15,000 kilometers by bike to join the World Scout Jamboree 2023

 Joining the 25th World Scout Jamboree 2023 without taking a plane. This is the goal of the project La Cyclodyssée.

Florian Coupé (37 years old), Antonin Savoye (21 years old), and Pierre Lesourd (22 years old) will cycle the 15,000 kilometers between France and Republic of Korea to join the 25th World Scout Jamboree 2023. On their journey, they will meet Scouts to promote peace and international friendship.

The three Scout leaders will join the biggest Scout event in the world by bicycle. Yes, you read it right. On January 3, 2023, they started pedaling from Moisson (France) where a World Scout Jamboree took place in 1947 and started their adventure. In 8 months, they will ride through Europe, the Caucasus and Asia. They will take 3 boats to cross the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea and from China to Republic of Korea to reach Saemangeum, their final destination.

Every month, they will cycle for 20 days, covering 80 kilometers per day. The other 10 days (depending on the month), they will rest and meet local Scouts and share on their social media profiles the way they live Scouting and what they want to tell the world. And of course, if someone feels motivated to join them for 2-3 days or all the way until the end, they are more than welcome to join.

Throughout their journey, they will ride for Mathis, “a Scout from Laon who was with Antonin and Florian. He died of cancer. So it's really significant for us to highlight the Mathis&Co association during our trip", explains Pierre for France 3. He will be with them on board in the form of a mascot wearing a beret.

They will support the association Imagine for Margo – Children Without Cancer which fights against childhood cancer through a charity race every September. The funds raised will be donated to the Mathis&Co team for the race in September. The team has gathered more and more people around the memory of Mathis, in order to run for a meaningful cause.

In his honor and in support of his fight, they will go to the end of the earth.