French ultra-distance rider Sofiane Sehili has recognised that he “wasn’t so smart” after his attempt to cross the Chinese-Russian border as part of his EurAsia World Record bid ended with him spending nearly two months in prison.
Having left Lisbon on July 8 and when he was just hours away from reaching his final destination of Vladivostok on the Asian coastline, Sehili was arrested for crossing the frontier illegally.
The experienced ultra-distance rider, 44, had initially wanted to re-enter Russia from China via a frontier post that was only crossable by train or bus – a transport option that would have invalidated his record bid in its third and final month.
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