{"id":2070,"date":"2022-09-23T20:25:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T20:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aliaslenz.net\/news\/?page_id=2070"},"modified":"2025-04-16T15:13:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T13:13:08","slug":"supporting-my-college-in-france","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aliaslenz.net\/news\/?page_id=2070","title":{"rendered":"Supporting my coll\u00e8ge in France"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Update<\/strong> (31\/12\/22): I completed the 5000 recorded km<\/a> today in the pouring rain!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Update<\/strong> (4\/11\/22): Since I started the campaign about a month ago I have reached my goal of raising \u20ac1000, but it doesn’t stop there. I still have to complete my 5000 km! Thank you to everyone who has contributed so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would like to raise some money to support my school in Faucogney-et-la-Mer, France. Every year they organise a \u2018tombola\u2019, cake sales etc., but I want this contribution to be a surprise. This year it\u2019s needed more than ever because budgets are tighter than ever. The money will go the \u2018Foyer socio-educatif (FSE) du Coll\u00e8ge Duplessis-Deville\u2019 which is the organisation that supports the school and especially the extra-curricular activities that make it such a special place.* The Coll\u00e8ge Duplessis-Deville now has 170 pupils, so it’s not the smallest secondary school in the d\u00e9partment of Haute-Sa\u00f4ne anymore, but it is still small. The existence of the school is vital to the local community and its success has been in forging links locally, and with wider networks, attracting pupils from nine different d\u00e9partments, even from abroad (me). The school has special sections for cycling (that\u2019s my section!), football and agriculture as well as several initiatives linking the school with the local community as part of the concept \u2018coll\u00e8ge ouvert\u2019. In turn, these activities forge links between pupils of different ages and backgrounds. The school is run by the exceptional director, Rudy Cara, and I would like to thank him, my \u2018camarades\u2019 and my teachers for their dedication and the warm welcome I received when I joined in April 2022. If you want know exactly how that came about, click here \u2026<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since I was four years old, I’ve dreamed of riding the Tour de France and of riding in a peloton my age. The Section cyclisme trains three times a week in school time together with our teachers and several volunteers. We’re out on quiet local roads that are often used in the Tour de France. Adults aren’t standing on the sidelines yelling at children \u2014 it could be a motto for the whole school: we ride together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s how you can help<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sponsor me for 10 cents a kilometre \u20ac500
Sponsor me for 1 cent a kilometre \u20ac50
Sponsor me any amount you like<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since January I have recorded about 4000 km of cycling. I expect to complete 5000 km in 2022 and I\u2019ll let you know when I\u2019ve achieved it! My goal for fundraising is \u20ac1000. Below are some highlights of my year on two wheels so far, in the UK, in France and in Austria. I\u2019m going to be be back in the UK for the winter for a spell of home-school and cyclocross. You can see the news at my blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*The FSE benefits all the pupils of the school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Highlights so far of my year on two wheels, 2022. Click an image to see the original blog post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New Year’s Day Cyclocross Madison at Herne Hill Velodrome. I partnered with Theo Wan and we won it!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Peckham BMX winter training road ride \u2014 with CK Flash.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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British Cycling training session at Lea Valley Velodrome on my birthday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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VC Londres Deux Jours de Cyclopark, day 1. My first win on the road in 2022.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Photo finish at Hillingdon Spring Series Round 3. I got 2 wins and the series overall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Downhill section at Redbridge in the LVYCC Spring Series Round 2. On the way up they call it ‘The Hoggenberg’. 3rd in the end.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Points Race at the VC Londres Youth Omnium at Herne Hill Velodrome. I finished on the podium with Chritopher Campos (left, 2nd) and Mujtaba Taimur (right, 1st) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Approaching the finish at the first of the Cyrstal Palace Crits. I’m not supposed to take my hands off the bars, but I had such a big margin. The riders you can see behind were already lapped. I had to wear the funny helmet cover for my age group.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Back at Cyclopark the evening we left for France: first place in Spring In The Park 2022, Round 1. We continued from Gravesend to Folkestone and stayed the night there before getting our crossing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Le Col du Mont de Fourche, just up the road from Faucogney. A regular route with the Section cyclisme.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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With Rudy Cara, director of the Coll\u00e8ge Duplessis-D\u00e9ville, Faucogney, at the summit of the Planche des Belles Filles.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Press photo with Christian Prudhomme, Marion Rousse, directors of the Tour de France and TDF Femmes, and the president of Haute-Sa\u00f4ne.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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First competition in France with ECLVS. 3rd place.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Randonn\u00e9e des Chanoinesses: 45km MTB rampage. Anthony survived it on his cyclocross bike, but there aren’t any photos of the really steep and rocky bits.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Section Cyclisme getting ready to depart from school on a two-day Tour of the Vosges.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Day-one summit: Le Markstein on the Grand Ballon, 1194m above sea level.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Though competition in the Montb\u00e9liard Troph\u00e9e R\u00e9gional des Jeunes Cyclistes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sunday ride to the Ballon d\u2019Alsace and home via the Plateau des Mille \u00c9tangs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tour de France stage 7 route reconnaissance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tour de France Femmes stage 8 route recon: back to the Planche des Belles Filles. The intermediate sprint took place at Faucogney.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Once more at the PDBF, this time for the Tour d’Alsace stage 3 finish.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wienerwald tour to Hocheck, 1026m above sea level.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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100-mile challenge route from Gablitz to Kittsee: nearly there.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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On the way up to Melchboden: summit at 2020m<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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