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Since 3 days, Mickaël Joguet and Éric Morel are on the road together, it's good for moral! Views: 101

This morning, Raf Van Hulle was the first to embark on the crossing of the Kazakh steppes. Hundreds of kilometers in a straight line await. Fortunately, Ares has a period of rain and average time in Ukraine and Russia, the weather will now be favorable. Views: 151

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With solar vehicles that are prototypes, rolling thousands of kilometers, hours during, on uneven roads inevitably leads to problems of different nature: mechanical, electrical, electronical and sometimes human. This is the case of Stéphane Bertrand who found to repair his support of solar panels, but one of his rims is cracked. Sometimes you have to

Except incidentally, the 4000 km heading will be reached and surpassed tonight by Raf Van Hulle, the fastest solar cyclist on Sun Trip 2018. 4000 km represents 1/3 of the estimated total distance to Guangzhou in China, or 12000 km. Stéphane Bertrand follows him some 300 miles back. Because of the itinerary he chose, he

The moments of shared conviviality do a lot of good to the morale of the suntripeurs, support them in their efforts in the face of a weather that is not always lenient. They share these moments at random meetings on the road, they take advantage of halts around a beer or a meal. Sometimes they

While the majority of cyclists have chosen the northern route, some have chosen a route to the south. Alain and Jean-Claude Viguier had explained to me that they preferred this route more mountainous for the beauty of landscapes, despite a greater distance to arrive in China: 15000 km instead of 12000. When you love, you

Today Françoise Denel, the dean of Sun trip 2018, leaves Lviv (Львів) in Ukraine, she has just exceeded the heading of the 2000 km travelled in 16 days. Some favorable days, she managed to make more than 200 km in the daytime. Bravo Françoise! Views: 90

Tonight, Raf Van Hulle sleeps in Podstepnoye (Подстепное). He has covered 3650 km in 16 days with his solar bike, he still has more than 8000 km to go. The others follow the same route: Stéphane, Auguste & Camille, Eric, Jack, Mickaël, Herman, Laurent, Bernard & Yann etc … (except 7 participants who chose a

At 11am today, Raf Van Hulle crossed the border between Russia and Kzazkhstan with his solar bike. Stéphane Bertrand follows him closely, he is 300 km from the border. Views: 80

After an accident involving cars and a break in Saratov (Саратов), Raf Van Hulle continues his road, he sleeps tonight at Dergachi (Дергачи) only 90 km from Kazakhstan. Tomorrow, the 16th day after its departure, Raf will cross the border of Kazakhstan and exceed the 3500 km! Views: 234

Yesterday, Romain Neauport (Team #o2feel) travelled 300 km in a day to reach Kiev in Ukraine. Views: 116

The suntripeurs have suffered of a rainy period in Ukraine, it should finally disappear, but the clouds will remain present. The wind will now be favorable to the fastest cyclists who will soon arrive in Kazakhstan, but the temperature could reach 40 °C ! Views: 83

Hard to let your fellow participants go, but sometimes, you just need to hang your laundry out to dry… #theSunTrip2018 #Ukraine – Mickael Joguet – Le ptit vélo – https://t.co/izCDiEaIWe pic.twitter.com/3bliIgXoIN — The Sun Trip (@TheSunTrip) 2 juillet 2018 Views: 83

Today, July 1st, Raf Van Hulle and Stéphane Bertrand have crossed the 3000 km track since the start. This represents a quarter of the total distance from Lyon to Guangzhou (canton) in China. Raf Van Hulle keeps a solid lead on Stéphane Bertrand, who is followed by Auguste and Camille Colle on a trike tandem.

Raf Van Hulle entered Russia yesterday and continues his race, almost 2800 km in 12 days. Stéphane Bertrand had to stop to repair the structure that carries his solar panels, he entered only tonight in Russia (2890 km travelled). Augustus and Camille Colle are behind him, still in Ukraine. Mickaël Jamil, Eric Morel and Jack

A more discreet participant : Frenchman Eymeric Thuliez. He took a day off today. Follow him on Facebook! https://t.co/65AAJrMA4m pic.twitter.com/nn5Vv7wm0E — The Sun Trip (@TheSunTrip) 28 juin 2018 Views: 84