Ian Botham, Bill Beaumont & Bradley Wiggins on the Lourdes to Lords Cycle Ride from Farnham.

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Sporting nobility Lord Ian Botham, Sir Bradley Wiggins and Sir Bill Beaumont were in Farnham on Monday, September 16 as they launched the final leg of the Lourdes to Lords Cycle Ride. The ride was aimed to raise money for Beefy's Charity Foundation. The sporting legends talked about their impressions of Farnham and the importance of the event.

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00:00Well, it's nice to be in Farnham, never been here before, but I have to say I've enjoyed it.

00:13The hospitality's been great, the hotel's been great, looked after us very, very well,

00:18and even catered for us a bit later than normal last night to accommodate us.

00:22So, many thanks to the hotel.

00:24As you can see, there's an array of athletes here, all about to get on their bikes.

00:29It's great for Bradley, he comes down, the leader of the pack.

00:33And, of course, there's my old sparring partner, Bill Bowman.

00:38And they're down here to give him a wave of, and hopefully see him all in one piece,

00:43that Lord's commute around a bit later on.

00:45Are you getting on your bike, or...?

00:47Do I look like someone trying to get on a bike? No.

00:50My bike would be a 500cc bike, yeah.

00:53So, hi Bradley, welcome to Farnham.

00:55I know it's a route you know well from heading into the Olympics, but what's it like being back and also doing it for the Beef East charity?

01:02Yeah, it's really nice. I mean, I'm really enjoying cycling at the moment.

01:05I had four years where I didn't cycle at all.

01:08So, it's quite nice to be able to do things like this now, and do it for the pleasure, and for a really good cause as well,

01:13and to link up with Ian and his charity. So, I'm looking forward to it.

01:16And what about the route itself? It's a route you know well. Are you looking forward to going back and sort of...?

01:20Yeah, it'd be nice. It's a shame we're not doing Box Hill now. I'd like to have gone up there again.

01:23Yeah.

01:24But, I'm looking for it. It's a beautiful part of the world.

01:27Yeah.

01:28And I love Farnham. It's been a pleasure being here last night.

01:31And what's it like, the people you're doing it with? How's the camaraderie been so far?

01:35Yeah, I mean, I haven't met everyone. A lot of people just turned up this morning, but I think it's going to be...

01:40Once you're on the bike, you know, you can't help but help each other, and there's all different abilities here.

01:45So, it's going to be good.

01:46Hi, Bill. Welcome to Farnham. What's it like being here today for the Beefy's charity?

01:50And how are you looking forward to the next part of the ride today?

01:53I'll probably be a bit more relieved once I've finished, I think, rather than at the start.

01:58But, I'm looking around here and there are some real serious cycles.

02:01It's a Bradley Wiggins here, you know, you don't get much better than that.

02:05So, no, it's a really good charity, so happy to support it.

02:10Ian and I are old mates from way, way back.

02:13So, you know, we help each other out as we can at charity.

02:16And what's it like as a sporting legend yourself?

02:19You know, you're getting a bit older, but, you know, you've had some sporting achievements,

02:24but now doing something like this to continue going and to inspire people of the older generation

02:29also to get out there and support charities such as Beefy's. What's it like?

02:32Well, I've been about 17 now.

02:33Yeah.

02:34So, really, I just like to think that I've still got the same attitude that I had to life and get out

02:39and try and enjoy it. So, keep yourself active, you know, keep your brain going

02:43and sort of, I'm involved with charities up in the North.

02:46And, you know, when Beefy ran me and Sarah said she was organising this, yeah, no problem. Happy to do it.

02:53And is this your first time coming to Farnham? Is this the first time you've seen the town?

02:56I think I've been through Farnham before and, in fact, I was invited to come

02:59because the rugby club is their 50th anniversary coming up.

03:02Yeah.

03:03And I think they're having a celebration in about three weeks' time on a Sunday.

03:06Unfortunately, I can't make it otherwise that I would have done.

03:08But the home of Johnny Wilkinson, that's where he started off.

03:11So, it's not a bad rugby. It's a good rugby club.

03:23You're an satellä .

03:35So, you can't do that.

03:38So, that's the first time when you're watching this, when you got home

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