HOW THE GODZILLA RACING TEAM FOUND HEALING AFTER CANCER

Despite facing life-threatening illnesses, brothers Brian and Evan Mastro refused to let cancer define their lives—Brian is a two-time Hodgkin’s Lymphoma survivor, and his brother Evan, who rides with him every year, has survived leukemia.

Brian and Evan first rode the TD Five Boro Bike Tour eight years ago when Evan started seeing advertisements for it, and thought it seemed like a cool experience to “rule the streets for the day” and see New York from a different perspective. Growing up on Long Island, they had always enjoyed riding bikes and had taken up road biking a few years earlier.

For years, Brian and Evan have ridden with their family as team “Godzilla Racing” in honor of their late Uncle Lenny (affectionately called Godzilla), who instilled in them a deep love of cycling. Lenny initially adopted the middle name Godzilla as a joke to entertain his young nephews, and ended up adding it as his legal name. He was a wonderful spirit and a huge influence in fostering the love of