Video: Chris Froome becomes first man to bike the English Channel

Published Jul. 7, 2014 2:34 p.m. ET

Samuel Reiman

There are many ways you can get from England to France. Among the more popular ways are to fly, take the ferry or to ride the train through the Channel Tunnel.

However, there are also some less sophisticated ways such as swimming, parachuting or jumping (attempted in vain by Ron Obvious in "Monty Python's Flying Circus"). Never, however, has anyone gone from one country to the next ... by cycling.