Three Brentford fans began their cycle challenge this morning.
Prostate Cancer UK is running its annual Football League ride this weekend.
The third London to Amsterdam challenge, which will see hundreds of football fans join many others with a football connection to ride 145 miles, began just after dawn today, Friday 12 June.
Graham Goodden and Gabriel Jones from Brentford Football Club Community Sports Trust are taking part, along with Bees fan Roy Beckerson.
Graham, the Trust’s Kicks and Street Sports Coordinator, and Gabriel, a Multi-Sports Coach at the Trust, are Brentford’s official representatives – Club Champions – on the challenge and will also be representing the Trust.
The star-studded peloton left Leyton Orient FC in the early hours and had a half-time pit-stop at Colchester United FC.
Images from the ride so far can be seen
and updates will be available on Twitter using the hashtag #L2A.
The group will set sail from Harwich at the end of the day before tomorrow, Saturday June 13, riding along the pristine pathways of the Netherlands culminating in a finale at the Amsterdam ArenA, home of Ajax.
Prostate cancer kills one man every hour in the UK, and last year riders from more than 50 clubs helped raise more than £200,000 to support the 250,000 men affected by the disease in the UK.
Mark Burridge, best known as one of the voices of Bees Player, and Karen Manders represented The Bees on that ride.
The charity hopes to raise £250,000 this year.
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