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My target 220 mi
Please support my Ambitious Challenge!
If, and only if, I raise £15,000, I will reluctantly cycle 220 miles in a single day on Sunday 22 June 2025. That will be the longest ride I have ever done, and something I promised myself I WOULDN'T ever do after my cycling career. I'm only doing it to raise vital funds for Ambitious about Autism.
Ambitious about Autism is the national charity standing with autistic children and young people. They champion rights, campaign for change and create opportunities for autistic young people and their families.
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Received 10 donations
25% fundraising target
50% fundraising target
Fundraising target reached
50% distance target reached
Challenge complete!
Thank you to my Sponsors
£5k
Anonymous
£500
Anonymous
£500
Jakob Duran
£250
Ian Macdonald
Good luck Dan!
£211
Velo Spiros
£200
Janet Lundgren
You have been an inspiration to all that are around you... Whether it is stories about your cycling career, you reporting on cycling which by the way has made cycling go to a whole new level you make it relatable you make it funny you make it sincere or just being there for your family... I am proud that I am able to support and cheer you on for an amazing cause... Good luck Dan and I wish you and yours a very happy and healthy holiday..
£200
Brian Schafer
Good Luck Dan! I’m looking forward to the video of this ride. Remember it is all for a good cause!
£100
R. Scott Buchanan
Go get 'em, Dan!
£100
Christian Rasmussen
£100
Alex Harsanyi
£100
Graham Miller
£100
Meg Raiano
Go, Dan, Go!
£100
Gary Bush
Start training Dan!
£100
Anonymous
£100
Anonymous
£100
Peter
£100
Corey K
£100
James Brannan
£100
Piotr Lizonczyk
Yep Dan, no way around this, you're doing it :)
£100
Anonymous
£100
Sally Waterman
£100
Rob Bridgewater
Looking forward to seeing this one.
£100
Anonymous
Go, Dan, go!
£100
Jon
Good luck Dan. You’ve got this.
£100
James Mcmorrow
Good luck Dan!
£100
Chris Roper
£100
Anonymous
Happy to support a great charity and a great cyclist. All the best in the event this June.
£100
Brad Schuler
For a good cause, and surely good content. You got this Dan!
£100
Anonymous
£82
Anonymous
£75
Kevin Hays
£50
Anonymous
£50
John Hønborg
Good luck Dan
£50
Anonymous
£50
William Daniels
£50
Mark Daarud
£50
Anonymous
£50
Jack Tibbitts
I'm looking forward to seeing you get out there and smash it! I'll be cheering you on, both in training and in the event.
£50
Terry Mulhern
by the time I donated the total was £15,795, so I think that means 372.7 km
£50
Tom
Good luck Dan
£50
David Thoreau
Enjoy the ride! We will enjoy watching.
£50
Tony Segadelli
When i was 49 I rode 259.6km on a $400 Chinese mountain bike in one day. I know you can smash this
£50
Dan Rusek
I've been a fan of cycling and GCN for years and have a 31 year old son with autism so I see this as a very notable cause. Thanks and good luck, Dan!
£50
Carole Thomson
Good job Dan! - you got this, drink a duvel every 10 miles to keep you going! Lol
£50
Kevin Young
Go Dan! As the Dad of an autistic son I am right behind this and, as you guys have given much of the inspiration behind my own conversion to a cyclist, this in part as thanks too.
£50
Eltel
No backing out Dan!
£50
Nicholas V Hall
£50
Tolley And Rachel
Looking forward to seeing you put your rediscovered fitness to good use on a bike!
£50
Brendan A
You got this Dan!
£50
Steve
Do it. Loved the fitness series and it's great having a goal.
£50
Michael Comack
You got it, Dan!
£50
Ewan Gimson
£50
Frank Pepe
Congratulations Dan! Proud of you for stepping up for this challenge. Time to get the other presenters involved, too!
£50
Erik Von Schwerin
£50
Anonymous
£50
Ed Lazda
You know you want to do this Dan ...
£50
Peter Francis
Enjoy the ride Dan, I reckon you can win it.
£50
Whit Wheeler
£50
Scott
Good luck, Dan! We’ll all be cheering…from a distance!
£50
Colin Darling
Sorry Dan.
£50
The Hardisty Family
Great challenge for 2025 We’ve really enjoyed your health and fitness videos this year so don’t listen to Si, I’m sure the pull ups will give you a motivational boost and you can convince yourself that extra upper body muscle is more aero.
£50
John Peterman
£50
Jack Backus (mamba)
He should definitely do it! Better start training now!
