Cyclonudists gatherings take place every year in many cities, such as here in London.

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  • Cyclonudists gatherings are planned this Sunday in Rennes, Paris and Lyon.

  • Organized at the initiative of the French Naturism Federation, they aim to alert the authorities to the ecological and climatic emergency and the vulnerability of cyclists in town.

  • The prefectures could however ban these three events, in particular because of the health context.

Will we see a cohort of cyclists parading in the simplest device on Sunday afternoon in the streets of Rennes?

Nothing is less certain given the health situation which has seriously deteriorated in recent days in the Breton capital.

An authorization request for this cyclonudist gathering was in any case filed last week in the prefecture.

It comes from the French Federation of Naturism which has planned to organize three "Cyclonudistas" this Sunday in Paris, Lyon and Rennes.

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"We hope that the gathering will be able to take place despite the context," indicates Michèle Charles-Dominé, president of the Breton branch of the federation.

We have in any case planned to ride masked, while respecting the distances ”.

Last year, however, the demonstration was banned by the Paris police headquarters, the Penal Code equating public nudity with sexual exhibition.

"The World Naked Bike Ride is organized every year in more than 200 cities around the world, there is only France where these cyclonudists gatherings are a problem", denounces Jean-Yves Guernion, president of the association of naturist hikers from Brittany.

A rally to defend the environment

The purpose of the gathering is not to promote naturism.

The demonstration aims above all to sound the alarm bells on the climatic and ecological emergency and to alert on the vulnerability of cyclists in the city.

"We too often forget that behind naturism, there is the notion of environmental protection", underlines Jean-Yves Guernion.

“We don't spend our lives playing boules naked,” says Michèle Charles-Dominé.

Naturism is above all a world of life in harmony with nature ”.

If they get the green light from the prefecture, cyclonudists will enjoy a 16-kilometer loop in the streets of Rennes with a departure scheduled at 2 p.m. at Gayeulles park and a scheduled arrival at Maurepas park.

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