The money that Tour de Cure and its supporters have raised has enabled the Flinders Medical Centre Foundation in Adelaide to begin construction on its chemotherapy suite. 

This state of the art suite has been carefully designed with the comfort of the patient in mind and will be a place of support for those undergoing chemotherapy.

Deborah Heithersay, CEO of Flinders Medical Centre Foundation, was extremely appreciative of Tour de Cure’s efforts and wished to thank everyone at Tour de Cure for their continued hard work. The final result will be something to be proud of for everyone involved and will benefit patients for many years to come.

On the 31st December, 2011 and 1st January, 2012 Channel 7 aired the Tour de Cure special in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide. The documentary, which was put together by Channel 7 cameraman, Leigh Hubner, and Sunrise presenter and TdC board member Mark Beretta, received extremely positive responses from those who watched it.

We wanted to share some of the fantastic messages of support with you:

"Watched the footage on the 2011 ride - congrats to all who participated on a ride helping a 'hope' very close to my heart! Loved it, we need to see more of this on TV, more often. LIVESTRONG." Penny T on Facebook.

"It was excellent viewing, totally enjoyed it. The scenery was outstanding and the effort required from all riders was clearly portrayed. Well done. Would watch a repeat. Very inspiring." Liz S on Facebook.

From @LeadOut1 on Twitter: "@tourdecure_aus Your Ch7 special was entertaining and insightful. Great work raising much needed funds and awareness for the cause!"

From @woodgreg on Twitter: "Just watched @tourdecure_aus's production of this years event. WELL DONE to all !! @MarkBeretta v impressed with the production!"

In addition to wonderful comments, over 162,000 viewers nationally watched our TdC special and the documentary won the ratings timeslot for Sydney and Perth.

These were the number of viewers for each city:
 

• Sydney: 42,000
• Melbourne: 51,000
• Brisbane: 37,000
• Adelaide: 17,000
• Perth: 15,000

What a phenomenal way to raise the awareness of our cause and start 2012!

If you missed watching this on Channel 7, you are able to order your own copy of the DVD by clicking here.