Congrats to Mark Beaumont, it's really an incredible effort! I know well, since I have done this before anyway 24 years ago ... Era before social media, FB, youtube, GPS, Guinness Book silly regulations. (shame on the British media, they are didn't mentioned at all),  you can find here more about first, Canadian ride Around the World in 80 days on bike... https://www.facebook.com/biketheworldin80days/?ref=bookmarks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNO7WeKsohg&t=160s