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French Cyclist Works His Way Up 768 Steps in Just 30 Minutes

French Cyclist Works His Way Up 768 Steps in Just 30 Minutes

News Desk: When the destination lies 33 floors ahead,going up the stairs can be quite a challenge. But imagine doing so on a bicycle, without ever letting your feet touch the floor. Last week,a French cyclist and mountain biker in Puteaux succeeded to acheive this seemingly impossible task .On their Twitter and YouTube accounts,Reuters posted a video of the of the impressive challenge. The challenge was executed at Trinity Tower, a newly opened skyscraper overlooking the beautiful views of the city.

In just 30 minutes,Aurelien Fontenoy ascended the 768 steps of Trinity Tower in Puteaux, France. He jumped the entire way on his bike and his feet never touched the ground. The video opens with him sailing down the building’s lobby on his bicycle. Then he does a bike-hop and lands onto the stairs. There are people cheering and clapping in the background. As he deftly tries to use the tyres of the bike instead of his feet camera follows him and do little bunny-hops on each of the steps. He is semi-standing on the bike during the whole time.

When comes to a landing,he rides the bike regularly and makes curves towards the next flight of stairs.

He finally puts his feet on the floor and lifts the bike up in the air over his shoulders,as he finally reaches the top.

In the video,his exhaustion and excitement is clearly evident. He then addresses the camera and talks about it in French.

 

“It was incredibly long. I thought it would never end when I was inside, the more I climbed floors, the more pain I felt, especially in the shoulders, under my feet, everywhere,” he said. In addition,he said that in addition to the physical strain, the challenge was quite mentally exhausting as well. He called the movements as “repetitive and robotic” which made him forget how far ahead he was or how much of the way was still left. but he added how happy he was to actually finish this task. the last metal staircase, which led to the roof, was very steep and slippery. He said there was no room for mistake but he still managed to do it.

This extraordinary challenge was carried out for a children’s charity who cares for those unable to finance their serious illnesses,said the publication but they did not reveal the name of the charity.

The cyclist with a very successful YouTube channel has been training since the age of eight. He has won three major titles in his childhood and teen years three times junior world champion, twice European junior champion and three times vice-senior world champion.