Ronals Prokein - the youngest round-the-world cyclist of all time and the "craziest" Russia expert in Europe
Around the world on bicycles in 161 days.
18,000 kilometers over stone, mud and sand tracks. Plagued by mosquitoes, fever and pain, Markus Möller and Ronald Prokein cross three continents, sleep in the open air, in posh hostels and poorhouses, in churches and fire stations.
They get into scuffles and police custody, talk to ambassadors and prostitutes, ministers and underworld bosses, are pampered and robbed.
In short: an extreme race.
A test of material, strength and nerves on the verge of despair and a flight forward, away from a childhood full of ridicule and humiliation.
But the shadows of the past are still there.
