Le BikingMan : l’aventure ultime à vélo, retour en images sur la saison 2021

tao beat in the sao paulo region in brazil seventh and last meeting of the cycling season an extreme adventure awaits the runners with still 1000 km to complete in 5 days maximum the test crosses the entire serra de my zigzag lace burkina tide and we have two mandatory checkpoints master 10 and through hatchey they come out cigars then they come atau they beat the participants we have to cross several climbs we crossed a lot of forest going through the tension was the size of brazil that she climbed from karachi and the longest ascent than the Registry Gorge The Ita Size Test Park takes place in November and in November, like every year, is the beginning of the rainy season.

This time, Axel left the controls to Vinicius Martins, the race director, because the founder of the Kingman lease embarks on a new challenge he is participating in his own event I love these moments response without the stress he climbs to the rubicons of the start it is not at all the same feeling even before the start of the race the rain is already pouring enough to make that the participants feel a little more anxious a quarter of the route will cross paths translation recorder of dirt roads the terrain has not been created I don't know I don't know if with the rain we will be able to get on the slopes well that is the unknown is part of the What You already know that it was going to rain, so all the more to make this event something special.

Yes, I have lived in Brazil for 25 years. I know what awaits us, but I don't know if it will be good or bad. The rest is everything. possible that is the good it is very likely that everyone can achieve the good or the bad from the first kilometers the weather conditions deteriorate with the rain in the middle of the tropical forest the ground becomes muddy enough to make the race already epic and extremely difficult in the Amazon at the European summit it is as if we were there in a s 'brad is wrong on the contrary there are firecrackers everywhere I am happy the gravel road is good yes I like it it looks like Colombia after 100 km dimitri o brakes second in the rear magnet portugal a few weeks ago is in great difficulties however the pen of the first spring the products I have not falsified but I have no juice in my legs gemalodo difficult for the former general director very cold even though he does it is this offense it doesn't smell very good I have the impression that I'm paying for the car to want to do too much in too little time finally Dimitri abandons the adventure it's over the Brazilians also discover the need for a Timan lease in tropical conditions after 345 km difficult terrain the leader of the race reaches the checkpoint in a year 17 hours it seems that they have already exhausted their reserves today it was very difficult at the end we had a serious part really very steep it made me tired I made it before midnight I just want to eat something and we'll see if I can continue on this second day after 420 kilometers traveled and 34 hours of racing axel savors the return to the paved roads after a very complicated gravel segment in the gravel session that was dakar dakar we had to walk there we had to push after tears but it happened that other French cyclists came to explore the Atlantic forest this is the case of Patrick Lair we 59 year old doctors who discovered this sanctuary with a very rich biodiversity in iron glass I mean it was yesterday morning it was very difficult, very difficult, I think everyone and the team suffered enormously.

We passed by the landscapes there, all in their extraordinary magnificence. The end of this second day is approaching and the rain continues to fall despite these difficult weather conditions. axel rises in the classification and approaches the top 10 he will manage to finish among the first in the lead at checkpoints 2 after 620 km it is excitement it is after 10 p.m. the first fernando zogib has already left his pursuers behind and giuliano takes a lap. few minutes to recover the day was difficult the gravel was very difficult there was a lot Merula survived now let's continue it is not today how it was the day was very difficult because of the bad weather we are still alive that is what counts it was fun and he had fun Much the fourth wheel, Yann preferred to rest a few hours in CP2 before leaving around 6 in the morning on the third day, he began a terrible 20-kilometer asphalt climb to leave the town of Paraty.

It was the most difficult climb I have ever done in my life. we have things like that okay 2 15 to 18% cynthia I don't even know what difficulty Fernando Zogib has already overcome who is going straight to victory this 44 year old Brazilian ultra distance specialist reaches the top of the last difficulty 36 kilometers of ascent to the park natural tata already at 2400 meters above sea level I am happy to be here very happy and human I was the first to take a photo here aita taya and now I am going to get off the ku'damm, pay attention to my equipment and be able to accommodate it in one piece, now he only has 175 kilometers left to travel, mission accomplished for Fernando, awaited by his entire family at the finish line, he has completed the 1000km of the bac igman Brazil in 66 0 congratulations congratulations I love you it is a personal satisfaction simply and simply because it was a personal goal I came for this race I wanted to win it I trained all year focused on this goal I achieved this dream but it's not easy it hurts it hurts too much I can't even hurt myself my whole body hurts the first finishes come one after another until Axel finally 5th in the race the founder of bail kingman achieved a spectacular rise in the classification to finish the route in 82 eur happy to have arrived after a thousand kilometers and to have survived this completely crazy race I would say that it is the closest thing to the dakar is the dakar of the dantesca moto xxl crazy crazy somewhat sick from start to finish there was no tenderness not entirely crazy not very clear we were not far from eighth place in the ranking after 90 hours of effort relieved happy because it is a truly extraordinary challenge I didn't think I would was so demanding especially in terms of clicking on food or in fact every day every day was his reservation and this has its surprises in store since for each cyclist the emotion is immense for these amateur cyclists winners especially of a fight against them It is a total personal investment between the physical and the mental, there is a lot of training necessary in terms of volume, that is, the participants who come train between 500 to 1000 hours per year in parallel or eight families and a professional life, which many times requires adjustments that are very complicated commitments and all these hours away from your family to organize your professional life around your training, but once you take on the challenge and manage to reach the goal, it causes explosions of joy that you are finally measuring. the investment that was necessary to embark on this challenge the kidman dance season closed in apotheosis with an epic race that will remain unforgettable for each of the volunteer participants and organizers, but the true reward may lie elsewhere for some, surpassing the challenges the man on a bicycle is first of all a personal achievement that goes far beyond sport it helps me a lot in my work every problem and experiences that I face during the race has inspired me precisely in my personal life for me there is no problem but only solutions When a problem appears, whether in sports cycling or even in my professional life, the first question I ask myself is how I can solve it.

I think when you go through every possible state imaginable on a bike it still makes you take a big step back from the small problems to the bigger problems of everyday life or everyday life in our societies. I feel more okay with myself when I'm done. that, that's all, I can say, I took stock of myself, I know what I experienced on my bicycle in incredible landscapes with very demanding routes, I met people, I helped them, we support each other and there are more nationalities you have more social status you don't nothing is left when we are all in a difficult situation is what I said yesterday with an Englishman Alex Gizeh years old The old man is no longer the adversary, we have become allies from the beginning to the end, these amateur cyclists transform during a race into a hero of a few days capable of performing feats that I thought were unimaginable, here everyone is more equipped to face doubts and uncertainties. of everyday life and for many only one wants to dive back into the ultimate cycling adventure, The Kidman Lease.