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Cycling: 5,000 km in 10 days... Jean-Luc Perez, the physics teacher to conquer America

6/14/2022, 7:03:16 PM


The ultracycling champion sets off solo this Tuesday on the Race Across America, the crossing from west to east of the United States by bike. 5,000k

Like Lucky Luke, Jean-Luc Perez sets out to conquer the West.

But unlike the famous trigger-maniac cowboy, the ultracyclist has no interest in pedaling faster than his shadow.

Because the physics teacher from Louis-le-Grand high school in Paris (Ve) is tackling a hell of a piece: his first solo Race Across America (RAAM), the famous crossing of the United States by bike.

That is 5,000 km from west to east, from the suburbs of San Diego to the vicinity of Washington.

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