Hour record

Development of the women's hourly world record (as of 2020)

Development of the men's hourly world record (as of 2020)

The hourly world record is a record achievement in cycling . In a time trial , the record contender tries to cover the longest possible distance on a cycling track within an hour .

The current hour record for men has been 55.089 kilometers since April 16, 2019 and was set by Belgian Victor Campenaerts in Aguascalientes , Mexico . The women's hourly record has been 48.007 kilometers since September 13, 2018 and was also set by the Italian Vittoria Bussi in Aguascalientes. The track there in the Velodromo Bicentenario is over 1,800 meters above sea level and is therefore particularly suitable for setting records.

On October 1st, 2016, Irishman Colin Lynch set the first hour record in the history of paracycling . In category C2 he completed 41.31 kilometers in one hour at the Manchester Velodrome .

The story of the hour record

First hour record

The first hour record of 35.325 km was set on May 11, 1893 by the French Henri Desgrange , who later founded the Tour de France , in Paris .

Even before the UCI regulated the competition, there was a first documented distance measurement (14.4 or 14.5 miles, about 23,331 km) of a 1-hour high-speed trip by the Briton James Moore in England on a penny farthing in 1873 . By 1888 (last 33.913 km) 8 men, 7 British and 1 French had set a total of 8 pre-UCI hour records throughout England.

Dispute over the definition of the racing bike

The racing bike with which Eddy Merckx set the hour record in 1972.

The racing bike that Jens Voigt rode on in 2014 after the rule change.

The world hour records achieved between 1984 and 1996 were completely canceled in 2000 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and are now only listed as "world bests", as the aerodynamically sophisticated racing bikes and seating positions used there would no longer be permitted under the new regulations. According to the UCI, official hourly world record attempts should therefore only be ridden with conventional racing bikes that largely correspond to the technical equipment of the racing bike with classic diamond frame shape and handlebars used by the Belgian Eddy Merckx in 1972 .

In 1985, for example, the Italian Francesco Moser beat Merckx's world record with an oversized rear wheel, and in 1993 the Scot Graeme Obree rode with a special handlebar and a body position he developed - with an elbow almost stuck in, similar to Superman . Englishman Chris Boardman covered a distance of 56.375 km in 1996 in an extreme seating position where he rode with arms outstretched. With a “normal” racing bike, he was only able to beat Eddy Merckx's hour record by ten meters.

With effect from May 15, 2014, the restrictions on racing bikes to the state of 1972 were completely lifted. Now the racing bike only has to comply with the general rules of the UCI, which means that time trial handlebars are again permitted. The first hour record under these new conditions was set on September 18, 2014 by the German Jens Voigt in Grenchen, Switzerland .

Recumbents

The general hour record for vehicles operated exclusively with their own muscle power is well above the record with a classic racing bike.

The French Barbara Buatois rode a fully faired recumbent bike on July 19, 2009 in Romeo, USA, a distance of 84.02 km, making her the first woman to cover a distance of more than 80 km in one hour on a recumbent bike. The current world hour record for men is held by the Swiss Francesco Russo ; On June 26, 2016, he drove 92.43 km in Klettwitz, Germany . The driven in Europe Hour world records fully clad muscle cars are from the World Human Powered Vehicle Association recognized (WHPVA). Records set in the North American continent are recognized by the International Human Powered Vehicle Association (IHPVA).

translation

The high speed required for a world hour record requires very high gear ratios . The riders must be able to pedal them with a relatively high cadence . Most of the world hourly records were set at around 105 rpm.

In 1994 Rominger set the world hour record (which was later declared the world's best) with a 60/14 ratio and 103 rpm. In 2014 Voigt chose a translation of 54/14, in 2015 Wiggins chose 58/14.

The development of the hour record

Men's hourly world records

Compliant with UCI regulations (from 1893).

