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The record stood as a best human effort until October 2022, when Filippo Ganna unified the records, beating Boardman's best human effort record (and Daniel Bigham's official UCI Hour record) on a traditionally shaped, though uniquely manufactured, bicycle.
Between 1997 and 2014 the UCI retrospectively restricted hour record competitors to roughly the same equipment as was used by Eddy Merckx in his 1972 record. In 2014, the UCI changed the hour record rules to permit using any upright bike allowed for endurance track events. However, other retrospective changes to hour record regulations are why ...
The history of the Hour Record may be divided into three categories: UCI Hour Records, Recumbents Hour Records and Streamlined Human Powered Vehicle Records. Since 1914 it was well known that a bicycle inside of a streamlined shape such as body made of metal or later composite materials, can be significantly faster than an ordinary bicycle due ...
Robert Marchand (26 November 1911 – 22 May 2021) was a French centenarian cyclist. He was the holder of the world record for cycling 100 km and for the distance cycled in one hour, in both the 100–104 and over-105 years old age categories.
Record Athlete Date Meet Place Ref Flying 200m time trial: 9.598 James Mellen: 6 September 2019 Pan American Championships: Cochabamba, Bolivia [1] 250m time trial (standing start) 17.659 David Espinoza: 10 September 2014 Pan American Championships: Aguascalientes, Mexico [2] Flying 500m time trial: 26.461 Ethan Boyes: 24 September 2018 ...
A fitness enthusiast is attempting to break a world record by cycling non-stop on a static-bike for 280 hours. Paul Magor started the challenge on New Year's Eve at the Worle Centre Gym in ...
Hour record: 55.548 km Daniel Bigham: 19 August 2022 Grenchen, Switzerland [9] Hour record (UCI best human effort) 56.375 km Chris Boardman: 7 September 1996
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