The La Manche to Le Med Cycle Challenge will saw four Medina High School Sixth Form students cycle coast to coast through France.They were be accompanied by a further three students making up a support crew, and two adult drivers.

They are cycled from Saint-Malo to Narbonne-Plage, a distance of 1068 kilometres (664 miles). By cycling over 110kms every day, the cyclists completed the distance in eight consectutive days.

The dates of the challenge were the 3rd to the 10th August 2010.

We have also included a presentation about the challenge at the bottom of this page. Alternatively, you can view this presentation here.

Day by Day Accounts

We are currently working towards uploading a day by day account of the challenge, including images and the route taken each day. The current ones available to see are below:

Day 1 – Saint Malo to Bourg-des Comptes

Day 2 – Bourg-des-Comptes to Geste

Day3 – Geste to Coulon (coming soon)

Day 4 – Coulon to St Hiliare du Bois (coming soon)

Day 5 – St Hiliare du Bois to Duras (coming soon)

Day 6 – Duras to Beaumont de Lomagne (coming soon)

Day 7 – Beaumont de Lomagne to Castelnaudray (coming soon)

Day 8 – Castelnaudray to Narbonne-Plage (coming soon)

The Team

The ‘La Manche to Le Med cycle challenge’ saw a team of four cyclists, three support crew members and two adult drivers travelling through France. For more information click here.

The Bikes

The team are using two bikes (depending on what the cyclist wants) for the challenge. To find out about them click here.

Training Log

For details about the team training click here

For details about individual training visit the teams profiles here

The Hospice

The challenge is in aid of the Earl Mountbatten Hospice, the Island’s centre of excellence in caring for people with life-shortening illnesses – and their families and carers. For more information about their work click here.

Donations

Please donate all that you can by visiting our JustGiving page here. The Address is http://www.justgiving.com/medcyclechallenge. Alternatively, you can contact us here.

Sponsorship

The challenge would not have been possible without our corporate sponsors, who contributed towards the cost of the challenge, either by donating money or goods and services that the team required for the challenge. The sponsors included Raleigh Bikes, Wight Mountain, LD Lines, In Flight Peripherals Limited, Harrison Black, Wightlink, Medina High School and the Isle of Wight Youth Opportunity Fund. For more information click here.

Facebook/ Twitter

The challenge now has a Facebook Group and a Twitter Account. The Facebook Group is located here, and our Twitter page is located here.

Presentation

We have created a presentation about our challenge, you can view it below or on Slideshare