The 2008 Trans Germany Bike Race

The 2008 Trans Germany Bike Race with Saddle Safari
Raising funds for the Child Bereavement Charity

The CBC is thrilled to announce that Paul Morrissey, 45 and Neil Wragg, 37 from Marlow, Buckinghamshire are training through the hail, sleet and (sporadic days of sunshine!) to raise money and awareness for the Child Bereavement Charity. 

2008 Trans Germany Mountain Bike Race is a gruelling 850 kilometre race starting from the German border with Luxembourg in the West all the way across the Bavarian Mountain range to Germany's Czech border in the former East Germany.  The race takes eight days to complete and traverses over 18,000 metres (55,774 feet) of climbing.  That's twice the height of Everest!  The event is televised for Eurosport and shown daily on German national television. Paul and Neil will also be producing print articles for national media and a film of their progress during the eight day race to be made available on DVD and the web.

Paul and Neil will be racing against some of the best teams from across the world.  Competitors will be from as far afield as South Africa, South America and all across Europe and will include the German & Canadian National & former World Champions.

The boys have an entertaining blog site at www.thesprocket.co.uk/blog with updates on their training.            

Please visit Paul and Neil's Just Giving page at: http://www.justgiving.com/cbctransgermanyrace

I know they will be extremely grateful for all the support they receive.

Best of luck guys!  We wish you both all the best with your training and fundraising.

Paul Morrissey and Neil Wragg