On Saturday May 10, the Grenoble club faces Annecy for the derby and its last match of the season. Three supporters decided to browse the 130 km in scooter which connect the two cities to support their team.
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To heart valiant nothing impossible. Three supporters of the Grenoble Foot 38 decided to challenge themselves: link Grenoble and Annecy to scooter to encourage their club against the Hauts-Savoyards on Saturday May 10.
The idea came to them for an evening. “”A friend had gone to Lorient by bicycle to encourage the team in the first game of the season, we decided to do the same for this last Ligue 2 match “explains Hugues Courieu.
-The friends had intended to achieve their feat in rollerblades but with late training, the project had become too ambitious. “The scooter is the symbol of Grenoble and then it’s like returning to our primary school memories“, Comments Hugues.
To prepare their project, the three accomplices train on their scooters, without electric motor. “”Our body gets used to it, we have fewer and fewer aches“Said Joran.”It was difficult at first, especially for the calves”, Analyse John.
The COURIEU brothers were born in Annecy but their heart has fired blue and white since their installation six years ago in the capital of the Alps. “”On has come to the stadium for three years with the friends and we fell in love with the club and the city“, explains Joran. They are accompanied by Xhon Berberi, a master’s degree in communication and marketing. If the young Albanian does not know how he was”found in this galley“, He confides that football for him is his whole life.”I found my second house here in Grenoble. The club is like a family“He says.
This journey in two days promises more complicated passages, especially after Aix-les-Bains. In total, they will understand 800 meters of elevation gain for about fifteen hours of effort, with the strength of their legs. They will stop in Chambéry to rest.
As the challenge is approaching, excitation rises. “”It’s a funny challenge, you have to know how to have fun and we like all the day after football“, Assures Hugues. The trio is supported by the supporters of the Red Kaos which they will find, they hope, before 3 pm in front of the Annecy stadium.
