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100 Miles in March 2026
Join thousands of others moving 100 miles in March to support children and young people with cancer.
Registration Fee
£1500
Pisa to Rome Cycle Challenge
Registration Fee
£1500
Tuesday 22 September 2026
Sunday 27 September 2026
wherePisa, Italy - Rome, Italy
difficultyvarious
raise£2000
Young Lives vs Cancer are excited to launch the very first Pisa to Rome Cycle Challenge, in association with Grand Tour Cycling. By taking part in this event, you’ll be helping children and young people find the strength to face whatever cancer throws at them.
Our bespoke Pisa to Rome tour is a unique charity challenge event. Sometimes warmer and definitely hillier than the well-known London-Paris route, but the extra effort is rewarded by Tuscany’s captivating UNESCO World Heritage Sites of rolling hills, vineyards, cypress trees and Medieval hill-top towns and Lazio’s majestic landscape of lakes formed by collapsed volcanoes.
Different speed pelotons to suit all abilities from novices to experienced Club Cyclists. Our Cycle Road Captains are there to encourage and support anyone who needs a helping hand and each day we offer optional Breakaway sections for our fittest riders to test themselves on the steeper hills along the route.
Dates:
- 22nd–27th September 2026 (cycle 23rd – 26th)
Route:
- 4 Days cycling from Pisa to Rome
- Starting at Pisa’s Leaning Tower, through Tuscany, via Siena’s Piazza del Campo, to The Vatican and The Colosseum in Rome.
Distance:
- 300 miles (480km) & 20,000ft (6,100m) of elevation
What’s included?
- Team kit
- Motorcycle escorts for rolling road blocks
- Full mechanical and physio support
- All Hotels (5 nights), food, snacks
- Wrap up party in Rome
- Different speed pelotons to suit all abilities
- Training programmes and pre-event meet ups
How much does it cost?
- £1,500 pp for the ride (not including flights)
- Minimum fundraising target £2,000
Sign up now
We love our cyclists, and we want them to have an awesome experience! Some of the benefits of joining our team are:
- A Young Lives vs Cancer cycle jersey so you look awesome and stand out in the crowd
- Our online Event Hub where you can find training plans and useful fundraising tools
- Free physio advice from a Chartered Physiotherapist
- Our closed Facebook group where you can meet other Young Lives vs Cancer sporting legends, share fundraising ideas and training tips
- We’ll shower you with advice, ideas and materials to get the money rolling in, and if you ever need us we’re only a phone call away.
Every day 12 children and young people are diagnosed with cancer. Yet not one of them has the same experience. All young cancer patients have different needs, opportunities and backgrounds and for some, the systems in place and gaps in support mean that their experiences are much more challenging than others. Far too many children and young people with cancer are experiencing inequality as soon as they are diagnosed due to a ‘one size fits all’ approach throughout much of the system. That’s why the support they receive must look beyond their diagnosis. It should provide them with what they need, so that they can go on to thrive no matter what. That’s why we exist.
We don’t receive any government funding so everything we do is thanks to amazing people like you. From funding our brilliant Young Lives vs Cancer Specialist Social Workers to our vital financial grants, your support means that we can be there for children and young people facing cancer, and their families, to ensure that having a cancer diagnosis doesn’t mean you lose what makes you, you.
If you have any questions, or simply want to know more about taking part in an overseas cycle for Young Lives vs Cancer, please get in touch!
- Chat to our fundraising team online using live chat (use the pink ‘chat to us’ button at the bottom right of the screen) Monday – Friday, 10am – 4pm
- Call us on 0300 330 0803, Monday – Friday, 8am – 6pm
- Email us at cycling@younglivesvscancer.org.uk
- Message us via our Facebook page
Join us for this unique experience
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