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The adventure continues for the competitors of the Sun Trip Tour, the tour of the region by solar bike. After a night in the Vercors, the most courageous have rubbed shoulders with the mythical big passes like that of the Iron Cross. Today, cap sur Val d'Isère!! Views: 81

After a good pizza at the sun, with Paul, Jean-Louis, Daniele, Jean-Yves, we leave under a warm sun. Very soon, Jean-Louis warns me that the wheel of my trailer rubs on a tube! It's happening again! Forced to repair, I let the others go. I find a corner in the shade and I dismantle. I'm

Fortunately, it is midday and the team of France3 Rhône-Alpes Auvergne stops to eat with us. I entrust all my harvest of images to their computer. Thanks Amri! Views: 76

Everyone takes care of a serious intervention or finds a tinker to do on his bike. ' Views: 67

Until it opens, Jean-Yves repairs broken rays, others cause. Fortunately, we're well settled. Views: 86

Daniele arrived first, he is interviewed by France 3: Suntrip Tour Wednesday 12 July Sun Trip Tour Wednesday 12 July Views: 80

Nice step, the worries of the beginning of the day are forgotten, even if the problem is not solved. The descent of Lans-en-Vercors was very beautiful, overlooking the Chartreuse and Belledonne. From Grenoble to Vizille, the trafic was painful. Fortunately, we drove in a group, then alone at the stops, then we found further suntripeurs.

This morning, the collective departure of Lans-en-Vercors. I was quietly filming the Caravan of solar bikes when suddenly a noise in the trailer forces me to stop. A tube has completely desolidariséed. The troubles caused by a congenital malformation continue. The suntripeur gene reacts: Scotch and Rilsan allow you to leave. For how many miles?

France 3: "Sun Trip Tour: They arrived in Lans-en-Vercors!" Views: 83

Daniele, Stéphane and Jean-Louis: Views: 81

Francis bichone sa "Tribellule": Views: 69

Departure of the Puy-en-Velay for the Rhône Valley: We have a very covered weather, our batteries are at the lowest! 1250 m of positive elevation is waiting for us, so our legs will be our main engine. Negative 1766m: Bicycles that have a "regeneration" function will be able to recharge their batteries. These are the

France 3: "Sun Trip Tour: First stage curled, en route for the second" Sun Trip 10 July Views: 89

This morning the trailer is again "on its feet". Today the stage is short but the weather announces a thunderstorm for the end of the morning. My Italian sidekick, Daniele, is proposing to trace the shortest to our destination. The few thinnings allow to scrounge a few watts but it is very little for the

I didn't believe it, but I did! I'll be able to leave tomorrow! Thanks to Guillaume who is there at the campsite, thanks to his drill, I was able to consider a repair. And thanks to the collective intelligence and mutual assistance between suntripeurs, I was able to repair during part of the night! The

Since the middle of the afternoon, I felt the trailer moving abnormally behind the bike. The last few meters when arriving at the campsite, something began to rub against the wheel. Once at the campsite, I get off the bike and discover the extent of the disaster: the solar panels literally collapsed on the wheel

France 3: "The Sun Trip Tour is gone!" The Sun Trip Tour is gone! Views: 80

9am, Place de Jaude in Clermont-Ferrand: The structure with these solar panels is wooden, red cedar. France 3: "The Sun Trip Tour is gone!" The Sun Trip Tour is gone! Views: 91

I arrived at the campsite in the middle of the night. After only 3 hours of sleep, I meet at breakfast all the suntripeurs and Suntripeuses arrived since Thursday. Lots of bikes, all different and original, are parked, ready for departure! Views: 88

Like some participants of the SunTrip, I would have liked to arrive by bike on the place of departure (Clermont-Ferrand). But I had to take it by car. And Surprise! On the spot there was another bike already arrived! And not just any bike, because it is the "Tribellule" of Francis Cottard that I could