2010 Event

The 2010 Fred Whitton Challenge will be held on Sunday 9th May. Entry will not open until January. See Enter 2010 Event


Plenty of riders who've ridden the Fred Whitton Challenge in previous years have taken the time to record their exploits & publish them on the internet. These always make for interesting reading, whether you've ridden the event yourself or thinking of taking it on for the first time.


Here are a selection of some of these reports for your enjoyment.


2008 - Sahara conditions Richyboy's cracking write-up of the melting pot that 2008's ride turned out to be.
Big Simon & friends 2007 The 2007 event, by Big Simon. (Need to log onto cyclosport.org to read this.)
Riders smash record for cycle challenge Tony Greenbank's report of the 2007 event in the News & Star local paper
Of nerves - 2006 A report from 2006, by Andrew Crooks of Stewartry Wheelers
Tandem 2006 Local boys Allan & Konrad ride the 2006 'Fred' on a tandem
Route preview 2006 A recce of the route in April 06 by Allan Nelson including some great images
 

Thames Velo 2008

Thames Velo 2007

Thames Velo 2006

Thames Velo 2005

Thames Velo 2004

Thames Velo 2003

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Southport CC 2003 A personal account of the 2003 challenge by Mark Wilson
Motorbike 2004 A report on the 2004 event from a motorcyclist's point of view