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Florian Berg (Instagram screenshot)

Around the world bikepacker killed by suspected lightning strike in Andes

Florian Berg was more than a year into his adventure aiming to highlight "the existential danger of climate change"

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Lael Wilcox completes Around the World record ride (Rue Kaladyte)

Lael Wilcox smashes women’s Around the World cycling record – But what does ‘circumnavigating the globe by bike’ actually entail?

American ultra-endurance rider Wilcox covered 18,125 miles, across 22 countries and four continents, in 108 days and 12 hours to break Jenny Graham’s record. But why did her around the world route miss out so much of the world?

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Around the world cyclist bike stolen (Instagram/Geordie Stewart)

Cyclist endures epic 22,500-mile journey around the world in 430 days… has bike stolen outside London pub

"I went for a drink with a couple of friends who I was in the army with, just catching up... I came out and the bike was not there"

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Tandem world record attempt (Laura Massey-Pugh/Instagram)

British couple target fastest tandem cycle around the world

Hoping to complete a century a day to cover 18,000 miles in 180 days, Laura and Stevie Massey-Pugh are currently crossing Canada on their journey back east to Berlin

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Cat Dixon and Raz Marsden (via YouTube)

British women looking to set tandem round-the-world record

Cat Dixon and Raz Marsden will need to complete their trip in fewer than 283 days

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David Haywood

Medical student uses gap year to ride round the world

David Haywood is among the youngest to have completed the journey westward, into prevailing winds

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Ed Pratt and Mark Beaumont (via Twitter).jpg

Mark Beaumont bumps into round-the-world unicyclist midway through his own trip

Ed Pratt’s trip will take him just a little bit longer…

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Scicon Aerotech Evolution bike hard case – closed

Baggage handlers lose bikes (and everything else) of Kent couple who cycled 40,000km around the world

Social media campaign has since helped reunite cyclists with their belongings

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Tom Davies RTW Condor Fratello bike in Australia

19-year-old cyclist spends gap year aiming to be youngest person to ride around the world

Tom Davies from London currently two thirds of the way through 18,000-mile journey

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First transEuropean unsupported bike race launched

Competitors will ride more than 2,000 miles unassisted from London to Istanbul

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