All the news, stories for L2P 2009. http://londres-paris.com/site/html/news/index.php London Paris Cycle Tour Ltd http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en Mon, 1 Mar 2010 21:22:11 +0000 info@londres-paris.com Mon, 1 Mar 2010 21:21:40 +0000 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com http://londres-paris.com/site/rss/images/09logo.gif http://londres-paris.com/site/html/news/index.php All the news, stories and event updates for L2P 2009. 140 67 England and New Zealand rugby legends, Will Carling and Zinzan Brooke will be riding The London-Paris 2010. Carling, who won 72 caps for England and was captain from 1988-96, will cycle in the event from June 24th – 27th. Under his leadership, England won three Grand Slams and reached the 1991 World Cup final. http://www.londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0058.php C33DA882-FFD8-42D2-AEC9-77762371F200 Mon, 1 Mar 2010 21:21:40 +0000 Five new cycling races are to be staged at the legendary Brands Hatch racing circuit this summer by HotChillee, the global marketing and events company. http://www.londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0057.php 82BCD747-D406-4D89-9B30-57552E135EFE Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:14:41 +0000 Olympic and former world cycling champion, Rebecca Romero, has confirmed that she’s targeting the World Time Trial Championships and says the Commonwealth Games are also in her sights. http://www.londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0056.php 0543D26E-BA34-352D-C461-4CC28EDB6A72 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:29:03 +0000 The Geoff Thomas Foundation has 25 exclusive places available for London-Paris 2010. The L2P sold out in a record 20 hours in November but organisers, HotChillee, have committed the places to help in Geoff’s fight to find a cure for leukaemia. http://www.londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0055.php 0482E56E-CA84-473D-B860-6DD18ECA7A71 Wed, 6 Jan 2010 15:35:03 +0000 The legendary yellow support cars of the French wheel makers, Mavic are joining London-Paris 2010. As in the Tour de France and Paris-Roubaix, Mavic’s technicians will provide neutral assistance and mechanical support to the L2P riders on the road to Paris. http://www.londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0054.php 2E16D8F9-743A-4726-A558-89224C9DBF10 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:49:10 +0000 L2P rider and double Olympian Rebecca Romero has been speaking about her switch to road racing following changes to the Olympic track programme for London 2012. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/8403854.stm CB626811-3B38-4279-86CF-DCD6FC4B7F1C Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:36:32 +0000 London-Paris 2009 has raised more than £100,000 for its partners and other charities. We’re now proud to announce the names of our fundraising champions for 2009. This year’s prestigious purple fundraising jersey goes to Alistair Mytton, who raised £3,750 and who is rewarded with two VIP box tickets to a Premiership football match, donated by adidas, and free entry to L2P 2010. http://www.londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0053.php 480922C4-F235-438C-A0BC-93C7B9D971AC Thu, 3 Dec 2009 12:50:39 +0000 The London-Paris 2010 has sold out in a record 20 hours – signalling a new explosion of interest in high quality cycle events. Riders from the UK, China, the United States, Australia, Hong Kong and Europe besieged the L2P website when registration opened on Monday (Nov 30th). http://www.londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0052.php ACEE2C42-CCAD-4804-BEE2-FEDA78FF08E1 Wed, 2 Dec 2009 12:05:24 +0100 Olympic and former world cycling champion, Rebecca Romero, is to ride London-Paris 2010. Romero, who won gold in the 3km individual pursuit at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and the 3km individual pursuit world title in the same year, will line up with riders for the start of London-Paris 2010 on June 24th. http://www.londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0051.php BF43B1E7-4186-444D-87C8-4E2901DFE055 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:51:43 +0100 Double Olympic champion, James Cracknell, and Team HotChillee have set a stunning new record for cycling from Land’s End to John O’Groats. Cracknell and a team of three elite riders rode the 842 miles in relay in 34 hours, 54minutes and 04 seconds (34:54:04). Their average speed was a staggering 24.10mph.  http://www.londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0050.php