Warm and special thanks to you who make this trip possible :
- Elisabeth Rosa, for the pre-trip adventure through the Russian and French administrations to buy the bikes, get them registered, insured etc etc etc
- Mick from MPC for the Ural driving lessons which will spare us a lot of crashes and rollovers...
- Our employers, MGPA and ED&F Man, for their understanding and early support of the challenge, particularly
At MGPA : Hamish MacDonald, Seb d'Avanzo, Olivier Vellay, Christine Clarke, Digby Okell and Alex Jeffrey
At ED&F Man : Christian Bouet, Andres Galindo, Shay Caherly and Jean-Philipe Ake
- Jean-Christophe Carlier, for his precious hotline help for the website (www.micro-wired.com)
- Cyril Ducau and Niccolo Manno , adventure bikers (London-HK in 2008)
- David from F2 motorcycles for the mechanics lessons on Ural sidecars
- Metropolis, where we bought all the bikers outfits
- The Travel Bookshop in Notting Hill, for their advice on maps and guides.
- Chiara Bianco, early supporter!
- Pascale Razou, for all the medical kit and her precious advice
- Arthur Zacharias, adventure biker (Beijing-Paris in 2007)
- Charles Massuelle, our legal advisor
- Béatrice de Gaillard from BGA, our insurance advisor
- Thomas Sorrentino, for the Road of Empires name
- Our families
- All the generous donors for SOS Children and Alix Donation Fund
- Jacques and Marc von Polier, respectively CEO and Sports Director of the legendary soviet watch manufacturer Raketa
- Alain Gerbault, for the Moscow experience in Urals
- Vassili, the best Ural specialist in ex USSR
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