\n The annual Fred Whitton Challenge, established in honour of its namesake after his death, returned on Sunday, May 10.\n<\/p>\n
\n This year’s 106.8 mile route saw the roughly 2,500 competitors start at Grasmere and push through the climbs of Kirkstone, Honister, Newlands, Whinlatter, Hardknott, Wrynose and Blea Tarn passes.\n<\/p>\n
\n In a time of 5.23.14, Josh Hall was the fastest to complete the challenge this year. He was followed by Barnaby Walkingshaw (5.27.32) and David Scott (5.28.19).\n<\/p>\n
\n Out of the women, Angela Curtis took home first position with a time of 6.46.39, pursued by Cassandra Baldi (6.47.51) and Anna Robertson (6.49.24).\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n As well as paying tribute to Fred Whitton, the event has fundraising at its heart with the majority of riders choosing a worthy cause to push them even further.\n<\/p>\n
\n One of the key beneficiaries every year is St Mary’s Hospice of Ulverston, who celebrated those who crossed the finish line on Sunday.\n<\/p>\n
\n A spokesperson commented: “Thank you for all your time, efforts and support to St Mary\u2019s Hospice.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Whether you\u2019re cycling for someone special, to give back, a personal challenge or simply to support your community, it really does make a massive difference and we\u2019re so grateful to have you taking part.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We are so proud of all the riders out there taking part in the Wheelbase Fred Whitton Challenge, especially those supporting our work here.”\n<\/p>\n
\n As well as being another source of donations, Duddon and Furness Mountain Rescue Team helped keep participants safe and were on hand to deal with a couple of accidents.\n<\/p>\n
\n They said: “While we were marshalling, two serious crashes occurred and needed our assistance – we wish the riders a speedy recovery.\n<\/p>\n
\n “A big shout out to the passing family, and especially their young son, who helped out dealing with the second incident – you were a superstar.”\n<\/p>\n
\n A full list of confirmed results from this year’s challenge can be found at www.timingupnorthresults.co.uk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The annual Fred Whitton Challenge, established in honour of its namesake after his death, returned on Sunday, May…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":580568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-580567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}