Sick Road Mountain Race: the story of the 2022 SRMR
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- Опубликовано: 13 ноя 2022
- After winning the 2021 edition, I decided to race the Silk Road Mountain race again to defend my title. I went all the way to Kyrgyzstan to tackle this 1800km long epic adventure on some of the most beautiful roads I have ever seen. And I was elated to have a chance to explore this amazing country once more.
Little did I know I would get sick before the start, making this already challenging endeavor, the hardest ride of my life.
Editing: Fanny Bensussan
Footage: Sofiane Sehili
Additional footage: Evgeni Chystiakov
- Odyssey - jiglr (No Copyright Music) / • Odyssey - jiglr (No Co...
- Rock - KV (No Copyright Music) / • Rock - KV (No Copyrigh...
- Altai throat singing / • Алтайское горловое пение
With consideration to the following brands for their support:
@komoot @vitusbikes7169 @dhbsport @ReneHerseCycles @hunt.wheels @kaskhelmets @NorthwaveCycling @RideShimano 
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Great job from morocco ❤
It’s just so big, everywhere you look. I don’t think my brain could take it all in. You must feel so small, so exposed. Chapeau, for winning, for taking part sick, for being there, for being bothered to film at all. All the best
That scale is what makes it so amazing. The fact that it is both so big and so empty is just mindblowing!
Still the best thumb nail! Hotel room clean robe and your bike!
FANTASTIC MOVIE !!! Chapeau mr. Sofiane !!!
Chapeau ,great video thanks for posting.
This is some inspirational content... holyyy 🔥
Congratulations 🍾🎊🎉🎈 Epic ride! Inspiring! I see your videos and then I grab my bike, find the hardest route around my town with at least 2,000m elevation gain or more climbing and torture myself for 10 to 12 hours rides, my friends don’t want to come and I fucking love it!
Awesome man!! I'm happy the vids inspire you to push further!!
Epic. Such an inspiration, congratz and thank you for sharing!
Anytime, bud!
Elvis is out there. Keep looking and have your phone ready. Congrats on another great ride Soffiane.
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Man if I find Elvis you can't expect a hell of a duet!!
Bravo Sofiane et merci beaucoup pour ces images sublimes.
Avec plaisir 😊
Awesome Video. Thanks for the inspiration
You are more than welcome :)
😊 Awesome job man. And love the twist on the title. Lol . As always thank you so much for sharing . Truly appreciate your charisma and genuine personality. Enjoy your winter and looking forward to more great stuff from you. 🍺
I didn't do much. Just turned on the camera a few times during the race. My gf is the one that deserves most of the credit for these vids :)
Congratulations Sofiane! A very good video, it reflects the beauty and hardness of the route, thanks for sharing it. Another victory for you, you are great!!!💪
Thanks man, I appreciate it 🙏
Thank you Sofiane, inspiration always. I hope to see you at a start line one day
Come to Kyrgyzstan. Something tells me my love the story with the SRMR is not going to end soon
Wouhaa quelle aventure encore, belle vidéo. Merci de nous faire vivre un peu tes épopées. Bravo pour ton mental et ta victoire
Avec plaisir! Merci de me suivre
Cheers man, congratulations! I'm just getting into bikepacking and soaking in your expert insights is awesome. Please take care though, such physical effort during sickness may not exactly be ideal for the heart in the long run. Again, congrats!
Don't do this at home 😅
You are one of a kind Sofiane ! Watched the whole film, great way to share your adventure 👍🏼👍🏼
Keep rolling 😎
Greetings
Jeroen
Thanks Jeroen! I'm still hoping I can spend a weekend in your hotel some day 😁
Merci pour ce reportage in vivo Sofiane ! ça fait toujours plaisir de te suivre. Et je suis bluffé que t'arrives à documenter ta course en jouant les premières places et en devant gérer la convalescence... Si je ne t'avais pas vu en chair (il n'y en a pas bcp, faut bien l'admettre) et en os lors de la French Divide 2020, je penserais de plus en plus suivre les exploits d'un extraterrestre ! Profite-bien de tes vacances en Thaïlande !
