Bike to Lille: 2 IÉSEG students aim to travel from Bangkok to Lille…with their bicycles!
02/23/2018
Thomas FRÈRE and Christopher DURIEZ
Before the end of their studies and the start of their professional lives, Thomas FRÈRE and Christopher DURIEZ, IÉSEG students in the Grande Ecole Master in Management program, have decided to launch an ambitious project called “Bike to Lille”. Their challenge is to journey 10,000 kilometers from Bangkok to Lille in six months by bicycle (from January to June 2018), while going across 15 countries in Asia, in the Middle East and in Europe.
This project will provide these two students with an atypical international experience outside of their “comfort zones”. During their trip, they will post images of their adventure on social networks taken via a camera and a drone. They also plan on publishing photos and videos that will illustrate their most beautiful and most difficult moments.
According to Thomas and Christopher, cycling is the “best way to go long distances, while enjoying our surroundings. It is also a way to travel without making noise, leaving footprints or smoke, and to facilitate interaction with other travelers on the road.”
To make this project happen, Thomas and Christopher were able to find 10 sponsors (Codifis, Matlex Eneergies, etc.) and 80 contributors.
You can follow their adventures on Facebook and on Instagram.