* French cyclist illegally crossed from China, court says * Cyclist was trying to break record for crossing Eurasia * Russian court frees the cyclist * Happy to be going home, cyclist tells Reuters (Recasts headline and lead with comments from the French cyclist) By Tatiana Meel and Guy Faulconbridge POGRANICHNY, Russia, Oct 23 (Reuters) – A French cyclist, freed on Thursday after weeks in Russian jail for illegally crossing the border from China in an attempt to beat the record for riding across Eurasia, said his adventure was over but he would try to have happy memories of Russia. Sofiane Sehili, who describes himself as an "ultra-endurance racer and adventure cyclist", was freed in Russia's Far Eastern district and let off from paying a 50,000-rouble ($615) fine, a district court in Pri

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