Meet The Tour 21 Alumni

Class of 2023

Ashley Abel, Idaho, 28

Artist

Q. What are you most looking forward to about The Tour 21?

The scenery! And exploring, and being a part of a Peloton, and pushing limits, and about a million other things. It’s hard to pick one.

Lauren Abel, Idaho, 25

Data Analyst

Q. What are you most looking forward to about The Tour 21?

Aside, raising money for an amazing cause, and spending three weeks on my bike – I am most excited for the things I learn about myself when I push my body to its limit.

Gary Bohn, Arizona, 64

Retired

Q. What are you most looking forward to about The Tour 21?

Meeting and helping the team. At my level and age the team is more important than speed.

David Brayshaw, Reading, 43

Professor

Q. What are you most looking forward to about The Tour 21?

Looking forward to the challenge and 3-weeks where all I have to worry about is pedalling!

Andy Brook-Dobson, York, 53

CEO

Q. What are you most looking forward to about The Tour 21?

Being in an amazing bubble for 3 weeks and raising an enormous amount of money for an incredibly worthwhile cause.

@ExecFinPlanABD

Chris DeSouza, Colorado, 58

Professor

The overall experience.

@portwinhank

Craig Eadie, East Sussex, 46

Managing Director

Q. What are you most looking forward to about The Tour 21?

Being part of an amazing team and achieving a lifelong ambition to ride the tour, and of course the beers at the end!!!

@craigeadie

Tim Goodman, London, 58

Head of Corporate Governance

Q. What are you most looking forward to about The Tour 21?

Finishing the last mountain stage!

Mark Gillett, 53, Staffordshire

Chief Medical Officer/ Sports Physician

Q. What are you most looking forward to about The Tour 21?

Experience of being in a group riding the most iconic ride on earth for a fabulous cause. I can’t imagine a more fulfilling experience.

@docmarkgillett

Rhett Groom, 54, Devon

Director

Q. What are you most looking forward to about The Tour 21?

Meeting my new team-mates for 2022 and of course the ultimate goal, smashing the £1m mark for Cure Leukaemia, which will have such a positive impact on blood cancer patients across the world.

@RGroom5

Andrew Hindman, San Francisco, 50

Biotech Entrepreneur

Q. What are you most looking forward to about The Tour 21?

“The challenge of completing the world’s most iconic cycling route, whilst helping to raise over £1m for Cure Leukaemia.”

@ahindman13

Daniel McDonald, Cambridgeshire, 45

Owner Director

Q. What are you most looking forward to about The Tour 21?

Emulating the professionals in the most iconic sporting endurance event in the world and being part of an inspirational team dedicated to fundraising over £1 million for Cure Leukaemia which will ultimately save peoples lives and offer hope to those patients that have very little.

@leanrecruiteruk

David McNally, Hertfordshire, 45

Director

Q. What are you most looking forward to about The Tour 21?

The size of the challenge will require us to work together, and so the camaraderie and team spirit will mean everything, as well as this all being for an amazing cause, of course.

@D_J_McNally

Ian MacFawn, Pennsylvania, 29

Postdoctoral Associate

Q. What are you most looking forward to about The Tour 21?

Getting to know my teammates while steadily pedaling over the entirety of France, but most importantly, cycling for a purpose; to empower innovative clinical trials to better combat cancer.