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12.03.2010
On Friday 12th March, Lawrence Dallaglio completed the 3,000km Dallaglio Cycle Slam in a bid to raise £1m for Sport Relief and the Dallaglio Foundation.
Dallaglio, accompanied by other celebrities including former footballers Lee Dixon, Ally McCoist and Les Ferdinand and ex-Scottish rugby players Gavin Hastings, Kenny Logan and Andy Nicol arrived at Murrayfield at midday today, one month after leaving the Stade Flaminio in Rome.
The team of cyclists rode through all of the RBS 6 Nations countries, taking in each of the international rugby stadia along the way. All net proceeds of the raised money will be split equally between Sport Relief and the newly formed Dallaglio Foundation, whose beneficiaries include Cancer Research, DebRA, Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research, Help for Heroes and the RPA Benevolent Fund.
The cyclists left Rome on 12th February in snow, the first time the city has seen snow in more than 25 years. Dallaglio navigated the cyclists through north Italy and the South of France before arriving at the Stade de France on 22nd February.
The team of cyclists were delighted to hit familiar English roads two days later as they embarked on the leg to Twickenham where they were greeted by HRH Prince Harry before continuing onto the Millennium Stadium, Croke Park and finally Murrayfield today.
Upon arrival at Murrayfield Dallaglio said,”It is fantastic to have reached the finish line. The Slam has been an epic journey and we are all elated to have reached the last stadium, Murrayfield. We have had fantastic support along the way with some great people joining us including the likes of Andrew Flintoff, Michael Vaughan and Will Greenwood. Everybody who has taken part deserves a beer to celebrate, the cyclists have given so much effort and the support team has been brilliant every step of the way - I certainly couldn't have done this alone.”
To sponsor Lawrence for completing his epic ride go to www.dallagliocycleslam.com
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