be updated . please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . november 2015 tour de cure type non profit genre fund raising ride founder american diabetes association headquarters alexandria va slogan take the ride of your life website diabetes.org tour the tour de cure is a series of fund raising cycling events held in forty states nationwide to benefit the american diabetes association . the tour de cure is a bicycle ride to raise money for diabetes research and is not an actual race . each location s ride routes are designed for everyone from the occasional rider to the experienced cyclist . contents 1 riders 1.1 red riders 2 volunteers 3 fund raising 4 corporate support 5 spokesperson 6 locations 7 references 8 external links riders edit over 33 000 riders participated in the 2007 tour de cure . in 2008 more than 38 000 cyclists in 78 tour events raised nearly 16 million to support the mission of the ada to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes . red riders edit in 2007 the ada began recognizing those riders with diabetes as red riders through the red rider program . this program was created and is organized by mari ruddy a rider in the colorado tour de cure . 1 the program supplies red riders with a bright red cycling jersey and a group for individual red riders to join . 2 volunteers edit each tour de cure event recruits volunteers to help set up and take down start and finish lines and rest stops mark the routes and print out the guide sheets assist riders who have run into mechanical difficulties pick up and transport riders who need to drop out of the event sag keep track of which riders have left and returned keep riders on route and obeying local cycling laws route marshals and so on . since 2015 volunteers with diabetes have been called red crew and have been provided with red t shirts with a variant of the red rider red strider logo . fund raising edit in 2007 the tour de cure raised over 13 million for diabetes . in 2008 over 16 million for diabetes was raised in 78 events nationwide . each ride has various fund raising minimums but in 2013 the base value for minimums nationwide was increased from 150 to 200 . corporate support edit riders of the tour de cure may join numerous nationwide and local corporate sponsored teams . national sponsors include gold s gym 3 at & t 4 johnson & johnson 5 valero energy corporation 6 dignity memorial 7 wal mart sam s club 8 cisco 9 spokesperson edit greg lemond three time tour de france winner is the national spokesperson . 10 locations edit alabama birmingham huntsville alaska anchorage fairbanks arizona phoenix tucson arkansas northwest arkansas pulaski county california long beach palo alto sacramento tour de cure event san diego thousand oaks yountville colorado longmont connecticut north haven delaware newark since 2011 florida jacksonville orlando sarasota tampa georgia tyrone atlanta tour de cure event illinois chicago area alton indiana indianapolis iowa polk county kansas sedgwick county kentucky cincinnati jefferson county louisiana st. francisville mandeville maine bar harbor kennebunk new england classic maryland howard county cooksville columbia massachusetts cape ann falmouth marshfield new england classic michigan brighton middleville minnesota rochester twin cities missouri springfield st. louis weston nebraska springfield nevada las vegas new hampshire new england classic portsmouth new jersey basking ridge jersey shore princeton new mexico albuquerque new york buffalo long island rochester stillwater verona beach north carolina hampton roads raleigh north dakota fargo ohio cincinnati columbus northeast oklahoma oklahoma city tulsa oregon portland pennsylvania boiling springs greater philadelphia harmony rhode island narragansett new england classic south carolina columbia tennessee chattanooga knoxville nashville texas austin fort worth san antonio corpus christi utah brigham city vermont new england classic south burlington virginia hampton roads reston washington redmond washington d.c. reston wisconsin green bay madison milwaukee tour de cure event . references edit tour de cure red riders mari ruddy tour de cure red rider program gold s gym tour de cure web page at & t national team 1 2 3 4 5 greg lemond s tour de cure profile external links edit tour de cure official website north carolina cary southern pines ride june 4 5 2011 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tour de cure & oldid 740014223 categories bicycle tourscycling events in the united stateshidden categories wikipedia articles in need of updating from november 2015all wikipedia articles in need of updating navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store 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