Tour de Rock reaches halfway point with 100 km ride to Ucluelet
The team’s riding colours and side-by-side formation are a familiar sight every fall on Vancouver Island roads.
Thirteen days of cycling from Port Alice to Victoria, with a weekend side trip to Ucluelet and Tofino is all a part of the tradition of the“We’re really coming together like any other team,” said team rider and Ucluelet Fire Chief Rick Geddes. “We’ve been on the road now a week and relationships are forming and we’re coming together.”“It’s been a long time coming for me and four of the others who were hoping to do this in 2020 so it made it that much more special,” he added.
The annual Cops for Cancer bike ride raises funds in support of life-saving pediatric cancer research and support programs for children and their families.Lindsay Nicholson is a Saanich Police officer and was diagnosed with breast cancer just mere weeks ago.Sign up for our newsletter to get breaking news and daily digests sent to your email.She underwent chemotherapy on Thursday and her riding is now limited, but she is supporting the team and the kids.
“It gives me a whole new appreciation for Tour and the kids and what they go through and just that rollercoaster ride that families go through,” said Nicholson. The team is raising a lot of money, but one of the top fundraisers is Bonnie Logan a fire dispatcher in Campbell River.“You know everyone honking and waving and the donations coming in, it’s just phenomenal,” Logan said. “And to see the junior riders along the way and hear people’s own personal cancer journeys, you just heard Lindsay’s personal cancer journey, you know it’s never too far from the mind.