Only 270m less than Dennis, and he beat Jens and Brandle. Still a damn impressive performance.
[quote]Britain’s Dame Sarah Storey fell short of her Hour Record attempt Saturday at the London Olympic Velodrome, leaving the mark set by Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel in 2003 as the current time to beat. Storey rode 45.502km to set a new British record, but Zijlaard-van Moorsel’s 46.065km remains the world record.
Storey started out well and was ahead of schedule halfway through the event, but she started to fade in the last half hour and ended 563 metres short of the record.
“It was definitely the hardest hour of my life,” Storey told the BBC after her attempt. “I came in here hoping to go further than 46km, but to break the British record, I’m really chuffed. It’s not as far as Leontien but to miss out to her is no bad thing.”
Storey did set the C5 and Masters Hour Record in front of a sell-out crowd at the Lee Valley VeloPark. The 11-time Paralympian has now broken 75 records in her career.
No reply on twitter - so keen to donate to a junior trackie, or club to put into junior racing.
Still looking to donate? I need to upsize Swuzz Jnr to 700c 
Yep.
Alex Dowsett this weekend, a few weeks before Wiggo.
Reckon he’s got the legs?
Or the bike (that Canyon & Campysetup looks ace but is it my imagination od does the chainring look a bit too “normal/small”)?
In Perth, yes.
I just finally was able to read the notes on the chainring…
“Campagnolo sought to increase stiffness with the large-diameter chainring required by Dowsett. Campagnolo also designed it to maintain the best chainline possible. He’ll be able to choose between a 54-, 55-, or 56-tooth chainring, but we suspect he’ll run a 55, paired with a 13-tooth cog”
^ Just a lazy 113 GI’s.
Underway
Multi-tasking
Live stream - http://cricfree.tv/update/euro2.php
His goin ok
Alex Dowsett breaks the Hour Record: 52,924 km/h.
Dat pommy bugga did good didn’t he.
This has become a hot target hasn’t it and despite the restrictions, you have to respect the men who have a decent crack at it, whether they succeed or not.
I was interested to listen to the commentators talk about his gearing and the modern preference for a large chainring (to give better leverage).
Sadly, much of the rest of the commentary didn’t distract me from my book :o
I see a direct correlation between how far you go, and how cool your bike is. Canyon’s are the best looking bike in pro cycling. Wiggo won’t have a chance on a pinarello.
^^ Hard to fault that logic; free from Sky’s shackles I hope Wiggins cracks 54km.
Big call from Wiggins today…
Sir Bradley Wiggins intends to put cycling’s iconic hour track record “out of reach” when he rides in London on 7 June.
British rider Alex Dowsett, 26, set a new record of 52.937 kilometres in Manchester on Saturday.
Britain’s first Tour de France winner Wiggins will bid to smash that time at the Olympic Velodrome next month.
“It sounds a bit horrible to say, but I think I could break the record tomorrow,” Wiggins told The Times.
“But I don’t just want to break it, I want to put it right up there, as far out of reach as I can,” added the 35-year-old, who recently left Team Sky to return to the track.
Wiggins believes he can add two kilometres to Commonwealth time-trial champion Dowsett’s mark at the Manchester Velodrome.
“I’ve got 55km in my head and I believe that’s realistic,” said the seven-time Olympic medallist. “And I think if I do that it will stand for 20 years.”
Holy shit what a mad dog. That’s what I love about wiggins. Not only his knowledge of cycling history, but his desire to be a mythologised figure in it.