Two-time Dakar Rally winner Sam Sunderland is taking on another challenge next month – he’s going to try and break the world record for riding round the world on a bike.
Sunderland, who’s from Poole in Dorset, is taking a Triumph Tiger 1200 Rally Explorer on the trip, which will cover at least 18,000 miles, and is attempting to beat the record set in 2002 by Kevin and Julia Sanders. To do that, he’ll need to get round the planet, hitting two antipodal points, starting and finishing at the same place, on the same bike, in less than 19 days, eight hours, 25 minutes.
You won’t need to open the calculator app on your phone to work out that he’ll be doing more than 1000 miles a day for 19 days, plus intermediate travel over sea crossings. Good luck to Sam. You can follow his progress at www.redbull.com
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