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We will be met by Simon Weston when we reach Cardiff and after last year a lot of people are really looking forward to us coming down.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>A year ago, more than &pound;15,000 was raised for Combat Stress thanks to the ride and a special charity concert.<\/p>\n<p>Tour president Lord Barry Jones was on hand this week to officially launch this year's challenge.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-801707847-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=801707847\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 70 motorbikes will ride together in support of Combat Stress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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