Month: September 2018

Today at 1pm, Peter Helsen crossed the finish line at YueXiu Park where the Sun Trip team and his wife An Van Dyck were waiting for him. He reached Guangzhou in 82 days after a 14 682 kilometre journey!
Participant: Peter Helsen
Nationality: Belgium
Mood: 100%
Sun: 5% on last week

Visits: 85

Today at 1pm, Peter Helsen crossed the finish line at YueXiu Park where the Sun Trip team and his wife an Van Dyck were waiting for him. He reached Guangzhou in 82 days after a 14 682-kilometre journey! Participant: Peter Helsen Nationality: Belgium Mood: 100% Sun: 5% on last week

Visits: 48

Jack Butler made a video about the arrival of Dirk and Daniel: they share their impressions of this adventure with us. They had started riding together in Kazakhstan and continued throughout China's journey to Guangzhou. Thanks to Jack for this beautiful testimony.

Visits: 115

Last night, the two suntripeurs recently arrived, Dirk Huyghe and Daniel Jenni, were invited to present the Sun Trip and the values carried by this solar challenge, to the French Alliance of Guangzhou. The evening was hosted by Cédric Vinatier, president of the Sun Trip Association.

Visits: 61

For several days it had been noted that Michael Polak was leaving the road traced by his predecessors to draw his own road, away. But why, what does he seek, we ask?
We finally have the answer to our interrogations in his last messages accompanied by superb images:
he chose to cross the Tibetan plateaus of central China amidst breathtaking landscapes.
Thanks to Michael for sharing these wonderful images!

Visits: 86

All Sun Trip Solar cyclists entered China, the last to cross the border was Gregory Lewyllie. Today, the one that is closest to Guangzhou is undoubtedly Peter Helsen with 11300 km on the counter.
Then come, in order, Thierry Rassat, Françoise Denel the dean of the Sun Trip (a special bravo to her!), Michael Pole who at this moment borrows an original itinerary, Gregory Lewyllie and the last ones who roll together: Jean-Claude Viguier, Youssef El Haouass, Mohamed Saïd Jain, François Médalle and Gilles coural. We encourage them!
Follow them live on http://race.thesuntrip.com

Visits: 87

In these images filmed in July, Anne-Sophie and Justin share with us the strong moments they experienced during their journey between Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia. What a joy these moments of life, like this musical picnic with Slovenians! We also see them on their amazing solar tandem, with Anne-Sophie pedaling while Justin rowing!

Visits: 73

Dirk Huyghe and Daniel Jenni arrived at Yuexiu Park in the sun of Guangzhou where they were greeted by Angélique and Cédric from the organisation team as well as by the Suntripers Jack Butler, Stéphane Bertrand and Paul Baudry.
Dirk and Daniel are 9th place of the Solar Challenge, their journey lasted 77 days. Having rolled together for several weeks, the complicity of the two Suntriperss was strongly felt upon arrival.

Dirk has travelled 14 000 km from Gent in Belgium and he probably broke the record of the greatest number of punctures: 45 during his trip!
Daniel has almost reached 13 000 km, with few punctures but with important technical problems that he has solved thanks to his talents of Tinkerer.

Visits: 79

Jack makes us relive a summary of his adventure in video:

Visits: 83

Gregory Lewyllie sends us great images of the Charyn Canyon. He will be the last of the suntripers to leave Kazakhstan to enter China, where he writes a new page of his life as a traveler.

Visits: 76

Mohamed Saïd celebrated his birthday in the company of Youssef: They discovered the famous army of terracotta soldiers in Xi'an. Time for a break and they will resume their journey through China.

Visits: 67

Daniel Jenni and Dirk Huyghe, who have been riding together in China for several weeks, are close to the finish line in Guangzhou: they will have taken 76 days to travel the 12000 km of this trip and arrive in 9th position of the ranking General.

Visits: 75

Today was the official welcome ceremony of the Sun Trip, under the sign of 30 years of cooperation between Lyon and Guangzhou, in the presence of vice-mayor Pan Jianguo, Alain Galiano, Vice-president of the Grand Lyon and representatives of our Major partners, Lingnan and WAE group.
The suntripers present for the ceremony were: Jack Butler, Stéphane Bertrand, Auguste and Camille Colle, Romain Neauport and Paul Baudry.

Visits: 70