Gebrüder Weiss, a logistics industry leader, organized an international cycling competition named “Cycling around the World“. The event ended with a remarkable achievement as 650 cyclists from across the globe together covered a distance of 612,246 kilometers or 380,432 miles. This distance is equivalent to more than 15 trips around the world, which surpassed their original goal of cycling around the earth seven times. This was the second time the logistics company organized this sports competition between April and September after last year’s debut competition resulted in six circumnavigations of the globe.
Frank Haas, Head of Communications at Gebrüder Weiss, is thrilled by the positive response: “This year’s large number of participants from all over the world has clearly exceeded our expectations. We thank all entrants for their outstanding commitment,” Haas noted. For Gebrüder Weiss, this competition is not only a sports challenge, it also stands for sustainable mobility and active climate protection. The organization’s commitment to sustainability is further underlined by the company’s reforestation project in Nicaragua. For the kilometers covered in this year’s competition, Gebrüder Weiss has planted a total of 7,000 trees. “Many participants were additionally motivated by the idea of helping to increase the size of our corporate forest. Meanwhile, a cycling community has evolved, demonstrating that we can achieve a lot together,” adds Haas.
The participants in the competition used a cycling app to record the distances they covered. Janusz Mucha from Poland and Markus Knabl from Austria had an intense finish, both covering more than 17,000 kilometers or 10,563 miles and sharing first place. The competition was very exciting until the very end.
Gebrüder Weiss, in cooperation with Primaklima, a nonprofit organization that has been active for 30 years, has planted trees in their forest to reduce the burden on the atmosphere by some 154 tons of CO2 every year.
