Benoît Dupire is a miracle. In 2018, he was the victim of a serious road accident. He is hit, on his bike, by a car. Assessment: 13 fractures, head trauma and pneumothorax. Three months after being placed in intensive care, he was back on his home trainer, with this goal in mind: to beat the hour record in his age category.
France Bleu Nord went to meet him a few hours before this attempt. Last Tuesday, Benoît Dupire trained at Stab de Roubaix. On the program, in particular, rehearsals of standing starts.
Benoît Dupire in a few figures
- In 1979, he participated in the first of his 9 enduros in Le Touquet
- In 2003, the first Paris marathon
- Benoît Dupire is multi-terrain: athletics, motocross, duathlon, road cycling, marathon, trail and track cycling
- His bike cost him 11,500 euros: “the price of high technology in this area, necessary for this level of competition”
- He will be 70 on September 10.