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The first attempt on a para-cycling hour record after the new regulations were extended to para-cycling was by Irishman Colin Lynch in the C2 category, bettering the accepted best performance previously set by Laurent Thirionet in 1999 by 2 kilometres, and setting the first 'ratified' para-cycling world hour record. The mark of 43.133 km was ...
The hour record is the record for the longest distance cycled in one hour on a bicycle from a stationary start. Cyclists attempt this record alone on the track without other competitors present. It is considered perhaps the most prestigious record in all of cycling. Over history, various cyclists ranging from unknown amateurs to well-known ...
On 3 September 2020, Marcia Roberts became the first female to record the journey starting at Lands End, by bike, in a time of 11 days, 13 hours & 13 minutes and set a Guinness World Record. [72] On 16 July 2023, Louise Harris successfully completed the return journey in 10 days 5 hours, breaking the original record by over 1 day 8 hours. [73]
Hour record (sea level) 56.792 km Filippo Ganna Italy 8 October 2022 Grenchen, Switzerland [13] Hour record (UCI best human effort) [b] 56.792 km Filippo Ganna Italy 8 October 2022 Grenchen, Switzerland [15]
The following are the national records in track cycling in Great Britain maintained by Great Britain's national ... Hour record (UCI best human effort) 56.375 km ...
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.
The bike shop that he ran failed and he decided the way out of his problems was to attack the world hour velodrome record. [3] It had been held for nine years by Francesco Moser, at 51.151 kilometres. Obree said: The record had fascinated me since Moser broke it. It was the ultimate test – no traffic, [n 1] one man in a velodrome against the ...
Hour record: 50.267 km WR: Vittoria Bussi Italy 13 October 2023 Aguascalientes, Mexico [21] Hour record (sea level) 49.254 km Ellen van Dijk Netherlands 23 May 2022 Grenchen, Switzerland [22] Hour record (UCI best human effort) 48.159 km Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli France 26 October 1996 Mexico City, Mexico