It will spend two days in Yorkshire before the cyclists move to Cambridge.

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Alistair Millington, from Sustrans, said cyclists had reported problems with access in the past few days.

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For cyclists, that means the weight creeps on despite sweaty days pumping across the heartland.

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This past November, in honor of World Diabetes Day, a team of six professional diabetic cyclists from the United States, called Team Type 1, traversed the Rwandan countryside for nine days to draw attention to the disease.

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Here, under the date palms, where the sun shines more than 300 days a year and the scent of coconut oil drifts from the beach, joggers, cyclists, dog walkers and rollerbladers pass by in a constant parade that ends only after nightfall.

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