£50
Peter De Lacy
Good luck. You're an inspiration...!
£50
Matthew Sloan
£50
Jim Smith
Good luck, Dan. I can't wait to see the video.
£50
David Coombes
£50
Gina Mallory
I know you can do it, Dan.
£50
Alistair Leigh
Go Dan, we are willing you on!!
£50
Anonymous
£50
Anonymous
£40
Eric Nesheim
Go Dan! We're COUNTING on you!
£35
Ron Evans
Donating cost of one of my swimming lessons.
£30
Nigel Fletton
£30
Christine Kiesling...thebigck510
Go Dan Go!
£30
Jo, Jess And David
Looking forward to seeing the training videos. Great cause to support.
£30
Paul Oosterhout
Sorry Dan. You have had it too easy for too long. It is time to suffer along with your fellow GCN presenters.
£30
Anonymous
£30
Ryanm
Go Dan Go
£30
Stuart Potter
You can do it Dan! just keep eating and keep pedalling.
£30
Simon Edsall
£27
Anonymous
£25
Brian Walworth
If a lifelong coach potato like me can go from 300+ lbs. to 160 and ride my first 200k brevet this year (it did take almost 4 years), then you can do it !!!! Dan the Man !!!! (I hope to do a 1000K brevet this year)
£25
Bing Issimo
£25
Anonymous
Hope this reaches the £15k :)
£25
Anonymous
£25
Joe Speck
Good luck Dan! No backing out and anyway I'm sure you'll rock it!
£25
Lee Simmons
£25
Anonymous
£25
Anonymous
£25
Carole-anne
Would really love to see you do this!
£25
Dale Fitzpatrick
£25
Satch
£25
Anonymous
£25
Gerald Voyer
Good luck Dan and thanks for all you do for GCN and the cycling community in general.
£25
Phil Dilmore
Sorry Dan
£25
Kevin Walpole
£25
Anonymous
£25
Anonymous
£25
Samuel Wilkinson
£25
Gravel Explorer
Looking forward to the GCN video documenting this ride.
£25
Will
Here’s to making Dan do something he doesn’t want to do
£25
Matt W
ALLEZ DAN!
£25
Nick Manfield
£25
Steve From Hawaii
If Dan won't go, send Hank out on the ride with no sleep and one energy gel.
£25
Anonymous
Good luck Dan
£25
Mitch Smith
Happy Christmas
£25
Tyler
£25
Anonymous
£25
Chris Boyd
You can do this Dan!!
£25
Anonymous
Good luck
£25
Dan Rollison
Good luck Dan!
£25
Martin Deaves
Time to get back on the bike
£25
Richard Loewen
Well done Dan, you got this!!
£25
Anonymous
More power to your elbow Dan. Very inspiring.
£24
Hermin Miranda
Oof, better start getting in the trainer soon Dan!
£22
Anonymous
*eye of tiger playing loudly*
£21
Artur Wosinski
£21
Matthias Härle
£20
David
Go Dan! And if you get to £30k, Si will join you 🤣
£20
Evan Cortens
£20
Clive Davis
Oh yes you will Dan 😁
£20
David Lloyd
Go for it Dan. Do it for thr Lloydys
£20
Chris Bowman
Go Dan!
£20
Kenneth Rehme
Go Dan! You can achieve more than you believe!
£20
Paul Mc
Best of luck Dan!
£20
Jon Miller
Well done and thank you. It matters so much.
£20
Mayur Patel
£20
Lizzy Rogers
This would be a GCN video I'd love to see, especially as an Autistic cyclist. I think you'll smash it Dan
£20
Anonymous
£20
Phil Clemow
£20
Dan Roddy
Good luck, Dan!
£20
Chris Aldred
£20
Anonymous
Go for it!
£20
Big O
I hope you do have to do the ride, but regardless an happy to donate.
£20
Kristin Knudson
Cheers to type 2 fun!
£20
David Jones
You got this!!
£20
Anthony Cox
Great initiative for a great cause. Looking forward to seeing Dan get back into training for the ride!
£20
Stewart Mcwilliam
£20
Dave Suart
Couldn’t watch you do this without having contributed. Looking forward to the build up and story. Great cause. Good luck.
£20
Phil Page
£20
Ben Sherwood
£20
Tim Adams
£20
Jerry Hilts
C'mon, Dan. It's for charity! (and, let's be honest, our amusement at your suffering)
£20
Fred Sirvelo
Thank you for raising funds for young persons diagnosed with autism. See my note under GCN's YouTube video posted 31 December.
