Last chance to ride for research and boost the kilometer count for the "Vivons Vélo" event

Over the past three weeks, many of you – including a handful of particularly devoted supporters – have taken part in "Vivons Vélo", a fundraising event to generate support for the Institut Pasteur's research by clocking up the kilometers on stationary bikes.

Some of you took on the clock in spectacular fashion, cycling huge distances of up to 400, 250 and 100 kilometers! Congratulations! Others preferred to pool their efforts with colleagues and take part in the team challenges. Some departments encouraged their staff to turn up en masse and show their support by making some noise to push the kilometer count up even further. Needless to say, there were some truly memorable moments!

Over this three-week period, you managed to cycle an impressive 1,773km, beating the initial target of 1,500km. This outstanding distance illustrates the real groundswell of support for this charity event.

Congratulations to all those who took part, and a big thank you for your support.

The 2017 campaign ends today, Friday July 21, but all you cycling fans are invited to come along one last time and pedal a few more kilometers.

Thank you to all those who took to the saddle in solidarity and showed that strength in numbers can advance research in a whole new way!

Selected moments:

 

 

The Quality, Environment and Sustainable Development Department team especially mobilized !