FRANCE: FRENCHMAN HUGHES RICHARD BREAKS TIME RECORD FOR ASCENDING FIRST 2 LEVELS OF EIFFEL TOWER ON A MOUNTAIN BIKE

Record ID: 646145

  • Title: FRANCE: FRENCHMAN HUGHES RICHARD BREAKS TIME RECORD FOR ASCENDING FIRST 2 LEVELS OF EIFFEL TOWER ON A MOUNTAIN BIKE
  • Date: 30th April 1998
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (APRIL 30, 1998) (RTV) 1. WIDE SHOT OF THE EIFFEL TOWER 2. HUGHES RICHARD ON HIS MOUNTAIN BIKE BEFORE DEPARTURE 3. RICHARD LOOKING AT THE STEPS 4. RICHARD'S DEPARTURE 5. VARIOUS OF RICHARD CLIMBING 6. RICHARD RESTING WITHOUT TOUCHING THE GROUND AND SUPERVISED BY COACH 7. PEOPLE ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE EIFFEL TOWER WAITING FOR RICHARD'S ARRIVAL 8. RICHARD ARRIVING AND GREETED BY SUPPORTERS 9. RICHARD OPENING BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE AND CELEBRATING VICTORY 10. RICHARD SAYING "I WAS A LITTLE WORRIED DURING THE ASCENT BECAUSE OF THE CROWD SURROUNDING ME AND IT WAS ANNOYING. THE TYRES WERE A LITTLE BIT UNDER PRESSURE BUT FINALLY I MADE IT WITHOUT TOUCHING THE GROUND " (FRENCH) 11. CUTAWAY 12. RICHARD SAYING: "THIS EXPLOIT WAS ALREADY ACHIEVED IN THE 1980'S BY CHRISTOPHE RIONDET. I SAID I WOULD BEAT HIM AND I DID IT." (FRENCH) 13. WIDE SHOT OF RICHARD SURROUNDED BY SUPPORTERS Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 15th May 1998 13:00
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  • Location: PARIS, FRANCE
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  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: LVACCI3DQOBL9IVNYMNRGUFLNT9X
  • Story Text: Frenchman Hughes Richard has broken the time record for ascending the first two levels of the Eiffel Tower on a mountain bike on Thursday (April 30).

    Hughes Richard broke the record for ascending the first two levels of the Eiffel Tower on a mountain bike on Thursday (April 30).

    Richard broke the record on the steps of the Eiffel Tower in a time of 36 minutes and 26 seconds.

    Emmanuel Savatier and Christophe Riondet set the previous record in 1987 in 47 minutes.

    Richard, who used a 9-kilogramme prototype bike specially made for this type of feat, had to climb 700 steps with a vertical drop of 115.80 metres without touching the ground.

    "This exploit was already achieved in the 1980's by Christophe Riondet, I said I would beat him and I did it" said Richard.


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