£20
Carl
£20
David Evans
£20
Ben Cobbold
Let's get it upto £15 million
£20
Anonymous
Come on Dan, get on that bike for once!
£20
Mark Phasey
£20
Anonymous
£20
Anonymous
£20
Josh Trenkel
Better start training Dan!
£20
Anonymous
Go Dan!
£20
Gillian Leitch
£20
Patrick
£20
Scott Woolridge
Go do it!
£20
Jamie I
You made a massive error saying a number in front of camera.
£20
Anonymous
On your bike Dan!
£20
Mark Hannaghan
Come on Dan!!
£20
Anonymous
Get on your bike!
£20
Anonymous
£20
Anonymous
£20
Liam
Start early and you’ll be grand
£20
Paul Dombowsky
Good Luck Dan!
£20
Anonymous
£20
Carl Mullender
Good Luck
£20
Ian Metcalfe
Go dan
£20
Anonymous
Better start training - the money is creeping up
£20
Clifford Mason
Good luck Daniel
£20
Michael Peberdy
£20
Anonymous
£20
Anonymous
Enjoy the ride...
£20
Alison Mccandlish
Go Dan!!
£20
Michael Lewis
£20
Gary Crays
Go Dan go!
£20
Hugh
You can do it Dan!
£20
David Driscoll
Great cause, you can do it!
£20
Anonymous
£20
Matthew Forster
£20
Baard Hermansen
£20
David Mcginn
£20
Anonymous
£20
Lee Havey
Love the GCN show, thanks for over a decade of content. Best of luck with your fundraising. Simon should join you if you raise anything above £15,001. Seems only fair
£20
Alexander
Go, Dan, go!
£20
John Westwell
Even though you've been forced into it, Dan, I hope that you can rise to the challenge.
£20
Katherine Weekes
£20
Anonymous
£20
Wingedpanda
You got this!
£20
Alastair Cassels
£20
Mark Drury
Such a great cause. I have an autistic son, so we will be looking forward to seeing the video.
£20
Anonymous
£20
Simon Stucki
£16
Paul Hamaker
£15
Søren Bregendorf
£15
Anonymous
£15
David Kasdan
£15
Anonymous
What's the point of a cyclist lifting weights if he doesn't ride his bike.
£15
Anonymous
£15
Theresa
£15
Brian Willaman
Go Dan!!!
£15
Kyle Swanton
£15
George Fiad
Let’s go Dan! You got this.
£15
Anonymous
£15
Denys Tsybulskyi
Rise to the challenge for a good cause, Dan! With newly-found fitness I have full faith you can both reach the donations goal and smash that ride!
£15
Simon Evans
Hey Dan, my son who is on the spectrum, and has introduced the GCN show (ep 155, right before Segan) says you should be able to do a long ride now. So I should sponsor you to make you get in with it.
£15
Stefan Wieners
£10
Anonymous
£10
Anonymous
£10
Anonymous
£10
Jb
£10
Anonymous
£10
Anonymous
£10
Anonymous
£10
Robert Szrama
Crack on Dan!
£10
Michael Moulsdale
£10
John Averis
£10
Jesualdo Honrubia
£10
Anonymous
£10
Robin Perry
You know you want to really Dan.
£10
Abe Baali
£10
Lee Whindle
£10
Tom
£10
Anonymous
best of luck
£10
Anonymous
Well done Dan, all involved in the charity,or supporting it / your ride!
£10
Sue Barrows
Good luck Dan. Wishing you all the best with the training and event.
£10
Andy Symons
The dual satisfaction of supporting a very worthwhile cause and seeing Dan suffer - a win-win if there ever was one.
£10
Anonymous
£10
Anonymous
£10
Jonathan Kirton
£10
Alan Smith
£10
Richard Jago
£10
Anonymous
£10
Jester
Been tracking your impressive fitness journey, Dan, alongside my own as I approach 50. Do it for the old lads, even if you don't hit the target. You got this!
£10
Eric Barkman
£10
Michelle Hill
£10
Matthew Meskill
£10
Erin Taylor
£10
Dmitry Rubinstein
£10
Anonymous
£10
Anonymous
Best of luck - just keep it steady and you will breeze it.
£10
Michael Schaaf
Good luck with the ride Dan!
£10
David Wright
Good luck Dan
£10
William
Go Dan go!
£10
Matthew Johnston
My address to.... Scotland?
£10
Zach Brady
£10
R Clapp
Be safe, have a good ride!
£10
Anonymous
Good luck Dan!
£10
David Jones
Best of luck Dan!
