17 September 2025
Participants Tour de Pancreas 2025 raise more than € 275,000 for pioneering research against pancreatic cancer
More than 150 participants and supporters travelled to Mont Ventoux with Tour de Pancreas. Patients, survivors, relatives, friends, clinicians and researchers each brought a personal story or motivation. On Saturday 13 September, participants walked, ran or cycled to the summit and raised more than €275,000 for Support Casper.
Tour de Pancreas 2025
On Wednesday 10 September all participants were welcomed at the campsite in Vaison-la-Romaine at the foot of Mont Ventoux. On Thursday 11 September the participants took part in a training session and on Friday 12 September the day ended with a joint pasta meal to stack carbohydrates for the ascent on Saturday.
Café de Pancreas was created especially for Tour de Pancreas. Here was the joint breakfast, to start the day together, and also the evening program took place. Jan Dirk Stouten presented the evening program and made it an interesting, but also connecting evening. Here was room for participants to get to know each other better and teams could introduce themselves to everyone. All this made for a real family feeling.
Mont Ventoux climb and announcement
On Saturday, September 13th, it was finally... The climb of the Mont Ventoux. After the start shot, all participants left for the top of the "Kale" mountain range. A wonderful sporting challenge for everyone, which they can all be very proud of. After the climb, all participants gathered at Café de Pancreas. Here, Jochem Schellens (Management Foundation Eck Roosen) and Sjoerd Zwanenburg (Director Support Casper) announced the final amount: €275,000, a record amount for Tour de Pancreas!
Foundation cooperation Eck Roosen and Support Casper
Tour de Pancreas grew from an initiative by Stichting Eck Roosen, whose walkers and cyclists first climbed Mont Ventoux in 2021 to oppose the devastating impact of pancreatic cancer. The foundation and Support Casper have organised the event together since 2022. Around 3,000 people in the Netherlands are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer each year, and that number is rising. Money raised through the Tour supports Professor Casper van Eijck and his team as they develop innovative treatments.
