2024 Team Riedel- Rich, Bob, & Ron

The 20th Annual Cycle Across Illinois benefiting Illinois Concerns of Police Survivors will be July 11 - 14, 2024 and cover over 325 miles. In 2005 the Cycle Across Illinois bicycle ride was started as a memorial and fundraising bicycle ride across the state.  Our riders and support members are a very special group of survivors, police officers, and supporters. Each day, as we travel across Illinois, we are welcomed by grateful families, departments and communities.  We all work hard to minimize our expenses so that more money can assist the families by attending memorials and retreats that assist them in their grief journey.  We hope you will consider donating to our ride and organization as we continue to support our families and remember our fallen. 

The Cycle Across Illinois bicycle ride recognizes and honors the extraordinary contributions of law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty. In 2023 several officers lost their lives due to different causes. The committee decided to honor the officers whose names will be going onto the National Police Memorial Wall in Washington DC.  We will be riding for:

Officer Andrés Vásquez Lasso  Chicago Police Department   EOW:03/01/2023

Officer Aréanah Preston   Chicago Police Department   EOW: 05/06/2023K

9 Hudson   Kane County Sheriff's Office   EOW: 05/24/2023 HistoricSergeant 

Francis "Frank" McGraw   Chicago Police Department   EOW: 05/6/1942

Patrolman Charles Hibsch    Chicago Police Department    EOW: 11/09/1947

Detective Todd Gillerlain   Chicago Police Department   EOW: 05/07/2020 

This is a charity ride that raises money and awareness for the Illinois Chapter of Concerns Of Police Survivors, which includes the surviving family members, loved ones and co-workers of fallen officers. This ride has become an annual journey for all our riders, especially our survivors.

Thank you.

Sgt. Rich Riedel- Illinois Conservation Police (Retired)

Bob Riedel (Country Financial)

Sgt. Ron Riedel- Barrington Hills Police Dept.