Challenge to cycle from Paris to Doha
Two supporters of the France team have challenged themselves to join Qatar by bike to encourage the Blues at the 2022 World Cup.
Mehdi Balamissa and Gabriel Martin, 26, launched their improbable journey from the Stade de France in Saint-Denis.
"Come on Blues! We're going to Qatar!!", they exclaimed enthusiastically as they got on their bikes to set off on the forecourt of the enclosure.
I Reached Istanbul in a month, before crossing Turkey from west to east, Iran from north to south, boarding a ferry for the United Arab Emirates, until arriving, mid-November, in Doha , a few days before France-Australia, the first match of the Blues in Qatar on November 22.
"The idea came to us last year," Mehdi Balamissa said.
“We followed the Blues in the League of Nations in Italy by bike, and we thought it would be great to see things bigger.
Since I am self-employed, Gabriel is intermittent, so we were able to free up three or four months to make this crazy idea a reality," he says.
The two friends, members of the club of supporters of the Blues and accustomed in recent years to the matches of the world champions outside, are supported by the French Football Federation (FFF) in their adventure.
The two supporters also intend to promote a more sustainable alternative to this type of travel, without however hiding their faces on the scope of their message, in the context of a decried World Cup in terms of carbon footprint.
