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Team Sky rider and Tour de France Winner Chris Froome crosses the English Channel by bicycle, using the Eurotunnel service tunnel and support by Jaguar Cars.

The service tunnel had previously been crossed by a group of cyclists[1] on the night of 2/3 December 1994[2] travelling from London to Paris in aid of Téléthon en France 1994.[3] In 1994 Henri Sannier had been accompanied by Jean-Michel Guidez[4], Patrick Chêne, Jean Mamère, Marc Toesca and others.[5]
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  1. ↑ Association Francaise contre la Myopathie, France 2 (3 December 2014). Défi cycliste passant par le tunnel sous la Manche (in fr) (Video: 45 seconds). Institut national de l'audiovisuel. Retrieved on 16 July 2014.
  2. ↑ Eurotunnel (February 1995). "Le Téléthon en Tunnel". Eurotunnel News (10): p.7. Retrieved on 7 July 2014. "Dans la nuit du 2 au 3 décembre dernier, un groupe vingt journalistes et de sportifs a participé au Téléthon 94 en traversant le tunnel de service à vélo. Après «Le Walk», ce raid cycliste a constitué une première qui, de l'avis de tous les participants, fut aussi insolite que passionnante, ainsi que le confirme le rédacteur en chef de France 3, Henri Sannier: «grâce à cous, ce Téléthon a été une fois de plus un succès. (…) Qui pouvait imaginer qu'un jour vingt fous traverseraient la Manche à vélo ?»"
  3. ↑ Widemann, Dominique (3 December 1994). "Téléthon: trente heures de générosité contre les maladies génétiques". L'Humanité. Retrieved on 16 July 2014. "Henri Sannier sera le fer de lance des trente heures de cyclisme dont le départ a été donné au pied de la tour de Londres avant de rejoindre Paris via le tunnel sous la Manche…"
  4. ↑ Carpentier, Serge (30 April 2014). "Lambersart: Jean-Michel Guidez met sa passion de la vidéo au service des courses cyclistes amateurs". La Voix du Nord. Retrieved on 16 July 2014. "Dans les années 90, il sera le complice d’Henri Sannier sur les grands raids du téléthon. Il fera Bordeaux-Paris, Berlin—Paris, Londres—Paris aux côtés d’Antoine de Caunes, Marc Toesca, Patrick Chêne ou encore Jean Mamère, entouré par des pros de l’équipe Castorama comme Thierry Marie."
  5. ↑ Walter, Jacques (1998) (in French) , Champs visuels, Editions L'Harmattan, p. 41 Retrieved on 16 July 2014. ISBN: 9782296361270. "parmi lesquelles les fameux «fils rouges» : l'épreuve cycliste Londres‒Paris, avec Henri Sannier, Patrick Chêne, Jean Mamère, Marc Toesca, etc."

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