A taste of Le Tour for Manchester team (From Messenger Newspapers)
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Bosses from Trafford's Peel Holdings and Russells Construction tackle part of the Tour de France route
10:00am Saturday 6th August 2011 in News
The team at the start in the village of Modane Valfrejus
SEVEN Manchester businessmen - including four from Trafford - tackled a one-day, three-peak cycling challenge though the mountains of France.
Following part of the route of the 2011 Tour de France, the team - including James Whittaker and Mark Whittaker of Trafford’s Peel Holdings, and Andrew Russell and Gareth Russell of Trafford Park’s Russells Construction - completed the 109km mountain stage through the heart of the French Alps from Modane to Alpe d'Huez.
They were joined by Stephen Chicken and Andrew Waugh from 53N Property Investment Group in Bury and Jon Matthews of 5plus architect in Manchester.
And all seven finished in between 5.5 and 7.5 hours.
All have completed various charity cycle rides over the years, but joined forces in this instance for the personal challenge.