La prochaine fois, je prendrai deux batteries pour la GoPro et je filmerai la course jusqu'à la fin 😂
What a mind monster! Congratulations 👏🏼🎉
🙏🙏🙏
I know you're riding an MTB here, but you're the one who inspired me to go into gravel and bikepacking. I love Kyrgyzstan, been there many times, and to hear Bai-Terek as the intro music is just the cherry on top!
Ah yeah man, this song just gets you in that Kyrgyz mood 👌
Incroyable, merci pour le partage 🤩
Avec plaisir 😊
Bravo!!!
Absolutely mind blowing and phenomenal! That's a beast of a race. You not only completed it whilst sick, but you won it too! Incredible Sofiane :-)
Thanks. Still not sure how I was able to do this 😅
@@sofianeshl You have super powers well beyond us mere mortals 😎💪
An excellent adventure congratulations
"but it's all good, there's the bridge!" 😂
Brilliant vid, bro. Luck forward to the next! 🙌
Always a pleasure to dip my feet in freezing cold water
@@sofianeshl I just appreciate your dry sense of humour! 😉
🏞🚴♀ The landscapes, the energy, the story - everything about this video is perfect. It's an honor to include it in our collection. Keep inspiring! 🌈
Thanks 🙏
Love your videos
Quelle belle vidéo
Un réel plaisir, tout est réuni dans cette course: les moments de doutes, les moments d'espoir et la délivrance. les sections hike a bike sont justes horribles à regarder tellement elles paraissent infranchissables... Mille bravos et CHAPEAU 💯👍🏽🎩
Y a un long hike bike le dernier jour aussi... Magnifique. Mais malheureusement je n'avais plus de batterie sur la GoPro 😢
@@sofianeshl dommage pour nous, toi tu as tous ces paysages gravés a vie dans ta mémoire...😏
Awesome...!!
You're legend..and should make more video from ur ultra racing. Cant wait to see more..
Regards from Jakarta, Indonesia
The channel is relatively new but the plan is to make more and more of these vids
Congrats
Quelle incroyable aventure...et quelle détermination!! vous avez poussé jusqu’au bout, bravo.
Je tombe par hasard sur votre vidéo, je compte parcourir le sud du Maroc cet été inschallah.
Merci Sofiane.
Et bien le hasard a bien fait les choses 😊
Bravo énorme force à toi 👍👍👍👍😃😃😃
Tupac and Elvis 🧀 on a downhill!!! Epic video! You’re a good man and machine! Appreciate the fierce humility of this sport! You definitely help inspire my endurance rides! Thank you for sharing this!!
I might sing an Elvis song next time
I was going to say… that would be quite the trio of singing!
sick man. cant wait for more content.
We have a couple more videos ready for upload. Stay tuned!
excellente video
good job!
Des paysages magiques ! Encore bravo pour cette perf' So' ! Respect !!
Merci Patrick. Faudra que tu viennes te la farcir un jour :D
J’en rêve 💭
Bravo ! Merci bcp pour le partage !
Mais de rien 😊
Thats freaking stunning Awesome Ride. And send greetings to fennybens for the good Edit ✌
Damn straight! She did an awesome job
@@sofianeshl Both ✌🧚♀️🧚♂️
Epic
🔥🔥🔥
Félicitations, c'est très impressionnant
🙏🙏🙏
Incredible achievement considering the illness before the race!
Mind over body 💪
Super aventure :)
Félicitations Sofiane ! Quelle belle carrière, quelle belle condition humaine la vôtre. Je suis content que vous ayez partagé la route avec Rodney Soncco, c'est mon compatriote, un gros câlin d'un Péruvien de votre beau pays, la France.
