Trip

We were 20 solar cyclists to come together this morning of June 15: we were going to meet the 40 participants of the Sun Trip during the few days of their prologue from Lyon to Chamonix, accompany them, encourage them; we were enthusiastic about their journey and their vehicles. The association Vécolo was the organizer […]

Several suntripeurs are going through a period of very bad weather. Below is a video by Laurent Souchet who restores the atmosphere: lots of rain, no sun to recharge his battery. Fortunately, he rides on flat and does not cross mountains. Views: 87

Herman Segers (June 27, 2018) Michael Pole (June 27, 2018) Justin & Anne-Sophie (June 26, 2018) Mickaël Jamil (June 25, 2018) Daniel Jenni (June 25, 2018) Paul Baudry (June 24, 2018) Views: 106

Follow Alain and Jean-Claude Viguier’s trip, they publish every day on their social network! Views: 93

If we widen the map to see the point of arrival in China, the city of Canton (Guangzhou), we realize the distance that remains to be travelled. As a friend would have said, the Sun Trip is not a Mickey’s thing! Our participants are only at the beginning of their journey! Views: 98

Today, on the 8th day, Stéphane Bertrand reaches almost the 2000 km cape in the city of Lviv (Львів) in Ukraine: 1995 km in 17h05. He joined the road followed by Ralf Van Hulle who has some advance on him: almost 400 km! Views: 111

Not only Jack pedals all day, but in addition he finds time to do a video montage of sequences taken during the prologue, in France. Views: 94

Not only does Jack pedal all day, but in addition he finds time to do video editing! Here you can see sequences filmed during the prologue in France. Views: 112

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1550 km travelled in 6 days for Stéphane Bertrand, despite poor weather conditions in Slovenia, an average of 258 km per day. And we see on the map that the two routes of departure, north and south, are approaching. Views: 103

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Stéphane Bertrand is the first to have surpassed the 1000 km travelled on this 4th day, shortly before 4pm! I emphasize that each participant following his own route, each one crosses different gradients, so it is not possible to compare. This is proof of the effectiveness of these solar bikes … and these cyclists! Views:

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https://www.facebook.com/LyonFrance/videos/10160497559310188/ **************************************************** https://www.facebook.com/thesuntrip/videos/758596484264073/ **************************************************** It was place des Terreaux in Lyon, I was there very early, before the arrival of the suntripeurs. My folding bike and its mini solar trailer have nothing to do with solar bicycles/vehicles that will face the 12 000 km to China! Views: 110

🌍 Les 14 et 15 juin, la place des Terreaux accueille le Sun Trip 2018. 45 aventuriers prendront le départ de cette course solaire de 12 000 km qui reliera #Lyon à Canton, en Chine. Grand départ vendredi à 12h30, venez les encourager ! 🚲 ⏩ https://t.co/6ejz8M1tS1 pic.twitter.com/gLRkiHxYSA — Métropole de Lyon (@grandlyon) 13 juin

The 35 adventurers are gathered in Burgundy this weekend for the preparation of their journey with the organization team of the Sun Trip. On the photo, we recognize Peter&Ann and Mickaël who participated in the Sun Trip 2017, and behind left, Stéphane Bertrand who has not missed any edition of the Sun Trip since 2013!

See you on June 15 all morning until 12:30 at the Place Des Terreaux in LYON. I shall be there, for the 3-days prologue from Lyon to Chamonix, with my new solar bike ! D-100 before the Sun Trip 2018 Lyon-Canton departure.🇨🇵️🇨🇳 See you on June 15 all morning until 12:30 at the Place Des

They were extracted from the videos made during the Sun Trip 2017. The logging was quite long, I admit, but it was necessary to choose the most significant images among 300 video files. Number of participants in the 2017 edition will be recognized! Good discovery ! Link to the album Views: 156