£10
Richard Lawrence
£10
Ruta Auglyte
£10
Stuart Brookes
Get training Mr Lloyd
£10
David Elvin
£10
David Palmer
£10
Gunnar Stefansson
£10
Dan
£10
Richard Sanderson
Enjoy every mile :)
£10
Peter Chapman
Go Dan, Go and pedal boldly
£10
Chris Price
£10
Anonymous
£10
Anonymous
£10
Paul Tribe
You can do it! :)
£10
Anonymous
£10
Adam
£10
Neil Brewster
Good luck Dad , looking forward to an epic video !
£10
Lesley Howe
Better get started on that training Dan
£10
Mathew Goodbourn
Rather you than me, but will make great content.
£10
Will Huggins
£10
Darran Shepherd
£10
Julius Kovacs
I am glad Si "gently pushed" you into doing this, Dan! Looking forward to seeing how this goes :) Greetings from the Czech Republic!
£10
Randall Chance
Go Dan go!
£10
Aleks Jurczyk
£10
Reece Martin
Good Luck Mate, see you there! - LOVED that set set up on the GCN Show!
£10
Andrew Hardyman-richards
Will be a great series of videos watching Dan go from cycling zero to cycling hero!
£10
Will Bott
£10
Richard Doran
£10
Michael Clare
Go! Go! Go! Dan you can do it!!! Thank you for all the hours of enjoyment you and the team provide (in front of and behind the camera).
£10
Sascha Matzke
Go Dan!
£10
Rebecca Kaye
£10
Jack Frost
Good luck Mr L
£10
Jordan Bell
Lets go!!!!
£10
Matthew Lewis
£10
Luca Valdevit
You can do it! This is the inspiration we all need!
£10
Niclas Hedlund
Good luck! My son's autism have always been hard to "explain" to others, this is a good one! And, after this, the natural next one is the short but classic Vätternrundan in Sweden! Anno 1964 and only 315km this year, it's a great and very fun event, all week. Välkommen! https://vatternrundan.se/en/
£10
Dorin Mantoiu
i’ll happily give the last 100GBP needed to see dan finally ride that bike
£10
Ian Garnett
If it’s more than £15000, do it on a penny farthing!
£10
Anonymous
£10
Anonymous
£10
Richard Morgan
£10
Clifford Wells
Looking forward to seeing the videos of Dan training up to race day, and his crossing the finish line on race day.
£10
Anonymous
£10
Eric Larson
Bravissimo Dan… know you don’t want to do it but will… the best one can offer a teammate for a worthy cause!
£10
Mark Mathews
Time to get the bike out Dan 😁
£10
John Barrow
£10
Peter Cholerton
£10
Robin Row
£10
Anonymous
£10
Dave Casry
Si needs to join Dan on this ride.
£10
Andrei Achim
You can do it!
£10
Daniel
£10
Keith Williams
Ha!
£10
Matt Kamphuis
Com’on Dan, it’s for charity!
£10
Craig Beall
Go Dan! I'm confident you can hit this £15K target....and you can do the epic ride, maybe just not at World Tour peloton speed.
£10
Tobi
Come on Dan you can do it!
£10
Anonymous
£10
Breathebike.com
Bon courage!
£10
Alistair Mair
£10
Grant Templeton
£10
Simon Mudie
Looking forward to the GCN film
£10
Adam Dring
£10
Alice Schmitz
As a late diagnosed autistic myself, very close to my heart. Go go go!
£10
Jack Paterson
£10
Venz
You cycling career is in the past, you are now a cycling presenter and presenters do mostly everything to get more viewers (or good content) - this would make EXCELLENT content :-) and support a brilliant charity!!
£10
Cassio Dorneles
£10
Martin Warne
£10
Gary Stevenson
Do it Dan. Great cause
£10
John Knapman
Best of luck!
£10
Anonymous
Good luck Dan!
£10
Richard P
£10
Myron Gunn
£10
Nathan Alan Turner
£10
Catherine Brennan
£10
Anonymous
£10
Anonymous
£10
Yllan Maxwell
Go Dan!!!
£10
Anonymous
£10
Rocky Macnally
£10
Oscar Varona
£10
Peter Wängefors
£10
Patricia Bursnall
Go Dan! I see many people with autism in my work as a nurse practitioner and appreciate your efforts to raise money for this work.
£10
Carl Downing
We have got to see this ride!
£10
Evan Davies
Go, go, Dan you can do this!
£10
Kelly Gill
£10
Anonymous
£10
Niklas Lindgren
£10
Conn O'rourke
A big day out. Hope you have fun (even if you don't make the 15k marker...)
