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On land, the speed record registered by a rider on a 200-meter flying start speed trial was 133.28 km/h (82.82 mph) by the Canadian Sam Whittingham riding the Varna Tempest, a streamliner recumbent bicycle in 2009, [19] at Battle Mountain, Nevada. His record has been surpassed by 0.5 km/h by Sebastiaan Bowier of the Netherlands in 2013 setting ...
World records in the sport of track cycling are ratified by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). Item 3.5.001 of the UCI regulations defines the events in which world records are recognized. Item 3.5.001 of the UCI regulations defines the events in which world records are recognized.
In 2000, Boardman attempted the UCI record on a traditional bike, and rode 49.441 km (30.721 mi), topping Merckx by 10 metres (32.8 ft), an improvement of 0.02%. In 2005, Ondřej Sosenka improved Boardman's performance at 49.700 km (30.882 mi) using a 54×13 gear.
Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref Flying 200 m time trial: 10.364 Emma Hinze Germany 27 February 2020 2020 World Championships: Berlin, Germany [6] 500 m time trial: 32.959 Anastasia Voynova Russia 4 March 2016 2016 World Championships: London, United Kingdom [7] Team sprint: 32.034 Gong Jinjie Zhong Tianshi China 18 February 2015
The record hour average speeds for these machines – 90 km/h (56 mph) for men and 84 km/h (52 mph) for women – are faster than a UCI rider could perform even in a short 200-meter sprint for 10 seconds, 72 km/h (45 mph), demonstrating their higher level of efficiency and speed.
Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref Flying 200 m time trial (progression) ♦10.029 Lea Friedrich Germany 9 August 2024 2024 Olympic Games: Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France [7] 500 m time trial (progression) 33.952 Anna Meares Australia: 20 August 2004 2004 Olympic Games: Athens, Greece [8] Team sprint (500 m) (progression) ♦31. ...
The original records were on the track: unpaced, human-paced and mechanically paced. They were promoted for three classes of bicycle: solos, tandems and unusual machines such as what are now known as recumbents, on which the rider lies horizontal. Distances were imperial and metric, from 440 yards and 500 metres to 24 hours. [4]
Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref Flying 200 m time trial: 9.738 Stefan Ritter Canada 7 October 2016 Pan American Championships: Aguascalientes, Mexico [1] Flying 500 m time trial: 26.969 Alexander Khromykh Soviet Union 9 August 1990 Moscow, Soviet Union 1 km time trial: 59.875 Tayte Ryan Australia 25 August 2024 World Junior ...