105-year-old grandfather of France broke the world record for cycling

The French grandfather Robert Marchand 105 years old set a new world record when he completed a 22,528km road by bike on a road near Paris on January 4.

French grandfather Robert Marchand.(Source: AP).

Small in size, wearing a yellow-green shirt with the number 105 behind him, Marchand received the cheering of the French people and warm greetings from hundreds of fans during his journey. vehicles around Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.

After the world record journey, Marchand still smiled brightly, even emphasizing in the press interview that he should have done better than that. Mr. Marchand also said that in order to complete that record, he spent six months practicing hard.

Born in 1911 in northern France, Mr. Marchand began to practice cycling at the age of 14, but only really took the road bike at age 67. In 2012, when he was 100 years old, he also set a record at this age with a 100km bike ride in 4 hours 17 minutes and 27 seconds.