Christian Meier: From Tour de France grinder to ultra-running winner - BBC Sport

Christian Meier rode as a domestique in all three Grand Tours - but locked down and retired, he found a new sporting obsession.

2 days agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingBy Tom ReynoldsBBC Sport in GironaImage source, Mike McMonagleImage caption, Meier en route to victory in the prestigious TDS race in France in August

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It is early spring 2021 in Girona, Spain in the middle of yet another Covid-19 lockdown.

Exercise is permitted, but only in the local municipality.

A recent retiree is, like millions of people all over the globe, taking his first steps into running in a bid to break the boredom.

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