Accu-Chek Cyclebetes 2009 - Canada

The 2009 Accu-Chek Cyclebetes Provincial Relay is a relay across the country from St. John’s Newfoundland to Victoria British Columbia, covering over 10000kms.

This relay will consist of a core group of teams from each of the 9 provinces Accu-Chek Cyclebetes will cross. Each provincial team will consist of 5 adult riders (from elite to fit recreational riders) and 5 youth (whose lives have been touched by juvenile diabetes). We encourage parent and child teams!

The key to this relay is that it will be accomplished on one tandem bicycle which will relay the Accu-Chek blood glucose meter across the country. At all times the tandem bike will be powered by an adult and a youth from your team. Each rider will take 1-3hr turns before rotating through other team members who will be following in the support RV’s travelling 24hrs a day.

Teams will pass the Accuchek Cyclebetes blood glucose meter (baton) to the next team at each provincial border.

As the Accu-Chek Cyclebetes Provincial Relay passes through Canadian cities and towns, a peloton will be formed as community members join in to support and participate in this extraordinary event.

Some pelotons will be small, others involving up to 1000 riders! Cyclists wishing to join the relay as members of the peloton are required to register and fundraise $150 for the JDRF to obtain their Accu-Chek Cyclebetes Registration Package.

The goal of the Cyclebetes 2009 Provincial Relay is to involve 3,000 participants and supporters and raise over 2 million dollars for the Juvenile Diabetes Research foundation (JDRF).

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Comment by Chelsea on August 21, 2009 at 5:09pm

i realy want to this but parents are not into it