vichte which was floodlit! The course was really good & went through the noisy beer tent (which was where the hurdles were placed) – I was gridded 47th (at the very back) but managed to work my way through the field and finished 6th which I was really happy with.
The next day both Scotty & I were sadly starting to feel ill but we got up early and raced the Vlaamse Cyclocross cup at Moerkerke which again was a really good course – unfortunately as the race went on I began to feel terrible so decided to look after myself and call it a day, but it was a quality-packed race & so I really enjoyed racing with the experienced riders.
Thank you again for everything – my family often think of Charlie and your family, so I was really proud to follow in Charlie's pedal strokes and wear my @RideForCharlie jersey.
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