Our Origins
It all began in November 2014, when I connected with the late Lee Fancourt. He was a British record-breaking cyclist and I was a Dutch entrepreneur in the web development, with a keen interest in cycling.
While Lee was training and focusing on his 10 upcoming Guinness World Record attempts, I started developing tracking software that could handle the scale of his challenges. This software was first tested with a real-world challenge in June 2015. And it was then that Follow My Challenge was officially launched.
From the outset, the aim has been to build high-quality tracking maps packed with cool features and possibilities for customisation, all while working in partnership with remarkable people like Lee. As we’ve grown into a global business, this has remained at our core.
We look forward to tracking your next adventure or event!
– Tedde de Boer, Founder of Follow My Challenge
Our Regional Partners
While our HQ remains in Europe, we have now established regional partners across four continents. This has helped us eliminate some of the challenges that borders, languages and time zones present, while also allowing us to work with a passionate team of individuals around the globe.
FMC EU (HQ)
Established 2015
FMC USA
Established 2020
FMC UK
Established 2021
FMC Hong Kong
Established 2021
FMC Canary Islands
Established 2022
FMC Iceland
Established 2023
FMC Indonesia
Established 2023
Our Team
We’ve grown into a global brand, with Follow My Challenge partners joining the team as we have evolved.
Tedde de Boer
FMC EUTedde de Boer has been riding bikes for many years now. Being outdoors gives a certain feeling of freedom. His biggest achievement; crossing the United States, from east to west, 10.000 km, on his Specialized Diverge.
His passion for bikes combined with his profession as IT specialist lead into founding Follow My Challenge.
Born in The Netherlands, Tedde currently lives with his family in France.
Renee Noest
FMC EUAlthough Renee now finds herself fully immersed in Follow My Challenge, she has a background in medicine, having worked as a doctor from the outset of her career. Her true passion though lies in the realm of sports and she officially joined FMC EU in 2023.
However, Renee’s journey with Follow My Challenge began on day one and she has been instrumental in its growth, involved in crucial decisions since the company’s inception. She is also a strong cyclist, having completed the challenging Trans America route spanning 10,000 km. Alongside these commitments, Renee is a devoted mother of three.
Rob Gardiner
FMC UKAfter spending much of his twenties cycle touring across several continents, Rob discovered ultra-endurance cycling. In 2019, he broke the world record for cycling the length of Europe. Fittingly, the tracking was provided by FMC for this ride, with the previous record had been set by the late Lee Fancourt – instrumental in inspiring FMC’s creation.
Since breaking the world record, Rob now regularly participates in ultra-endurance races, both on and off the road, as well as organising The Perfidious Albion events. He also owns Zolla Wheels, as well as working as a freelance marketing consultant and web designer.
Matteo Minelli
FMC Canary IslandsLike everybody else, Matteo learned to ride a bike as a kid, and never quit. After many years and countless miles, he is still amazed by the gyroscopic balance given by the spinning wheels, the instant pleasure of moving forward pushing on the pedals, the endless freedom of climbing mountains and crossing the landscape.
Matteo is in the Canary Islands and he is the man behind the GranGuanche route and Audax events.
Geoff Duncan
FMC USAGeoff Duncan was first drawn to road cycling as a way to stay in shape–that was nearly a decade ago. Since then, Geoff has become a competitive cyclist; entering races and endurance events and completing Race Across America (RAAM) in 2017.
In addition to being a cyclist, Geoff is co-director of Mt. Pleasant Velo Events, specializing in endurance racing and event promotion.
He holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from Ohio University and lives with his wife and two children in Mt. Pleasant, SC.
Chris Moore
FMC USAChris Moore has been racing bikes for over 25 years and has completed The Rift Gravel Race Iceland, The World’s Premier Gravel Race Dirty Kanza, and the Absa Cape Epic.
He is a licensed USA Cycling Category B Official, a Category 3 Race Mechanic and Race Promoter. He has worked as a mechanic with USA Cycling Nationals Program, Sram Neutral Race Support, Shimano Race Support and with the US Military Endurance Sports Elite Cycling and Para-cycling Teams.
Chris is also Co-Director of Mt. Pleasant Velo Events, specializing in endurance racing and event promotion.
He has a degree in Civil Engineering from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, and is the Owner and Principle Engineer at Jon Guerry Taylor & Associates, Inc, a marine, coastal, waterfront engineering firm.
Chris lives with his wife and two children in Mt. Pleasant, SC.
Shu Pu
FMC Hong KongShu Pu is based in Hong Kong and the founder of AVRA, an ocean lifestyle and brand for ocean lovers of all kinds. Coming from a creative background in fashion, she has been involved in conceptualising and co-founding a number of extreme ocean events, challenges and not-for-profit initiatives for Hong Kong.
Shu is one of the co-founders of Splash Foundation, a not-for-profit swim school for under-served communities in Hong Kong, and Pure Ocean Connection, a not-for-profit paddling society promoting paddling events around the world to benefit Hong Kong charities. When not busy developing new products and organising ocean challenges, Shu spends her time swimming and paddling in the ocean, cycling, sabre fencing, and discovering good food.
Tyler Wacker
FMC IcelandTyler has called the Westfjords in Iceland home since 2020 after spending eight months biking across the US to reconnect with what’s important to him. He holds a master’s degree in Coastal Communities and Regional Development, and his passion is to engage with the broader issues of place through biking.
As part of Cycling Westfjords, he is a co-race director of the Arna Westfjords Way Challenge.
Hendra Wijaya
FMC South East AsiaUltra cyclist, ultra marathoner and ultra triathlete across the world. As cyclist, he is a double finisher Silk Road Mountain Race 1880km in Kyrgyzstan and completed twice cycling across Alaska 350 miles on Iditarod Invitational Races.
Hendra Wijaya is the founder of FoneSport events and creator of the first ultra trail running race in Indonesia: Rinjani100, Bromo Tengger Semeru 100, Gede Pangrango 100, Mandalika 100, Komodo 100, SGP100. Ultra triathlon race: Lombok Ultra Triathlon and Sentul Ultra Triathlon. Ultra Cycling Race: Trans Nusantara Race 4000 (road) and Nusantara Mountain Race (trail)
Hendra Siswanto
FMC South East AsiaHensis is a passionate runner and adventurer in many mountains trails and ultra running across South East Asia. He has been maintaining very active life style for more than ten years on ultra-distance and very passionate on hi-technology based races around the world.
Some prestigious races have been completed including Boston Marathon 42km, Spartathlon 246km in Athens and UTMB 170km in France, currently living in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Our History
We started as a passion project and have now grown into a full-time business
Development Begins
We started working on a custom live GPS tracking map.
First World Record Attempt tracked
Our platform is used to track Lee Fancourt’s world record ride.
Company Founded
Follow My Challenge registered as a company.
First Group Event Tracked
Tracking the MS RUN 100 marked the first time our platform was used for an event rather than a solo challenge/record.
APP Released
Our tracking app was released for both iOS and Android.
FMC USA
Follow My Challenge USA founded.
FMC Hong KOng
Follow My Challenge Hong Kong founded.
FMC UK
Follow My Challenge United Kingdom founded.
The ALt TouR
Tracked Lachlan Morton’s famous “Alt Tour” challenge, which took place alongside the Tour de France.
TCR No8
For the first time, we provided tracking for the legendary Transcontinental Race, which was won by Christoph Strasser.
FMC Canary Islands
Follow My Challenge Canary Islands founded.
FMC Indonesia
FMC Indonesia founded.
FMC Iceland
FMC Iceland founded.