Cyclists from Noble Foods at Bilsthorpe are tackling a 1,070-mile charity ride across three countries in aid of the John Eastwood Hospice, Sutton, and Cancer Research.

They aim to raise £20,000 from the event, which will start at the company’s largest feed mill at Belle Eau Park on 5th June and finish in Monte Carlo, Monaco, on Friday 16th.

The ride, which will climb 42,600 feet, will be tackled by Bob Lilliman, Richard Gartside, Tom Anderson, Jonty Hay, Lamberto Leoni, Elena Mallina, Tim Shetcliffe, Andrew Screech and, in the UK only, Geoff Garton, Brett Millar and Jon Allsopp.

The hospice has close links to the business as Sir John Eastwood was the founder of what is now Noble Foods.

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The riders said: “Both charities are very important and personal to us and support is greatly appreciated.
“The hospice receives no NHS funding and is only able to continue from donations.”

Last year riders from the company raised more than £23,000 for the hospice and a colleague diagnosed with terminal cancer through a cycle ride from the company’s southern-most feed mill, Clearwell, Gloucestershire, to its northern-most mill in Thornton, Scotland.