India's toughest ultra cyclist Kabir Rachure: Not Afraid To Die

Kabir Rachure is a lawyer from Mumbai, but his passion is cycling. Rachure is the pioneer of ultracycling in India. His aim is to bring India on the global map of ultracycling by constantly raising the bar for himself. Rachure wants to compete with the world's most successful long-distance cyclists. He took on a mind-numbing 5200km race in the USA and even finished on the podium. The RAAM (Race Across America) is regarded as the grand-father of the Tour de France. But cycling comes with a risk: Every year, around 13,000 cyclists die on the roads in India.

Report & Editing: Janek Speight & Shail Desai

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