{"id":694358,"date":"2026-07-16T06:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T06:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/694358\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T06:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T06:55:09","slug":"west-horsley-cyclist-takes-on-tour-de-france-femmes-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/694358\/","title":{"rendered":"West Horsley cyclist takes on Tour de France Femmes challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A 54-year-old cycling coach is taking on all nine stages of the Tour de France Femmes before the official event to raise money for a leukaemia charity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Michelle Sharland, from West Horsley in Surrey, will cycle 1,175km (730 miles) over nine days with a team of 23 female amateur cyclists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sharland is taking on the challenge, which starts on 31 July and will see participants climb 18,795m (61,663ft), for Cure Leukaemia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She said: &#8220;This is more than just a cycling event, it&#8217;s an opportunity to push myself beyond my limits while supporting an incredible cause. Knowing that every mile ridden can help bring hope to children and families affected by blood cancer is what keeps me going.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 54-year-old cycling coach is taking on all nine stages of the Tour de France Femmes before the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":694359,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-694358","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\/694358","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=694358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}