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Cyclists launch off of the starting line at the Connecticut Challenge.
Photo Credit: David Esposito
Brian and Abbe Walter of New Canaan stand with their children, one of whom is Benjamin Walter a cancer survivor.
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Alex Bakes of New Canaan helps his father George get his number on before the road race Saturday morning.
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Mother and daughter duet: Amy and Jessie Kuzmicki sing the National Anthem.
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James Wyper of Darien prepares for his first Connecticut Challenge road race
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Donna Gonsalves and Peg Parniawski of Bridgeport Hospital release butterflies at the Connecticut Challenge Saturday morning.
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Donna Gonsalves and Peg Parniawski of Bridgeport Hospital release butterflies at the Connecticut Challenge Saturday morning.
Photo Credit: David Esposito
Benjamin Walter a cancer survivor waits at the start line of the Connecticut Challenge in Fairfield Saturday morning.
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Jason Raymond of Darien gets his game face on for his first Connecticut Challenge Road Race in Fairfield Saturday.
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Cancer survivors who participated in the event started first.
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Cyclists get on their way Saturday morning.
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Cancer survivor Sharon Besser-Moleski smiles with her son Michael.
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Participants of the Connecticut Challenge roll by.
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Dr. Richard Kayne, father of Dan Kayne a cancer survivor talks with Donna Keith Bossa the mother of Jeffery Keith the organize
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More than 700 cyclists from around the region and beyond gathered on Saturday morning in Fairfield and Westport for the sixth annual Connecticut Challenge bike ride. The event raises money, nearly $1 million this year, to help the lives of cancer survivors. The ride started at 7:45 a.m. with a cancer survivor's lap at Greenfield Hill Congregational Church. Riders then rode distances from 12 miles to 100 miles. The riders came from as far as Florida and were as old as 80 and as young as eight.
For a video and article on the ride, click here.
