Tour of Hope kicks off in San Diego

A crowd of 2,000 people at the Scripps Green Hospital in San Diego farewelled Lance Armstrong and the Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope Team as they set off on their trip across America in the name of cancer research. The Tour of Hope is a nine-day journey from San Diego to Washington, DC, by a team of 24 people affected at some point in their lives by cancer. The aim is to raise money and awareness of cancer, and members ride as a relay team in 100-mile segments, expecting to arrive in Washington DC on October 8.

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