Revealed: Sir Chris Hoy’s charitable initiative to help ‘as many people as possible who have been affected by cancer’ after British cycling legend’s terminal diagnosis

Sir Chris Hoy has revealed plans to launch a charitable initiative to help other cancer patients following his terminal diagnosis. 

The 48-year-old is the second most decorated Olympic cyclist of all time and the most successful Scottish Olympian ever, with a total of one silver and six gold medals to his name. 

He revealed in February that he was diagnosed with cancer, stating at the time his treatment was ‘thankfully going really well – I’m optimistic, positive’. 

However, Hoy knew all along that the disease was terminal and that he had known this was the case for over a year. He also devastatingly revealed that he has just ‘two to four years’ left to live.

The former Olympian told The Times that he wants to set up a charitable initiative to help other with cancer. 

Sir Chris Hoy(pictured) has revealed that he has been diagnosed with terminal cancer

The former Olympian plans to launch a charitable initiative to help other cancer patients

Hoy is now devoted to creating an annual ‘Tour de 4’ charity fundraising bike ride for cancer patients. 

He says the aim is for ‘as many people as possible who have been affected by cancer’ to ride from Glasgow to Edinburgh every summer, to show people that ‘stage 4’s not just, right, this is the end of your life. There’s more to be lived.’ 

Hoy’s cancer was discovered after a trip to the doctor in September last year when the Scot was feeling a strain in his shoulder.

A tumour was then discovered in his shoulder, before a second scan located the primary cancer in his prostate.

The prostate cancer had spread to Hoy’s bones – getting into his shoulder, pelvis, spine and ribs.

Despite this, Hoy insists that he still feels very ‘lucky’. 

In his brave interview, he said: ‘As unnatural as it feels, this is nature.

Hoy’s cancer was discovered after a trip to the doctor in September last year 2023

‘You know, we were all born and we all die, and this is just part of the process.

‘You remind yourself, aren’t I lucky that there is medicine I can take that will fend this off for as long as possible.’

Hoy added that he had told his children that no-one lives forever but defiantly proclaimed that he hoped to ‘be here for many, many more years’.