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Matt Carnal will race over 5,700 miles across Russia in July. PHOTO BY DAVIS BONNER COLLEGIAN
CSU student selected to bike race across Russia By Haley Candelario @H_Candelario98
Matthew Carnal, a Colorado State University graduate student in the health and exercise science department, has been invited to compete in the third annual Red Bull Trans-Siberian Extreme bike race set to start in mid-July. The Red Bull Trans-Siberian Extreme is the longest bicycle race in the world, as a number of international cyclists race over 5,700 miles. The cyclists will compete in 14 stages
over 24 days. Carnal said he had mixed emotions after finding out he had been invited to participate. “I was excited, yet I was a little afraid,” Carnal said. “I mean, 5,700 miles in 24 days with one rest day ... It was kind of mixed emotions. Not to mention the daunting task of trying to raise the funds to go.” Carnal must raise $20,000 to pay his entry fee, of which $10,000 must be paid by Jan. 31. He has currently raised $3,030 according to his GoFundMe fundraiser page. Additional
money Carnal raises will go towards purchasing bicycles for kids, according to CSU Source. Carnal was invited after submitting an application to the race director of the Red Bull Trans-Siberian Extreme. Carnal said he told the race director his athletic curriculum vitae was not impressive because he had not competed in many races, but he thought he could compete for the Red Bull Trans-Siberian Extreme since he had biked across the United States. He hopes to be first American to complete. “I’ve ridden across the
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country twice, and the second time I did it in kind of a hurry on a fixed gear,” Carnal said. “It’s 1,200 miles short of what this event’s going to be, so I threw all that together on my CV and turned it in.”
On Dec. 10, Carnal received an email that he was on the start list. Carnal, who turned to cycling to help him through depression, said the opportunity to see RUSSIA on page 6 >>