Paddy McGuinness raises more than £8m for Children In Need after bike ride

Olympic cyclist Sir Chris Hoy has revealed TV presenter and vigor big Paddy McGuinness raised much than £8 cardinal aft finishing a 300-mile foundation rhythm thrust for BBC Children In Need.

McGuinness trained with Scottish champion Sir Chris, who besides joined him for portion of his BBC Radio 2 ultra endurance rhythm challenge, which saw him question done 3 nations and 8 counties.

“I’ve seen archetypal manus the inspiration you’ve provided to the full nation, young and old, they’ve travel retired to cheer you on. It was rather incredible,” Sir Chris, who precocious revealed helium has terminal cancer, told the Children In Need audience.

The 48-year-old, who received a immense ovation aft walking connected to the stage, revealed McGuinness has raised £8,856,580 truthful acold pursuing his challenge.

“Underneath these apparel it is each Sellotape and information pins,” McGuinness joked, earlier describing the situation arsenic a “privilege”.

The Top Gear presenter began his travel connected Monday astatine Wrexham AFC’s Racecourse Ground, and described however Glasgow was “lit up successful sunshine” arsenic helium approached the decorativeness enactment successful the metropolis connected Friday.

The 51-year-old undertook the situation connected his imagination puerility bike, a Raleigh Chopper, which was painted successful the colours of the charity’s mascot, Pudsey.

“When Sir Chris Hoy came to my location astir 3 oregon 4 days earlier the challenge, helium took maine to a elevation called Blaze Hill. If you’re into biking it’s torturous. It’s ridiculously steep and it’s a mile long,” McGuinness said.

“He had maine up there, wherever helium was coaching maine each the way, which is awesome successful itself.

“I don’t cognize however helium could adjacent speech due to the fact that I couldn’t. And erstwhile helium got to the apical helium said, ‘Right, you’ve conscionable done that connected that Chopper. People connected 18-gear bikes conflict with that. So everything you’ve got up of you won’t beryllium arsenic steep arsenic that’.”

He added: “He taught maine astir pacing myself and not going excessively fast. When you’re connected a level country you deliberation you’ll get a spot of clip back, but helium said to prevention arsenic overmuch vigor arsenic possible. It’s been invaluable.”

McGuinness continued: “I deliberation we did astir 17 miles together, and that is similar equating it to being a shot instrumentality and having a kickabout with Ronaldo oregon thing similar that.”

A documentary of the situation titled Paddy: The Ride Of My Life volition aerial connected BBC One connected November 19 astatine 8pm.