Additional reporting by John Nurden Nine hundred cyclists woke up at the crack of dawn to take part in the annual Chase the Sun coast-to-coast bicycle ride. They left The Leas at Minster, on Sheppey, at around 4.30am yesterday and began their 205-mile cycle to the finish line in Western-Super-Mare – which they hoped to reach before sunset. The dawn-to-dusk event was created by Olly Moore in 2008, it took him and three friends three attempts to succeed. Yesterday record 900 cyclists attempted the southern course and raised money at the same time. It took an hour to get all the riders underway. …
