Dorian Malvesin rides his exercise bike every day. - DM

  • A young Bordeaux resident decided to take a tour of Aquitaine on an exercise bike to continue playing sports during confinement.
  • Anyone can take part in its test which includes 25 stages of around thirty kilometers.
  • No competition, the goal is to sometimes get together to share a good time.

This Tuesday afternoon at 4 p.m., it's time for Dorian Malvesin to put on his shorts and his jersey. His best friend for two weeks is waiting for him: his bike! And confinement requires, we are talking here about an exercise bike. "The crazy thing is that I never used it before," laughs the young Bordeaux boy, "but I had to find a way to motivate myself every day to do sports, so I thought about this tour of Aquitaine (old version). "

At first, he begins with a short (virtual) journey between his house in Cestas and Arcachon. About fifty kilometers. History to see how it goes and before building a whole course of 25 stages. "The objective is to do a little bit every day between 25 and 35 kilometers", explains the one who is about to start his 14th stage between Oloron-Sainte-Marie and Mourenx in the Pyrenees -Atlantic (29 km).

Everyone can participate

And to make it as fun as possible, Dorian shared his adventure on social media from the first day so that those who wanted to join him… remotely:

"We're a good bunch of friends doing this. We are trying to make an appointment to do our stage. For the record, I even have one who rides the rowing machine (laughs). But there are also people I don't know. "

He also insists that it is very free, people “can only go eight, ten kilometers and it is when they want. The main thing is to do a little everyday to get moving. This week, for example, a man wrote to him from Isère to tell him about his virtual tour of Aquitaine by bicycle.

🚴🏻‍♂️ [14/25] #Oloron -> @Mairie_Mourenx
Program for the 14th stage (Tue, March 31) #TourDAquitaineEnVeloDAppartement @ Xxdarkblade33xX pic.twitter.com/olCojtby5T

- Dorian Malvesin (@MalvesinDorian) March 31, 2020

No question of competition either, even if Dorian "has a friend who sometimes increases the difficulty as if he were in the mountains (smiles)". The goal is to share a moment and to “take as much pleasure as possible even locked up in your house or apartment. The great outdoors is not yet for now.

Good start for me for the Aquitaine tour against @MalvesinDorian ... 😁 pic.twitter.com/WULN8rZYgd

- Sébastien⭐⭐ (@ Xxdarkblade33xX) March 19, 2020

Arrival scheduled for April 11 in Bordeaux

By the end of confinement, all participants will have time to finish their little walk since there are only 11 steps to go in the coming days. After the Gironde, the Landes, the Basque Country, the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Dorian will take everyone to Lot-et-Garonne and the Dordogne before reaching Bordeaux.

It will then be time to "find a new idea" for the 25-year-old Girondin. But he warns: "I don't think we will embark on a Tour de France, I risk losing someone on the way (laughs)" ...

🚴🏻‍♂️ 3rd stage of our Tour of Aquitaine, we enter the #Landes @EspritBassin -> #Biscarrosse 👏🏼 Come and join us @ Xxdarkblade33xX #TourDAquitaineAVelodeSalon pic.twitter.com/7MKDnWIKZa

- Dorian Malvesin (@MalvesinDorian) March 20, 2020

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