Riders at this year's Ride for Life charity race will be asked to donate half their entry fee to members of the AIS women's team involved in Tuesday's horrific accident. The decision was made as Trust, the event's major sponsor, and the network of smaller sponsors passed the organising committee's plans for monies to be donated as a means of assisting the five women with their rehabilitation.
These same sponsors will then donate half their sponsorship funds to the cause in what will be a massive display of solidarity by all members of the cycling community, with over 800 riders expected to participate in this year's event. This gesture is particularly pertinent as Kate Nichols, involved in the crash in Germany, raced exceptionally well in the Sydney event last year with her father Kevin. Head of the Medical Oncology Department at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Professor Michael Friedlander, who was instrumental in arranging the donation said that "it is the least that we can do."
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