Revealed: Cyclists cycle for six days to create a ‘1025 km long’ dinosaur and claim the Guinness World Record for the largest GPS drawing by a cycling team
The Guinness World Record for the largest GPS drawing by a cycling team has been awarded to a group of riders who drew a Velociraptor that is 1,025 km long.
The dinosaur was ‘drawn’ by French cyclists Florence ArnaudMaxime Brugere, Frank Delorme, Nicholas Meunier and Jean Roule, with the creature taking 43 hours and 47 minutes to complete.
The team started and finished in Meillard in the Allier region of central France and crossed several other provinces – Cher, Saone-et-Loire, Indre, Nievre, Creuse and Puy-de-Dome – over six days of riding.
While the outing took place in November 2022 – after a year of planning – the record went unexplained Guinness World Records until March this year.
The team previously drew a T-Rex, in 2020, then a diplodocus in 2021, then found there was a recorded Guinness World Record for the longest GPS drawing by a cycling team that looked “beatable.” a love heart of 761 km (472 miles). drawn in Egypt in 2018 by riders of the Egyptian branch of the Philips company.
The Guinness World Record for the largest GPS drawing by a cycling team has been awarded to a group of French riders who drew a Velociraptor (above) that is 1,025 km long
The dinosaur team, which belongs to the ‘Cyclos randonneurs Saint-Galmier’ cycling group, said: ‘Florent then signed a Velociraptor that was larger than the previous record and we sent the file to Guinness for pre-approval!’
A velociraptor was chosen partly because it’s a pun on the French word for bicycle (velo), and also because dinosaurs are proof that even the toughest species aren’t immune to extinction.
The team, made up of triathletes on road bikes, revealed they had several goals for the adventure, including spreading a message about environmental friendliness.
They explained that they wanted to “pursue a childhood dream of having our names on a world record – especially the Guinness Book we used to read – to share a great journey with friends doing what we love,” and to “transport to promote cycling’.
The dinosaur was ‘drawn’ by French cyclists Florent Arnaud, Maxime Brugère, Franck Delorme, Nicolas Meunier and Jean Roule, taking the creature 43 hours and 47 minutes. The photo above was taken during the epic outing
The dinosaur team (above) posted their drawing to fitness app Strava, with the activity receiving 3,917 likes and 217 comments so far
They continued, “Most of us are daily bike commuters, environmentally conscious, rarely using a car. We also use our bicycles to travel. Among the very complex problems we face with global warming and other environmental crises, cycling instead of driving has only advantages. It’s good for physical and mental health, it’s cheap and it avoids most roadworks and traffic jams.’
The activity was posted on fitness app Strava and has received 3,917 likes and 217 comments so far.
The team added: “Strava is a great social media for active people and it has also been a really good platform to promote our record, inspire people and – more importantly – talk, even a little bit, about sustainable mobility , promoting bicycles.. as a way to replace cars.
“We were very happy to see thousands and thousands of enthusiastic people who liked and commented on this adventure!”
