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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 ...
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]
1 km time trial (sea level) 57.321 Harrie Lavreysen Netherlands 18 October 2024 World Championships: Ballerup, Denmark [10] 1 km time trial tandem (sea level) 58.038 Neil Fachie Matt Rotherham Great Britain 28 August 2021 Paralympic Games: Izu, Japan [11] 1 km madison time trial: 54.446 Ed Clancy George Atkins Great Britain 1 February 2014 ...
[1] 1 km time trial (progression) 1:00.711 Chris Hoy Great Britain: 20 August 2004 2004 Olympic Games: Athens, Greece [2] [3] Team sprint (progression) ♦40.949 Jeffrey Hoogland Harrie Lavreysen Roy van den Berg Netherlands 6 August 2024 2024 Olympic Games: Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France [4] 4000 m individual pursuit (progression) 4:14.982 ...
Tour of Rwanda, Rwanda (2.1) Tour of Austria, Austria (2.HC from 2006) Tour of Greece, Greece (2.1 from 2022) Volta a Portugal, Portugal (2.HC from 2005 until 2009) Brixia Tour, Italy; Hong Kong Road Cycling Race, Hong Kong, China; An Post Rás, Ireland; Route du Sud, France; Giro di Sicilia, Italy; Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme, Spain
Just as there used to be track and field events such as the standing high jump or throwing the javelin with both hands, cyclists, too, used to compete for medals in events which today have been forgotten; for example in Athens in 1896, they attempted a 12-hour race, and in London, in 1908, one of the events was a sprint for 603.49 metres (659. ...
Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics consisted of 18 events in three disciplines: . Road cycling, held at the Athens historic centre (start and finish at Kotzia Square, for the road race events) and in Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre (for the time trial events).