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Britain's most decorated Olympic cyclist made his stage 4 prostate cancer public in 2024 and founded Tour de 4, a mass ride that shows people can live well with advanced cancer and has raised more than £2.7 million for cancer charities.
Sir Chris Hoy, six-time Olympic gold medallist, disclosed in 2024 that he had prostate cancer that had spread to his bones and was incurable, and chose to speak about it publicly, prompting a documented surge in men seeking prostate checks in the UK. He founded Tour de 4, whose own site states that it exists to shine a spotlight on stage 4 cancer and show that people can live well alongside a stage 4 diagnosis, raising awareness and funds for cancer charities; its first mass ride took place in Glasgow in September 2025 with riders living with cancer among the field. By September 2026 the event reported that together its riders had raised £2,701,687. His account, of training and racing while on treatment, has changed how advanced cancer is talked about in Britain.
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