£10
James Linehan
£10
Anonymous
£10
Joe Payer
£10
Luke Isom
£10
Anonymous
Go Dan!
£10
Anonymous
£10
Mark Lamourine
As an even older guy (62 in 8 wks) I didn't want to be the one to push you over, but now that it's a certainty I feel safe contributing. It actually sounds like a fun ride. I hope it is for you.
£7
Anonymous
£6
Bjorn Arnesen
£5
Sally Podger
£5
Alina Stoica
£5
Lawrence
£5
Shan Ford
Ha ha ha
£5
Daryl Mackie
£5
Anonymous
Go Dan Go!
£5
Reece Dawson
£5
Richard Allsworth
£5
Anonymous
£5
Ben Doran
Good luck Dan, thanks for doing this. I have two autistic children and my family and I really appreciate this. I'd love to join you and do my bit, but it's just not possible currently.
£5
Johan Botha
£5
Anonymous
£5
Paul Lally
Good Luck Dan !!
£5
Carey Nation
£5
Rudolf Fourie
Good luck!
£5
Clay Glad
Go DAN! You can do this.. just work up to it!
£5
Charlie
DO IT DAN!
£5
Theo Ellis
£5
Zyder
£5
Suggy
Dan, continue the inspiration you have become.
£5
Andy Young
£5
Len Guerrier
You can do it Dan... good luck
£5
Alex Gilby
£5
Mike Thompson
£5
Richard Gibbard
Sent with hope in anticipation of this ride happening. Do it for the content and the charity! All the best Dan and all at GCN
£5
Jason Collins
LOL, come on Dan
£5
Gregor Hösler
You just have to do it!
£5
Matt Ross
£5
Anna G
£5
Chris Broad
You have good friends. Good luck.
£5
Paul Hills
350km Dan...That's going to hurt! :-)
£5
Philip Gardner
£5
Anonymous
£5
Filip Joelsson
£5
Sean Yates
£5
Lisa Rogers
£5
Jorge Da Silva
Good luck Dan on your ride
£5
Terry Nilsen
Do it Dan!!
£5
Tracy Kubas
£5
Alberto Revelant
£5
Colin
Wooooooo
£5
Anonymous
£5
Sascha Sütterlin
£5
Reece Dawson
Just apply enough chaimo cream
£5
Anonymous
£5
Richard Kerry
£5
Anonymous
£5
Anonymous
£5
Ian T
£5
Anonymous
£5
David Roach
£5
Anonymous
£5
Anonymous
£5
Paul Bird
You go this, Dan! 😁
£5
John Mcgill
Come on Dan! If you can do a dry month then you can cycle over 200 miles easy!
£5
Ian Williamson
£5
Simon Hellewell
£5
Neil Phillips
Good luck Dan
£5
Tony Foy
£5
Cadell Heney
£5
Noor Smal
Go Dan!
£5
Richard J Yorke
Go Dan, Go go go, you know you got this 💥
£5
Vince Donnelly
£5
Jacob Clarke
Good luck
£5
Anonymous
£5
Chris Gore
Enjoy!
£5
Ted Biggs
Sorry to do this to you Dan, but better you than me!
£5
Anonymous
£5
Chris Tate
You can do it Dan think of the GCN content
£5
Nico
Can't wait Dan!
£5
Anna Möller
See you in June 🙌
£5
Joseph Hopfield
£5
Gerald Homeyer
£5
Mike Robinson
£5
Mike Jones
£5
Mark Wood
Good luck Dan
£5
Paul Barton
Good luck Dan
£5
Adam Curati
£5
Ian Ross
£5
Ben
G’wan Danno
£5
Neil Cartwright
You can do it 🙌🏻
£3
Anonymous
£3
Julien Mengeot
Ride on Dan think about the nice beer you'll get at the end. You deserve a Belgian one after such a ride
£3
P-a
Good luck! You can do it!
£2.50
Anonymous
£2
Jirint
£2
James Hibbert
You’ve got this 💪💪
£2
Chris Hayes
£2
Inga Beretta
You can do it!
£2
James Kiernan
£2
Anonymous
£1
Anonymous
Go Dan Go!
£1
Dan M
Enjoy the ride Dan
£1
Jacek Matuszkiewicz
£1
Anonymous
£1
Anonymous
£1
Anonymous
£1
Anonymous
£1
Christoph Fleckenstein
£1
Robin Versteeg
Go for it, Dan!
Time to start training Dan! Hope you raise much more in the end.