The former host of Top Gear and Take Me Out, 51, is embarking on a 300-mile cycling feat which will see him travel from Wrexham in Wales to the finish line in Glasgow, Scotland. Speaking about his training sessions with six-time Olympic champion Sir Chris, he told the PA news agency: “Chris Hoy has been absolutely, as you can imagine with some like him, outstanding, first class, brilliant with his advice. “I really feel as though everyone’s got behind me on this, and just wants me to do it, so they’re giving me as much help as possible.
But it’s been an eye-opener certainly.” He continued: “When I go on a bike ride with Chris, I really know about it, because he pushes me to my absolute limits.” Sir Chris, one of Britain’s greatest cyclists, revealed last month that he has terminal cancer, and said he was given two to four years left to live following a diagnosis last year.
He told The Sunday Times: “You remind yourself, aren’t I lucky that there is medicine I can take that will fend this off for as long as possible.” McGuinness said his motivation for his charity cycle is fuelled by the people he has met who benefit from the money raised by BBC Children In Need. “I’ve been to a place called the Seashell Trust, which is a project up near me which Children In Need fund, and I’ve met a young lady called Grace who’s come through her cancer battle,” he said.
“She’s on the other side of that, and she’s taking on her own challenge as well. “.