J'adore le Pérou ! J'ai fait des rides incroyables là-bas 😍
Merci Sofiane de nous avoir fait vivre cette épopée d’autant plus agréable que je suis condamné à ne plus rouler en ce moment le temps que ma clavicule se répare. Sinon, le mal de gorge te va très bien : il te donne la voix de Barry White 😊
Nb : je veux le même chapeau 😉
Bah écoute Stephane, j'en ai deux. Mais je suis pas sûr de vouloir t'en donner un 😅
Iron man! respect!
Bon bah, bravo, tout simplement.
Quant à nous on retourne faire les marioles avec nos boucles de 200 bornes a côté de la maison en râlant qu'on a le nez qui coule :)
Merci de nous faire rêver. Bon courage pour la suite
T'inquiète pas, je râle aussi! J'attends juste que la caméra soit éteinte, haha!
Epic dude, well done. 👏👏👏
I fell for the media hype and bought a gravel bike. Yet anywhere off pavement, I fill happiest on my full-sus xc 29er.
Those Rene Herse tyres are slightly out my price range. Can you recommend any cheaper 'gravel tyre' alternatives that would fit a 29er?
Keep on riding dude 👍
I know the René Herse are expensive but honestly they're in a league of their own. I haven't ridden anything else in the last 4 years, so honestly I don't know what's out there.
Hello Man je découvre ta chaîne bravo courage j'aime beaucoup ta chaîne entre voyageur à vélo on se comprend je me suis abonné hate de voir la suite amitié du nomade à vélo prennez soins de vous
Beginning of the video : "I don't know if I'm gonna be able to make it to the start"
We already know how that ended :)
From not knowing if I could make it to the start to being the first to make it to the finish. Wild journey!!
Sur la fin, le sol jaune vif avec les montagnes noires et les nuages grisonnants c'est magnifique.
C'est clair. Tous les jours je mesurais ma chance d'être dans ces endroits incroyables. Mon privilège même.
Love this video! Super inspiring as I am getting more into multiday bike racing. I'm wondering what kind of satellite tracker you used?
We all raced with garmin inreach mini
Nice. Hope to dotwatch you ride again this race in 2023. Amazing performance.
What is your races schedule for 2023? Will you race the TD again after your 2022 win or are you done with it? After all the wins you already have what race are you looking forward to win?
Are you interested in racing the bikingman events for example? In 2023,Will you concentrate on offroad races or will you try to expend to road races like trancontinental or transamerica.
Now that you are a sponsored athlete,does your sponsors force you to ride some races even if you do not want to? Can you tell us about the down side of being a sponsored athlete ? I remember you did not wear a helmet few years ago while racing TD.did you have to wear one because of too much pressure from public and sponsors?
Stay safe
I'm going to race SRMR again and HT 550. I'm done with TD. I've accomplished everything I wanted in this sport. I have no interest in racing bikingman. I will keep racing off road.
Sponsors don't have a say in the races I choose to take part in. The downside of being a sponsored athlete is that I have to be nice with everyone. I wear a helmet because I have a helmet sponsor.
Awesome video man. What's your shoe choice for this event?
I went with Northwave x-trail plus
Bravo, pas de tout repos cette course.
Non, mais tellement belle 😍
Needs some Rolling Stones playing
Interesting bike packing format. Hotels and hostels to stay in. Doesn't that take away from sustainability (unassisted)
I honestly have no idea
Where do you work?
35 degrees???
I'm out....
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😅
Blessed are the cheesemakers
May they keep filling our mouths with delicious cheese
Excellent film Sofiane, merci ! Mais jamais tu parles français ? ;-)
Non malheureusement
Man, youtube @&{%! up the quality of this beautiful(ly painful) landscape.
Sorry to hear that
Still tired from Tour Divide?
For sure
SALT WITH WATER FOR YOUR COUGH DON'T DRINK IT JUST IN MOUTH THAT'S WHAT I DO BEFORE 👍
THANKS FOR THE TIP
@@sofianeshl salt to avoid side effect 😣
@@DaveMatt-sm2xd Side effect of water?
It's to bad you ruined a good vid with the f word??????
Which F word? Fish or flute?