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This 44 -year -old endurance cyclist has been in detention since early September in the country. He is accused of having illegally crossed the Russian border, while trying to break the world record for the Eurasian bicycle.

In pre -trial detention since early September in Russia, the French cyclist Sofiane Sehili did “appel” of his arrest. His lawyer Alla Kouchmir said to AFP on Monday September 22, that this procedure had been done with the Primorié Regional Court, located in the city of Vladivostok. “I spoke with the investigators, in general the investigation is already over, it is unlikely that new details will appear”she added.

This 44 -year -old endurance cyclist, who was trying to beat a world record for the Eurasian bicycle crossing, is accused of illegally crossed the Russian border. The district court of Oussouriïsk, in the Russian region of Primorié, decided to impose “A preventive measure in the form of pre -trial detention” Until October 4, said its press service in Ria Novosti, without specifying the reason for its arrest.

Sofiane Sehili had left Lisbon in early July, and intended to cross 17 countries to arrive at Vladivostok in early September in the Russian Far East. The cyclist, with an electronic Russian visa, had first tried to enter the country via a border post reserved for the Russians and the Chinese, had explained to AFP a public commission for the control of prisons, Vladimir Naidine. “He went to another crossing point, but there it is not possible to cross the border by bike, you have to take a train or a bus”he explained. However, using these modes of transport would have invalidated its record, after more than 60 days and thousands of kilometers of effort.