AB9DL619D-51DE-50C7-BE06-BC5F5934816B Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:51:43 +0100 Double Olympic champion, James Cracknell, and Team HotChillee are heading to Cornwall for the start of their attempt to set a world record for cycling from Land’s End to John O’Groats this weekend. Cracknell and a team of three elite riders will take part in the HotChillee End To End Challenge starting at 05.00 on Saturday, October 17th.  http://www.londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0049.php B9CC619D-41DE-40B6-BE06-BC5F2736016A Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:55:57 +0100 Double Olympic champion, James Cracknell, will attempt to set a world record for cycling from Land’s End to John O’Groats this month. Cracknell and a team of three elite riders will take part in the HotChillee End To End Challenge starting on Saturday, October 17th.  http://www.londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0048.php 422B7020-2E30-4794-A7AB-9C27678EA0FF Thu, 8 Oct 2009 00:55:33 +0100 The London-Paris 2010 (L2P) will run from Thursday, June 24th to Sunday, June 27th. HotChillee, the global marketing and events company which stages the pro-am style cycle ride, has announced the 2010 dates as early as possible because of unprecedented interest in next year’s event. http://www.londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0047.php 8499F8AC-ED5C-466B-8C31-5B1651D2B9A5 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:09:27 +0100 Glorious sunshine and a Parisian heatwave greeted the 300 London-Paris 09 Cycle Tour riders at the finish under the Eiffel Tower on Saturday. The sunshine was a reward for the riders who battled their way through flash floods, thunder and lightning over the 540km, three day ride, staged by global sports event company HotChillee.  http://www.londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0046.php A547F754-C896-49DE-8BA6-55DA4C31472F Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:31:29 +0100 The London-Paris Cycle Tour 09 has received a message from Madame Carla Sarkozy, the wife of the French President, Nicolas Sarkozy. A letter received from the Elysee Palace said: “She wishes you every success with this great sporting event.” http://www.londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0045.php C4277AF1-3066-43FB-8A6F-6B8A14000617 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:53:23 +0100 Former Tour de France winner Stephen Roche heads the line-up for this year’s London-Paris 09 Cycle Tour, which starts on Thursday, June 25th. Roche, an ex-world champion and Giro d’Italia winner, is joined by a host of riders from cycling, sport and show business. http://www.londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0044.php E7362348-6A9F-4BA0-B16A-26D2CE853741 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:22:03 +0100 TSigma Sport riders, Jerone Walters and Wouter Sybrandy, took the top places in The Devil Takes the Hindmost race on the Donington Park track at BikeRadar Live on Sunday (May 31st). Canadian tri-athlete, Luke Dragstra, of Planet X, was third. http://www.londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0043.php 5D9CB280-AC90-411E-81B4-B34C5CD5FC25 Fri, 1 May 2009 20:11:12 +0000 The women of the HotChillee Challenge Team will be competing in this Sunday’s “Devil Takes The Hindmost” at BikeRadar Live at Donington Park in the East Midlands. http://www.londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0042.php 74296639-C916-469B-B9E7-4C001D41CAE2 Thu, 28 May 2009 21:48:12 +0000 Double Olympic rowing medallist Elise Laverick is to ride next month’s London-Paris Cycle Tour. Like her Great Britain team-mate, Olympic and World Champion Rebecca Romero, Laverick is making the switch from rowing to cycling. http://www.londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0041.php AB9FA6A1-4F0A-45C7-87EF-F46FE16A8665 Mon, 18 May 2009 15:48:12 +0000 England manager Fabio Capello presented a £40,000 cheque to the Geoff Thomas Foundation at last night’s launch of the London-Paris 09 Cycle Tour, held at the Football Association’s headquarters in Soho Square, London. News story and photos now online. http://www.londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0040.php 1F5DCDB6-A987-4534-BA6C-E5E98F8CE937 Fri, 8 May 2009 17:44:21 +0000 Cyclists who rode last year’s London-Paris Cycle Tour have paid for a new classroom at a school in South Africa. Riders raised £20,894 for Christel House, a youth education charity, in Cape Town, and children have named