Graham Hicks was hoping to be one of fifty cyclists riding in next month’s Tour of Hope in New Brunswick, but a broken collarbone, is going to keep him on the sidelines instead.
The ride raises money for the Georges Dumont Hospital’s Oncology Centre.
He has completed the 650 kilometre ride in New Brunswick three times, but this year, he’ll be the one cheering and supporting the riders on, while raising money to fight cancer at the same time.
He says it’s a very important cause because everyone has been affected by this disease in one way or another, “My best friends father has passed, one of my wife’s Aunts has passed, and she has another who is currently battling cancer as well. It has touched very close to home.”
Hicks says he started cycling several years ago, as a way to lose weight. He started doing spin classes at St. Pat’s, and he was approached by one of the founders of the tour of hope, to help work with other riders…and he says he has never looked back.
Hicks says it’s a gruelling ride, but the cyclists know how important this is, “It pales in comparison to the pain of cancer and what goes on in the families of those affected.”
You can expect Graham will back on a bike for the Tour of Hope next year.
The Tour Of Hope starts on July 22nd, and the cyclists will travel from Edmundston, across to the Acadian Peninsula and then south to Moncton.
They hope to raise at least $80, 000.
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