Not surprisingly, the project, which started at the end of January, began in Paris below the Eiffel Tower. To avoid travelling unnecessary distances, the two Frenchmen had to come up with a clever route in advance. First, they drove anti-clockwise from the upper centre ring to the intersection with the lower left ring, which they drew clockwise. After completing this, they continued anti-clockwise on the top left-hand ring before continuing anti-clockwise on the top centre ring, completing the two right-hand rings also anti-clockwise and finally completing the top ring and their action in Paris.
Strava world record? The key data for the route
The two of them were on the road for a total of 10 days. In the Strava file, the total length of the route was 2196.2 kilometres, which took the duo 96 hours and 11 minutes to complete. With an average speed of 22.8 km/h, they also covered 14,712 metres in altitude. Guinness World Records is now checking this route and, if it is correct, would set a new world record for the longest GPS record ridden by a team on a bicycle.
This would be the third time this record has been broken in less than a year and a half: In October 2022, a team of four set a new record with a 1024-kilometre Velociraptor, before this was superseded a few months ago by a 2162-kilometre heart. The heart was driven by a man and his daughter, who raised £25,000 for charity.
Fun fact: All records were set by French men and women.
Strava world record: 34 kilometres of clearance
Attentive readers will have noticed that the Olympic rings are only slightly larger than the heart of the father-daughter team (approx. 34 kilometres). If Guillaume Koudlansky de Lustrac and Vincent Brémond hadn't had to abandon their planned route for accommodation and refreshments along the way, the record would probably have been pretty close. "I think I ate fries ten times in ten days," said Koudlansky de Lustrac on Strava. "I was starting to go crazy."
On the last stage to Paris, the pair were accompanied by former professional Yoann Offredo and many other cycling enthusiasts. Guillaume Koudlansky de Lustrac and Vincent Brémond not only whetted the appetite for the 2024 Olympics even more with their campaign, but also wanted to support the "Le Sport a du Cœur" (Sport has a heart) campaign.
About the drivers
Even before their Strava world record attempt, the names Guillaume Koudlansky de Lustrac and Vincent Brémond were already associated with top sporting achievements. The former, for example, holds the record for the fastest marathon run backwards. The two met at the Race Across France 2021.
Climate protection is close to the hearts of both riders. For example, Koudlansky de Lustrac is planning to connect the more than 300 French ski resorts by bike in summer to "see what we can do to save our mountains and ski resorts in the future given the current climate".
Lukas Niebuhr
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