the new classroom “HotChillee” after the company which stages the London-Paris Cycle Tour. http://www.londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0039.php E4D2ECBE-B68A-4EC6-A132-7D67F219FD30 Fri, 1 May 2009 15:00:21 +0000 The London-Paris 09 Cycle Tour Ride Captains have taken delivery of their brand new Specialized bikes. Specialized are the official bicycle sponsors of this year’s event and have also supplied bikes to the London-Paris 09 lead partner, The Geoff Thomas Foundation. http://www.londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0038.php 7D91AA1E-C14E-45EB-893D-1CDD682176AE Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:47:21 +0000 Cycling legend and Tour de France winner, Stephen Roche is returning to competitive cycling in Britain next month and cyclists across the UK are being invited to race with him. Roche, who won the Tour, the World Championship and the Giro d’Italia in 1987, will compete in The Devil Takes The Hindmost race at Donington Park on Sunday, May 31st. http://www.londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0037.php 4A0A677E-F208-4BAC-9D01-E0BE75F5DFA5 Thu, 9 Apr 2009 21:31:54 +0000 More women than ever before are taking up cycling and female entries to this year’s London-Paris 09 Cycle Tour are at their highest level in the event’s six year history. http://www.londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0036.php 3B018D31-D287-439F-B07A-65DDA5AA2892 Thu, 2 Apr 2009 11:31:54 +0000 The HotChillee Challenge Team survived the scorching wind and a South African heatwave in last weekend’s Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour in Cape Town. The women’s team, the first women’s international visiting team to compete in the event, are celebrating two top ten finishes in the elite group, with Tanja Slater and Nikki Harris finishing 9th and 10th respectively. Penny Krohn posted her 25th win in a row in the event, finishing 1st in her age category. In the men’s event, HotChillee’s Jerone (correct) Walters, a London-based Australian, finished 2nd in the men’s invitational group. http://www.londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0035.php 992DA468-8557-4BD7-B316-A22C3BB15A90 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:02:36 +0000 A British women’s cycling team is to compete for the first time in the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour in Cape Town, South Africa. The HotChillee Challenge Team will be managed by Australian, Scott Sunderland, who as director of sport at CSC, helped mastermind Carlos Sastre’s victory in last year’s Tour de France. http://www.londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0033.php F1B6CE84-E0E1-4A5E-B0AF-605A1F617824 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:41:32 +0000 The mastermind behind the London-Paris 09 Cycle Pro-Am, Sven Thiele, has launched HotChillee, a new global sports events company.  Building on the success of British Cycling and the growing interest in the sport, HotChillee will initially concentrate on staging and marketing high quality cycling events. The company will also develop a series of high-octane, adventurous events, featuring international sporting heroes. http://www.londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0032.php 0A388D37-11E6-4D9C-9E3A-20BD7A2154EA Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:08:15 +0000 One of the world’s leading road racing managers is to ride this year’s London-Paris Cycling Pro-Am. Scott Sunderland, who helped mastermind Carlos Sastre’s Tour de France triumph last year, will be back in the saddle for the event in June. http://www.londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0031.php B9B28BF6-2992-4C40-A8E1-DEB9F4B2D80D Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:02:32 +0000 Specialized, the premium bicycle brand from the USA, has signed a deal to be the official bike sponsors for London-Paris ’09. Specialized, based in California, will become the main jersey sponsor for eight team captains and supply them with helmets, race shoes, gloves and eyewear. Specialized riders will be equipped with Tarmac Expert or Roubaix Expert bicycles. http://www.londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0030.php 188A303E-094C-4C18-AACB-F72DCE8F63E2 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:37:04 +0000 London-Paris 08 rider Anthony Burnett-Scott has won the event’s prestigious purple jersey which is awarded for the biggest fund-raising effort, for the third year running. Burnett-Scott, a partner at international law firm