Tipperary man and former Councillor, Peter Ryan is to undertake a tandem cycling fundraiser in France.
The Paralympic cyclist with a legally blind status will partner with insurance company executive Gary McClarty for the event.
The event will cover 700km across sloping valleys, and sheer mountain tops, from Paris to Nice, this September.
Paralympian Peter Ryan, from Upperchurch, is the “stoker” and responsible for speed.
its4women, insurance company MD, Gary McClarty is the “pilot” and responsible for the brakes.
The Paris2Nice Charity Cycle will get underway on September 10, starting in Paris before finishing up six days later, on September 15, in Nice.
Peter and Gary hope to raise over €10,000 for research that will provide future prevention approaches, treatments and cures for a spectrum of retinal degenerative diseases.
Members of the public can lend their support to the fundraiser for Fighting Blindness at www.idonate.ie/GaryAndPeter.
