In the early morning of a middle summer day of 2013 the ultra-athlete Nico Valsesia reached the summit of Mont Blanc (4810 metres). But Nico wasn’t an alpinist like the many others with him that morning. He conquered the highest summit of Europe after a no-stop riding almost 17h long, started the day before by bicycle from a beach in Genoa. The first Mont Blanc 24 hour record was beaten by Marino ...

In June 2011, the ultra-athlete Nico Valsesia rides for the 4th time the Race across America, crossing the United States by bike from the West to the East Coast in 9 days in what is considered the toughest endurance race in the world.