Manitoba cyclist gears up for charity ride covering Tour de France route

Grant Hamilton takes the bikes disconnected the rack and clips connected his helmet. He’s preparing for a Sunday motorcycle thrust with his wife.

It’s a passionateness he’s had since helium was a kid, contempt each the ups and downs.

“I stuck with it. I really, truly enjoyed but unluckily cycling isn’t ever the safest,” Hamilton said.

Two years agone Hamilton, who’s from Brandon, Man., was successful a atrocious cycling mishap wherever helium mislaid his pinky digit — an impactful acquisition that helium made the astir of.

“It crystalized successful maine a tendency to marque cycling adjacent better. I couldn’t hold to get backmost connected the motorcycle and I got truly motivated truthful I spent a batch much clip connected the motorcycle aft that, got a batch much superior astir it. Not conscionable cycling but cycling advocacy,” Hamilton said.

While watching the Tour de France, Hamilton learned astir a foundation thrust wherever cyclists thrust the aforesaid way arsenic the professionals successful enactment of leukemia research, called The Tour 21.

He applied to beryllium portion of it and was chosen arsenic 1 of 25 riders from astir the satellite to participate, the lone Canadian successful the field.

“Boy I was blown away. It wholly changed our plans for the adjacent year,” Hamilton said.

His woman Amy Breen sharing the excitement. She bought a caller motorcycle and joins Hamilton connected immoderate of his grooming rides.

“Grant is simply a dedicated person. When helium sets him caput to something, he’s going to bash it. So erstwhile this situation came up arsenic an accidental for him, I though it would beryllium perfect,” Breen said.

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Now Hamilton’s absorption is connected preparing for the grueling 3,500 kilometers helium has to thrust implicit a 3 week span adjacent summer.

“I person to bash regular transverse training, I person to a spot of endurance training, I person to bash a spot of tempo training, arsenic galore hills arsenic I tin truthful that I’m acceptable to tackle it adjacent year. But it’s 4-5 days a week for the adjacent 9 months conscionable riding my bike,” Hamilton said.

On apical of that, he’s trying to rise $55,000 for leukemia probe — goals he’s gearing up for with a affirmative mindset.

“The extremity is to bask it, not endure it,” Hamilton said.

To donate to Hamilton’s origin to get a Canadian taxation receipt, sojourn www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/30925. Select a fund: “Cure Leukemia,” and dedicate your donation successful honour of sanction “Grant Hamilton.”