Ashurst, raised over £15,000 (fifteen thousand pounds) for the event’s three nominated charities. He will have the honour of wearing his jersey as he leads cyclists into Paris at the end of next summer’s London-Paris CycleTour alongside other jersey winners in the event.. http://www.londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0029.php CB14B219-A969-44BD-AAA5-19E36B623914 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:33:21 +0000 It’s not just the kids who will be getting bicycles left under the Christmas tree by Santa Claus this year - bikes are the new ‘must have’ toy for the big boys too. Cycling is fast becoming the new boom sport for businessmen, as corporate bosses forsake their traditional playground of the golf course in favour of getting out on their bikes. Britain’s success at the Beijing Olympics, which included gold medal performances by Chris Hoy and Bradley Wiggins, has also added to the popularity of the sport. But it’s in the business world where cycling is having the biggest impact. http://www.londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0028.php C64AD7D0-CB9A-47A3-9877-2F97429ED317 Wed, 3 Dec 2008 12:13:14 +0000 Cycling legend and Tour de France winner Stephen Roche has signed up to ride London-Paris ’09. London-Paris (25-28 June, 2009) is Britain’s premier Pro-Am cycle event – a professionally organised ride for amateur cyclists and is the closest the amateur rider can get to competing in the Tour. Roche will be joined by former British road race champion, Brian Smith, and ex-England footballer, Geoff Thomas. The Geoff Thomas Foundation, which aims to fund blood cancer research, has been named as the lead fundraising partner for London-Paris ’09. http://www.londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0027.php 12A20EC4-C6F3-454F-B6F2-A8391C91CBB3 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:37:19 +0000 Former Crystal Palace skipper, England soccer star and super-cycling charity fundraiser Geoff Thomas, will line up as part of an all-star team in the 2008 London-Paris Cycle Tour when the event rolls out for its 3 day, 600km route to the Eiffel Tower in June. Once again the sounds of the Palace faithful, this time Hampton Court Palace, where the event will begin, will cheer Thomas on in his latest fund-raising event in aid of the Geoff Thomas Foundation. http://londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0023.php 29E5E011-A72B-4BED-AE52-D0A29D3A810A Fri, 9 May 2008 22:50:10 +0000 The London-Paris Cycle Tour which will roll away from Hampton Court Palace on 26th of June will boast a record line up of teams ready to take on the challenge of the 3 day, 600km run to the Eiffel Tower. One familiar name to cycling fans the world over will be entering the event for the first time. CSC will field a strong team drawn from their corporate organisation and sporting the famous Team CSC colours. The company, which currently sponsors the world’s number 1 professional squad will for the 1st time, be extending their links with cycling into the sportive arena. Thankfully for the other teams riding the 2008 L2P, they will not be recruiting any of their star professionals such as Milan San-Remo and Eroica winner Fabian Cancellara! http://londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0025.php 1AEB6429-3696-467D-B205-26F806177FD4 Tue, 27 May 2008 12:00:00 +0000 The London-Paris Cycle Tour has today announced the dates for the 2009 Tour which will take place from 25-28 June 2009. The event will open for registration in mid November and next year is expected to be another major step forward with some new event features. The highlight last year were the rolling road closures all the way into the centre of Paris, finishing at the Eiffel Tower. http://londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0025.php C4731899-9527-493C-A90D-E480791EF059 Thu, 9 Oct 2008 12:00:00 +0000 A number of L2P 08 riders will be attempting the New York marathon in support of the Geoff Thomas Foundation. The 2008 riders include cancer survivor and ex England footballer Geoff Thomas, TdF, Giro and World Champion winner Stephen Roche, double British Road Race Champion Brian Smith, television commentator Anthony Mccrossan, SiS Founder Pete Slater, GB triathelete and stage winner of the women’s TdF, Tanja Slater and Chairman and founder of the L2P, Sven Thiele. Eurosport’s David Harmon sadly had to withdraw due to injury. http://londres-paris.com/site/html/news/0026.php EC061891-3715-4746-8E60-8B816CEEFD89 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:57:54 +0000