For a young runner who loves cycling, there is nothing better than achieving a goal that is impossible for most, becoming a professional and making a place in the world. detachment of figures your pedal. But often our dreams fade away when we wander among the stars that do not wrinkle, change their rhythm at the slightest inclination, climb over mountain passes over and over again, as if pushed by a rope. And there’s no way to track them. The finish line is reached when the decibels of the music on the podium drop and the audience begins to leave.
Omer di FeliceThe 42-year-old Roman was one of the runners who tried to imitate the figures of his time. Alberto counter, Alejandro Valverdeo Vincenzo Nibali. However, he could not achieve this and only signed up for the most modest Italian teams such as Amore&Vita and Nippo Endeka, and managed to participate as a representative in races such as the Tour, without the opportunity to show his talent. Algeriamother’s nationality, Salzburg World Cup year 2006.
Instead of hanging up his bike, he wanted to change his face and seek a new direction in professional cycling to become an ultra-distance runner. What was impossible for others became reality for them sing Felice; crossing incredibly hot deserts or pedaling through wastelands where ice and snow replace stone and sand.
This week the most complex goal started; He’s not going any further, he’s not making games, guys, the point is to conquer the world. South pole After overcoming difficult challenges, such as crossing the Arctic Circle, Trans-America or Trans-Mongolia, he always clasps his bike’s handlebars with a goal of solidarity or protest, which if it concerns him now is to raise awareness with his success in this regard. the climate change and that your sporting efforts become a turning point in the fight to continue to keep the planet in tip-top shape.
Omer He is already in the first stages of an adventure that will force him to pedal in extreme conditions, where temperatures exceed 40 degrees below zero, to cross part of the frozen continent and reach the South Pole after a few days of acclimatization on the glacier. . Unity, base camp antarctica and after flying to the starting point of their struggle on the shores of the Bay of Hercules.
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Now the first one is expected 1,100 kilometers He is trying to reach the South Pole, at an altitude of 2,835 meters, with only air noise and the contact of his bike’s tires with the ground and an altitude difference of more than 2,500 meters. From there it will continue towards the Transantarctic Mountains and Leverett Glacierand finally, it will try to return to the South Pole after a total distance of approximately 1,600 kilometers.
Antarctica Unlimited It is the name of the project that will be the longest single bicycle ride in Antarctica. Omer, He will also run the project self sufficiency and without any support tools. According to the master cyclist,
The decision to embark on this adventure in Antarctica stems from the fact that it is a place particularly affected by global warming and is a project carried out with the aim of “raising awareness about the issues surrounding the effects of climate change”.
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