Patrick Dempsey talks with Dempsey Challenge volunteers and participants at the mile 12 rest stop on Stackpole Road in Durham on Sunday.
Isabella Rodriguez, 10, hangs onto mom, Annie Rodriguez, before the start of the Dempsey Challenge bike ride in Lewiston on Sunday. Isabella's dad is four-time U.S. National Road Race champion Freddie Rodriguez, who travels each year from California to participate in the Dempsey Challenge.
Patrick Dempsey, center, begins the 25-mile Dempsey Challenge bike ride in Lewiston on Sunday.
Neil and Sue Bement of Auburn cheer for cyclists as they pass the mile 4 rest stop on Penley Corner Road in Auburn during the Dempsey Challenge bike ride on Sunday. Bement, a survivor of both colon cancer and Hodgkin's lymphoma, said he has dressed up for the past 10 Dempsey Challenge events as a way to celebrate being cancer-free.
Edward Little High School cheerleaders encourage Caden Cox of Hebron as he nearly completes the 25-mile Dempsey Challenge bike ride in Auburn on Sunday. He is an eighth-grader at Tripp Middle School in Turner.
Susie Morton of Madison, Wisconsin, gives Patrick Dempsey a hug at the mile 12 rest stop on Stackpole Road in Durham during the Dempsey Challenge bike ride on Sunday. Morton, was diagnosed with lymphoma when she was 10-years-old and was diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer one month ago. She and nine friends rode together for team Q's Minions.
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