The Ride for Life connects three worlds: Bike rides that bring hope to the streets. Resonating spaces where those affected and their families can find strength. And a solidarity festival with live music and an exuberant atmosphere: Life pulsates.
Together we write new life stories - full of life, hope and courage. Full of the joy of being there.
Whether on our bikes, supporting people with cancer, or raising funds: together, we made a difference!
«Let me know if you need anything» - well-meaning, but often not enough. People with cancer and their loved ones don't need empty phrases, they need to be genuinely there. Not flowers, but a lasagna. Not advice, but perhaps looking after the children, not distance, but closeness.
The Ride for Life lives this principle: We put people with cancer, relatives and cancer survivors at the center - and create concrete values for them. Encounters with other people affected. Moments of joie de vivre. Exchange that supports.
In the morning, you share your fears in a resonance room. In the afternoon, you dance in front of the stage. Both are right. Both are you. Both are Ride for Life.
A day that makes your life a little bit better.
The Velo Rides: you make hope visible with every pedal stroke. Round of the heart. Life lap. Round of hope. Round of courage. Star rides. Kids-for-Kids. Every route is a sign of solidarity.
The resonance rooms: quiet moments create closeness that strengthens. Spaces for listening, sharing, silence. For those affected, relatives, survivors - supported by empathy and presence.
A festival that lights up life. Music. Dance. Yoga. Zumba. Food and drinks. A day full of connection and joie de vivre - for everyone.
BERNEXPO’s new festival hall will become the heart of Ride for Life on May 30, 2026. This is where the bike rides began, where connections were made, and where life thrived. A spacious area that made room for everyone—for those who rode, for those who celebrated, for those who simply wanted to be there.
Every pedal stroke is a sign of solidarity. Whether on the life lap, the heart lap or the hope lap - people ride for people. In teams, families, circles of friends. Every lap counts. Every meter is a piece of new hope.
Roll gently out into the countryside, take a deep breath, arrive. The life round leads through quiet neighborhoods and open fields around Bern - a route that gives you space. For all those who want to take it easy and enjoy the landscape. Not long, but deep.
Out of the city, up to the Bantiger. The hopeful loop leads through forests and over hills, past farms and wide fields. Anyone who rides here senses that something is still possible. A route that opens up the horizon - in the truest sense of the word.
The Lindental, the hills, the long straights - the Mutrunde challenges and rewards you with one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Bernese Mittelland. Anyone who rides this route shows perseverance. Exactly what people with cancer need every day. This tour is for them.
Over 4.2 million francs of hope
Since 2010, together we have raised over 4.2 million francs for people with cancer. flow to our partner organizations, which provide help where it is most urgently needed: In research that makes a cure possible. In studies that improve therapies. In the support of children and families. And in exchanges that support survivors.
From the study to life
Tomorrow's therapies are tested here today. Independent, scientifically excellent, directly on people. So that patients get better chances faster.
Where courage meets science
Innovative research needs courage - for unconventional approaches, for young researchers, for ideas that could one day defeat cancer. The Swiss Cancer Foundation makes exactly that possible.
Where relief is given space
Allani gives children and young people with a life-limiting or life-threatening illness and their families time to take a deep breath. In a protected, natural environment, allani combines professional care with individual support.
The Ride for Life Association is the organizational and conceptual home of the project.
Founded to provide long-term support for people with cancer and their families - through encounters, solidarity and shared commitment.
What we want:
In 2010, the Race for Life was held on the Gotthard Pass for the first time - as a small, courageous sign of solidarity with people living with cancer.
Since then, the Race for Life has written countless stories: of people with cancer who have found strength and hope. Of relatives who have been supported and carried. Of family members and friends we have lost. And of countless supporters who have shown how much an idea can make a difference.
Something new has grown out of this Race for Life movement: the Ride for Life Association. It takes the original idea further - and makes it bigger, deeper and more effective.
Ride for Life is much more than just an event today. It is an organization that, together with its partners, is directly committed to the concerns of people with cancer and their families - with concrete support, encounters, music, dance, movement and genuine sympathy.
Every year, 48,000 people in Switzerland are diagnosed with cancer. This turns their whole life upside down. Together with our partner organizations, we ensure that those affected and those around them are not left alone.
The Ride for Life is committed to this important cause. The focus is on direct support for people with cancer and the joy of life.
Ride for Life
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Schwanengasse 11
CH-3011 Bern
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