Lewis Moody plans 500-mile cycle challenge for Doddie Weir’s MND charity

Lewis Moody will lead the 500-mile cycling challenge in June (Mike Egerton/PA) - (PA Wire)

Former England rugby captain Lewis Moody will undertake a 500-mile, seven-day cycling challenge this summer to raise money for research into motor neurone disease.

The 2003 World Cup winner, who last autumn revealed he had been diagnosed with the disease, will carry out the challenge in aid of the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation (MNDF) which was founded by the late Scottish rugby legend Doddie Weir.