FiO (Four in One*) 16 - 25 June 2022
927 km in 10 days...but I got ill so I could only skate the first 5 days (424 km).
*Parts of Four different tours in One.
![FiO (Four in One) 2022, route map, inline skating.](imgfio22/fio22_00_map.jpg)
![FiO (Four in One) 2022, inline skating](imgfio22/fio22_02_1182.jpg)
Those who skated the first part of the tour from Neuenburg am Rhein to Seyssel/Roll'Athlon:
Ulf Haase, Jürgen Lutz, Christian Horstmann, Stanislav Pokorny, Ralf Dopf, Michael Seitz, Anita Zimmermann and Bernd Gutöhrlein.
![FiO (Four in One) 2022, inline skating](imgfio22/fio22_02_1206.jpg)
Thanks to Bernd Gutöhrlein for organizing the tour (and to Stanislav Pokorny and Michael Seitz who helped him).
![FiO (Four in One) 2022, inline skating](imgfio22/fio22_08_1745g.jpg) Thanks to Kalle Tasch who drove the escort car and served us in all kind of issues.
![FiO (Four in One) 2022, inline skating](imgfio22/fio22_01_0986.jpg) Day 1. Outside Neuenburg am Rhein.
![FiO (Four in One) 2022, inline skating](imgfio22/fio22_01_1071b.jpg) Day 1. Along Le Canal Rhône au Rhin.
![FiO (Four in One) 2022, inline skating](imgfio22/fio22_01_1037.jpg) Day 1. Portable cooling system.
![FiO (Four in One) 2022, inline skating](imgfio22/fio22_02_1133.jpg) Day 2. Along Le Canal Rhône au Rhin.
![FiO (Four in One) 2022, inline skating](imgfio22/fio22_02_1267.jpg) Day 2. Arriving in Besançon.
![FiO (Four in One) 2022, inline skating](imgfio22/fio22_02_1276.jpg) Day 2.
![FiO (Four in One) 2022, inline skating](imgfio22/fio22_03_1346.jpg) Day 3. Entering Percée de Thoraise.
![FiO (Four in One) 2022, inline skating](imgfio22/fio22_03_1348.jpg) Day 3. Percée de Thoraise.
![FiO (Four in One) 2022, inline skating](imgfio22/fio22_03_1392b.jpg) Day 3.
![FiO (Four in One) 2022, inline skating](imgfio22/fio22_03_1407.jpg) Day 3. Arriving in Dole.
![Roll'Athlon 2022, inline race](imgfio22/fio22_03_1436b.jpg) Day 3. Picking up the number bibs for Roll'Athlon in Seyssel.
![Roll'Athlon 2022, inline race](imgfio22/fio22_01_1013b.jpg) I was the only one in our group that hadn't participated in Roll'Athlon before.
![Roll'Athlon 2022, inline race](imgfio22/fio22_03_1445.jpg) Day 3. Pasta party in Seyssel the evening before Roll'Athlon.
![Roll'Athlon 2022, inline race. Photo: Agnes St.](imgfio22/fio22_04_photo-agnes-st.jpg) Day 4. Roll'Athlon 101 km race. It was no surprise that I couldn't keep up with the tempo of the pack I joined at the start, I lost them after 25 km and skated the remaining 76 km alone... Photo: Agnes St. Published here by courtesy of the photographer.
![Roll'Athlon 2022, inline race, Ulf Haase](imgfio22/fio22_04_1483b.jpg) ...but I was happy anyway. Photo: C. Horstmann with my mobile phone camera.
![Roll'Athlon 2022, inline race](imgfio22/fio22_04_1475b.jpg) Day 4. Bernd Gutöhrlein arriving at the finish line of the Roll'Athlon 101 km race.
![Roll'Athlon 2022, inline race](imgfio22/fio22_04_1468b.jpg) Day 4. Anita Zimmermann and Christian Horstmann hanging around after the Roll'Athlon 101 km race.
![Roll'Athlon 2022, inline race](imgfio22/fio22_04_1503.jpg) Day 4. While waiting for the prize ceremony after the Roll'Athlon 101 km race Anita Zimmermann and Christian Horstman were inspired by the disco music.
![FiO (Four in One) 2022, inline skating](imgfio22/fio22_05_1559.jpg) Day 5. Arriving in Geneva/Genève/Genf.
![FiO (Four in One) 2022, inline skating](imgfio22/fio22_05_1571d.jpg) Day 5. In Geneva/Genève/Genf. After the Roll'Athlon race four of the skaters went home. Instead Olaf Uhlig (third from right) joined the group.
![FiO (Four in One) 2022, inline skating](imgfio22/fio22_05_1604b.jpg) Day 5. It had been the same temperature for almost five days.
![FiO (Four in One) 2022, inline skating](imgfio22/fio22_05_1623.jpg) Day 5. Along Lake Geneva/Lac Léman/Lac de Genève/Genfersee.
![FiO (Four in One) 2022, inline skating](imgfio22/fio22_07_1711f.jpg) Day 6-10. I got ill and had to sit in the escort car for the remaining 5 days.
![FiO (Four in One) 2022, inline skating](imgfio22/fio22_06_1640.jpg) Day 6-10. My view from the back seat of the escort car the remaining 5 days.
![FiO (Four in One) 2022, inline skating](imgfio22/fio22_06_1670b.jpg) On day 6 something had gone wrong when transfering a GPS-file and from the car we saw Olaf and Bernd take the wrong way.
![FiO (Four in One) 2022, inline skating](imgfio22/fio22_06_1673b.jpg) Olaf Uhlig's breaking parachute.
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