A CHARITY cycle ride from Paris to Teesside was brought to a halt after thieves stole all the bikes.
Four men from Teesside Training Enterprise were cycling the 600-mile route in aid of Stockton's Butterwick Hospice.
The fundraisers, and their back-up team, were about the start the final stage of the ride when the theft of the trailer, containing the bikes, was discovered at their stop-over hotel, north of Nottingham.
Cyclist Brian Edwards said: "We feel very, very bitter. We have been through these different countries without any problem whatsoever.
"We get back to England, our home, and someone comes along and does this to us."
The cyclists have already banked £1,500 in sponsorship and hope to raise about £10,000 for the charity.
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