Cycling. Guillaume Boisgontier will go around the Channel… in 24 hours!

After Gérard Bramoullé (51 years old) in Saint-Vigor-le-Grand and Ludovic Quentin (48 years old) in Haye-du-Puits (Manche), it was still an old glory of Manchois cycling, Guillaume Boisgontier (49 years old), which made the colors of the VCC Les Pieux Thursday May 1, 2025 in Denneville.

And what Success in Access category Obviously is not the most prestigious of his career, marked in particular by his victory at the GP of Martinvast on the day of the birth of his son (!), He was happily welcomed by Cherbourgeois.

“The feeling of crossing a line first, It’s like the first time! It’s always so pleasant », Confides the former runner of the UST Equeurdreville, animated by a feeling of revenge after a Year 2024 spoiled by appendicitis.“I did not do anything for a year. Afterwards, I had trouble handing over. »»

600 km in less than 24 hours

From NOW on relieved of the 12 kilos he took during his convalescence he found his pedal stroke. And above all the desire to launch new XXL challenges.

Ce long distances specialist will thus attack This Friday, May 9 at “Cap or not Cap”, a 600 km patent offered by the Cyclo club in Montebourg/Saint-Germain-de-Tournebut.The principle? Browse the whole department of the Channel by marrying the coast and the outline of its borders.

” I hope Do this in less than 24 hours, without stopping sleeping », Warns this employee of Orano La Hague, recently author of colossal land outings (415 km in 15 hours, 300 km in 11 hours, 200 km in 7 hours… ).

“I feel ready physically. NOW, I apprehend to roll at night. We quickly have hallucinations, We escape in our thoughts. You have to remain vigilant, ”he says.

An xtrem iron man en grèce

After this “walk” in our department, Guillaume Boisgontier will begin his preparation for his big goal of the year, A Xtrem Iron Man in Greece in October(3.8 km of swimming, 180 km of bicycle with 3,800 m D + and a marathon with 2,000 m D +).

In the meantime, we will see him again on local cycling eventsWhere its science of the race and its speed of speed are still likely to keep young people …

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