The Fred Whitton Challenge is a charity cyclosportive event held annually in the English Lake District, in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, Cumbria's air ambulances, the mountain rescue service and various youth cycling projects.
It is held in memory of Fred Whitton, racing secretary of the Lakes Road Club, who died of cancer at the age of 50 in 1998.
The event started in 1999 and has been held every year since, except for 2001 and 2020 when it was cancelled due to the foot-and-mouth epidemic and the international COVID-19 pandemic respectively.
[1] Starting and finishing in Grasmere, the route is 183 kilometres (114 mi) long, with 3,500 metres (11,500 ft) elevation gain.
Riders then head south down the Western Lake District, including climbing Cold Fell out of Ennerdale Bridge.