Toyota-United Sponsored Rider
Begins Ride Around The World
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on Friday, June 1, 2007 at 2:17 PM. 
Washington, D.C. – Endurance bicyclist Daniel Sheret began his around the world bicycle ride Friday with two racers from the Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team at his side.
Serbian National Champion Ivan Stevic and Tour de France veteran Henk Vogels pedaled alongside Sheret in the opening miles of his 14,000-mile journey that started in the shadow of the United States Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Sheret is an amputee who lost the lower part of his right leg in an accident five years ago.
Toyota-United is a proud sponsor of Sheret’s ride, which will raise funds and awareness for amputees who have lost limbs due to landmines. Funds raised by his "Ability Trek 2007" ride will benefit Clear Path International, a non-governmental organization that assists survivors of landmines and explosive remnants of war in Vietnam, Cambodia, and the Thailand-Burma border. His ride will also benefit the Basra, Iraq Prosthetic Center's capacity to treat Iraqi amputees in Iraq's southern region.
“He’s an amazing guy,” Stevic said of Sheret. “He’s more than just someone who is riding his bike around the world. He is a great inspiration to everyone he meets.”
Stevic and Vogels accompanied Sheret from Capitol Hill to the Lincoln Memorial, where he was given his final sendoff. Riding a team-issue Toyota-United bicycle and wearing the team’s official uniform, Sheret will haul everything he needs in a small trailer behind his bike.
“It’s amazing to me that he can do this,” Stevic said. “You have to be so strong mentally to take on a challenge like the one he’s doing.”
Sheret will pedal through Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Utah and Nevada, before arriving in San Francisco, in approximately 66 days.
From there, Sheret will bicycle through Southeast Asia and visit a Clear Path International mine survivors assistance project in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam. His epic tour will include Jordan, Turkey, the Balkans, the Czech Republic, and Western Europe, and conclude in the United States in 2008.
To learn more about Sheret’s “Ability Trek 2007” and follow his daily blog, visit abilitytrek.org. The Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team website will also provide updates.
Serbian National Champion Ivan Stevic and Tour de France veteran Henk Vogels pedaled alongside Sheret in the opening miles of his 14,000-mile journey that started in the shadow of the United States Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Sheret is an amputee who lost the lower part of his right leg in an accident five years ago.
Toyota-United is a proud sponsor of Sheret’s ride, which will raise funds and awareness for amputees who have lost limbs due to landmines. Funds raised by his "Ability Trek 2007" ride will benefit Clear Path International, a non-governmental organization that assists survivors of landmines and explosive remnants of war in Vietnam, Cambodia, and the Thailand-Burma border. His ride will also benefit the Basra, Iraq Prosthetic Center's capacity to treat Iraqi amputees in Iraq's southern region.“He’s an amazing guy,” Stevic said of Sheret. “He’s more than just someone who is riding his bike around the world. He is a great inspiration to everyone he meets.”
Stevic and Vogels accompanied Sheret from Capitol Hill to the Lincoln Memorial, where he was given his final sendoff. Riding a team-issue Toyota-United bicycle and wearing the team’s official uniform, Sheret will haul everything he needs in a small trailer behind his bike.
“It’s amazing to me that he can do this,” Stevic said. “You have to be so strong mentally to take on a challenge like the one he’s doing.”
Sheret will pedal through Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Utah and Nevada, before arriving in San Francisco, in approximately 66 days.
From there, Sheret will bicycle through Southeast Asia and visit a Clear Path International mine survivors assistance project in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam. His epic tour will include Jordan, Turkey, the Balkans, the Czech Republic, and Western Europe, and conclude in the United States in 2008.
To learn more about Sheret’s “Ability Trek 2007” and follow his daily blog, visit abilitytrek.org. The Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team website will also provide updates.
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