Every summer we cycle to Paris to raise money for seriously ill children. Team Rynkeby was founded in 2002, when 11 amateur cyclists associated with Rynkeby Foods A/S decided to cycle to Paris to see the final stage of the Tour de France. Rynkeby Foods was the main sponsor of their trip, which was also backed by other companies. In fact, the cyclists who joined the world's first Team Rynkeby team
were so accomplished at finding sponsors that, when the team returned to Denmark just over a week later, the team had made € 5,100 profit. Team Rynkeby donated their profits to the children's cancer unit at Odense University Hospital. A tradition was born!
2,400 CYCLISTS IN EIGHT COUNTRIES
Team Rynkeby consists of 2,026 cyclists and 558 service crew distributed across 65 local teams in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, The Faroe Islands, Iceland, Germany, Switzerland and Belgium. Team members are selected from thousands of applicants, who have completed the application form on the Team Rynkeby website. THE MONEY GOES TO CHILDREN WITH CRITICAL ILLNESSES
Throughout most of the year, not only must members be prepared to cycle the 1,200-kilometre trip to Paris, but they also do what they can to raise money for children with critical illnesses. All participants in Team Rynkeby cover their own costs for bike, Team Rynkeby bike wear, helmet and hotel, while the project’s main costs are shared between Eckes-Granini, through its brands Rynkeby, God Morgon, Hohes C, granini, and the collected funds. There will never be spend more than 12 % of the collected funds for administration. In 2022, Team Rynkeby donated 10,4 million EUR to organisations that help children with critical illnesses.
