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Gordon set for 555-mile Doddie cycle challenge
Perthshire Advertiser
|June 17, 2025
A Perth businessman is swapping the boardroom for his bike to tackle an epic 555-mile cycle across Ireland in memory of rugby legend Doddie Weir, and in support of Motor Neurone Disease research.
Carbon Financial managing director Gordon Wilson is one of over 50 riders taking part in "Doddie'5 Lions Challenge", a gruelling, week-long endurance event inspired by the iconic spirit of a British and Irish Lions tour.
The team will cycle from Belfast to Dublin, passing through some of Ireland's rugby heartlands and covering an average of 100 miles a day for six consecutive days.
Alongside Gordon (56) will be riders including Scottish football legend and one-time St Johnstone striker Ally McCoist, broadcaster Gabby Logan, actor Jamie Bamber, rugby podcaster Archie Curzon, former Ireland A international Mel Deane and ex-Wasps prop Will Green - many of whom have personal connections to the MND community.
This story is from the June 17, 2025 edition of Perthshire Advertiser.
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