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In 1967, 11 years later, Anquetil again broke the hour record, with 47.493 km (29.511 mi), but the record was disallowed because he refused to take the newly introduced post-race doping test. [4] He had objected to what he saw as the indignity of having to urinate in a tent in front of a crowded velodrome and said he would take the test later ...
Amongst the various racing associations that host racing events for such bicycles, these are called Stock Recumbents or Unfaired Recumbents. The hour record for recumbent bicycles without aerodynamic fairings, set by Francis Faure in 1933, was broken in 2007 by Sean Costin, who covered 48.80 km (28.46 mi) on the 382m outdoor concrete velodrome ...
1. Was originally scheduled for horse-racing track, but was rained out and run on park loop roads. 2. Day 2 was conducted on a 1 mile park loop road due to rain. 3. Day 2 was moved to a road course on Victory Ave after many crashes on day 1. 4. Day 2 moved to CCW course on city streets due to rain. 5. Day 2 moved to course on city streets due ...
Guinness certified the record as covering 1,725 miles (2,776 km) in 5 days 18 hours and 3 minutes, beating Rockett's time by 3 hours and 5 minutes. [71] 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]
In the 1982 Great American Bike Race, later renamed the Race Across America, he completely changed the parameters, cycling for 9 days and 20 hours with three other cycling pioneers John Howard, John Marino and Michael Shermer. [1] [2] [3] Lon Haldeman became the first person to ride a bicycle across the United States in less than 10 days.
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The Montezuma's Revenge was a 24-hour ultra-endurance mountain bike wilderness race held in Colorado each August from 1986 until 2006. Competitors were required to climb a 14,272-foot (4,350 m) mountain-Gray's Peak. The course varied from year to year but was always extremely demanding.
1 km time trial: 1:06.144 Anastasiia Voinova Russia 8 August 2019 Saint Petersburg, Russia 3000m individual pursuit (sea level) 3:15.663 Chloé Dygert United States 19 October 2024 World Championships: Ballerup, Denmark [22] 3000m team pursuit [d] (progression) 3:14.051 Dani King Laura Trott Joanna Rowsell Great Britain 4 August 2012 Olympic Games