Perth to Sydney record challenged

NSW Southern Highlands Cycling Club President Richard Vollebregt will leave Perth, Australia, at 7:00am on October 13 with his support team in an attempt to break the 4000km trans-Australia world record of 9 days, 23 hours and 25 minutes set by Japanese cyclist Tomio Uranyu in 1992.

39 year-old Vollebregt of Moss Vale must arrive at the Sydney GPO by 6.00pm on October 22 for the record to be registered as a Guinness world record. Justice’s of the peace along the route will have the responsibility of verifying Vollebregts’ progress.

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