CYCLING challenge, RIDE The Dales, will take place in Yorkshire next weekend and children’s charity Action Medical Research is calling for riders to sign up now.

The event on Sunday, June 2, offers a choice of ‘Cool’ 41-mile, ‘Classic’ 70-mile and ‘Champion’ 100-mile routes. The routes take in some of the area’s finest cycling.

This event is part of the charity’s popular RIDE series of one-day bike rides that take place in fantastic cycling locations across the UK. Entry is just £36.50 for the Cool route, £46.50 for the Classic route, and £48.50 for the Champion route, which includes chip timing, food and water stations, marshals, mechanics, medals and more.

Cyclists participating in RIDE The Dales will be raising money to help fund medical research into conditions affecting babies and children.

Action Medical Research is a UK-wide children’s charity which funds desperately-needed research to tackle the diseases that devastate the lives of so many of our children. It has been funding medical breakthroughs since it began in 1952 including helping to introduce the first polio vaccines in the UK, developing the use of ultrasound in pregnancy and testing the rubella vaccine.

The charity is driving forward research into conditions including epilepsy, prematurity, meningitis, cerebral palsy and brain cancer. Learn more about Action’s work at action.org.uk

We are excited to be back in Yorkshire for our toughest sportive of the season, and we hope that cyclists will join us for what promises to be another great day in the saddle and help drive forward vital medical research for babies and children at the same time.

For more information and to register, please visit action.org.uk/thedales

Felicity Louden, head of events, Action Medical Research