Cyclists on Olympic journey from Paris to Beijing
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-03-17 11:45

Hou Lizhao, a 20-year-old college student from Sun Yat-sen University in South China's Guangdong Province, poses in front of the Eiffel Tower before setting off from Paris to Beijing, March 16, 2008. More than 100 cyclists left Paris on March 16, hoping to make it to Beijing on August 3 - five days before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. The participants, who are from France, China, Britain, the United States, Belgium and Canada, will cover 12,000 km and 12 countries across Eurasia. [Xinhua]

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