date	driver	wheel	distance	Velodrome
1873	James Moore	MR	23.331 km	Wolverhampton, England - first documented hourly distance, on penny farthing , pre-UCI
May 11, 1893	Henri Desgrange	KL	35.325 km	Buffalo Velodrome / Paris
October 31, 1894	Jules Dubois	KL	38.220 km	Buffalo Velodrome / Paris
July 30, 1897	Oscar Van Den Eynde	KL	39.240 km	Vélodrome de Vincennes / Paris
0July 3, 1898	William Hamilton	KL	40.781 km	Denver Velodrome / Denver , Colorado, USA (outdoor, wood, 1600 m, altitude)
August 24, 1905	Lucien Petit-Breton	KL	41.110 km	Buffalo Velodrome / Paris
June 20, 1907	Marcel Berthet	KL	41.520 km	Buffalo Velodrome / Paris
August 22, 1912	Oscar Egg	KL	42.122 km	Buffalo Velodrome / Paris
0August 7, 1913	Marcel Berthet	KL	42.741 km	Buffalo Velodrome / Paris
August 21, 1913	Oscar Egg	KL	43.525 km	Buffalo Velodrome / Paris
November 20, 1913	Marcel Berthet	KL	43.775 km	Buffalo Velodrome / Paris
August 18, 1914	Oscar Egg	KL	44.247 km	Buffalo Velodrome / Paris
August 25, 1933	Jan van Hout	KL	44.588 km	Roermond
September 28, 1933	Maurice Richard	KL	44.777 km	Sint-Truiden , Belgium
October 31, 1935	Giuseppe Olmo	KL	45.090 km	Vigorelli / Milan
October 14, 1936	Maurice Richard	KL	45.325 km	Vigorelli / Milan
September 29, 1937	Frans Slaats	KL	45.485 km	Velodromo Maspes-Vigorelli / Milan
0November 3, 1937	Maurice Archambaud	KL	45.767 km	Velodromo Maspes-Vigorelli / Milan
0November 7, 1942	Fausto Coppi	KL	45.798 km	Velodromo Maspes-Vigorelli / Milan
June 29, 1956	Jacques Anquetil	KL	46.159 km	Velodromo Maspes-Vigorelli / Milan
September 19, 1956	Ercole Baldini	KL	46.394 km	Velodromo Maspes-Vigorelli / Milan
September 18, 1957	Roger Rivière	KL	46.923 km	Velodromo Maspes-Vigorelli / Milan
September 23, 1959	Roger Rivière	KL	47.347 km	Velodromo Maspes-Vigorelli / Milan
October 30, 1967	Ferdi Bracke	KL	48.093 km	Rome
October 10, 1968	Ole Knight	KL	48.653 km	Agustín Melgar Olympic Velodrome / Mexico City
October 25, 1972	Eddy Merckx	KL	49.431 km	Agustín Melgar Olympic Velodrome / Mexico City
November 27, 2000	Chris Boardman	KL	49.441 km	Manchester Velodrome / Manchester
July 19, 2005	Ondřej Sosenka	KL	49,700 km	Krylatskoje / Moscow
18th September 2014	Jens Voigt	ZF	51.110 km	Velodrome Suisse / Grenchen
October 30, 2014	Matthias Brändle	ZF	51.852 km	World Cycling Center / Aigle
0February 8, 2015	Rohan Dennis	ZF	52.491 km	Velodrome Suisse / Grenchen
0May 2, 2015	Alex Dowsett	ZF	52.937 km	Manchester Velodrome / Manchester
0June 7, 2015	Bradley Wiggins	ZF	54.526 km	Lee Valley Velodrome / London
April 16, 2019	Victor Campenaerts	ZF	55.089 km	Velodromo Bicentenario / Aguascalientes , Mexico

KL = classic    ZF = with time trial handlebar

Compliant with IHPVA regulations, i.e. provided with recumbent bikes.

date	driver	distance	place
May 5th 1979	Ron Skarin	51.31 km	Ontario, CA
May 4th 1980	Eric Edwards	59.45 km	Ontario, CA
September 29, 1984	Fred Markham	60.35 km	Indianapolis, IN
September 10, 1985	Richard Crane	66.30 km	England
August 28, 1986	Fred Markham	67.01 km	Vancouver, BC
September 15, 1989	Fred Markham	73.00 km	Adrian, MI
September 8, 1990	Pat Kinch	75.57 km	Bedfordshire, England
July 27, 1996	Lars Teutenberg	78.04 km	Munich, Germany
July 29, 1998	Sam Whittingham	79.14 km	Blainville, Canada
August 7, 1999	Lars Teutenberg	81.16 km	Dudenhofen, Germany
July 27, 2002	Lars Teutenberg	82.60 km	Dudenhofen, Germany
November 19, 2003	Sam Whittingham	83.72 km	Uvalde, TX
July 31, 2004	Sam Whittingham	84.22 km	Dudenhofen, Germany
July 2, 2006	Fred Markham	85.99 km	Casa Grande, AZ
April 10, 2007	Sam Whittingham	86.77 km	Casa Grande, AZ
July 12, 2008	Damjan Zabovnik	87.12 km	Schipau, Germany
July 19, 2009	Sam Whittingham	90.60 km	Romeo, MI

World bests for men

In 2000, the UCI retrospectively canceled the world hourly records from 1984 to 1996, as they were achieved with special aerodynamically designed bicycles and with individual seating positions that did not comply with the new regulations.

date	driver	wheel	distance	Velodrome
January 19, 1984	Francesco Moser	SP	50.808 km	Agustín Melgar Olympic Velodrome / Mexico City
January 23, 1984	Francesco Moser	SP	51.151 km	Agustín Melgar Olympic Velodrome / Mexico City
17th July 1993	Graeme Obree	SP	51.596 km	Hamar
July 23, 1993	Chris Boardman	SP	52.270 km	Vélodrome de Bordeaux Lac / Bordeaux stadium
April 27, 1994	Graeme Obree	SP	52.713 km	Vélodrome de Bordeaux Lac / Bordeaux stadium
02nd September 1994	Miguel Indurain	SP	53.040 km	Vélodrome de Bordeaux Lac / Bordeaux stadium
October 22, 1994	Tony Rominger	SP	53.832 km	Vélodrome de Bordeaux Lac / Bordeaux stadium
05th November 1994	Tony Rominger	SP	55.291 km	Vélodrome de Bordeaux Lac / Bordeaux stadium
0September 7, 1996	Chris Boardman	SP	56.375 km	Manchester Velodrome / Manchester

SP = special wheels

Women's hourly world records

Molly Shaffer Van Houweling after her world record on September 13, 2015

Compliant with UCI regulations.

date	driver	distance	Velodrome
0July 7, 1955	Tamara Novikova	38.473 km	Irkutsk
September 18, 1957	Renée Vissac	38.569 km	Vigorelli / Milan
September 25, 1958	Mildred Robinson	39.718 km	Vigorelli / Milan
0November 9, 1958	Elsy Jacobs	41.347 km	Vigorelli / Milan
November 25, 1972	Maria Cressari	41.471 km	Agustín Melgar Olympic Velodrome / Mexico City
September 16, 1978	Keetie van Oosten-Hage	43.082 km	Munich
October 18, 2000	Anna Wilson	43.501 km	Hisense Arena / Melbourne
0November 5, 2000	Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli	44.767 km	Agustín Melgar Olympic Velodrome / Mexico City
0December 7, 2000	Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli	45.094 km	Agustín Melgar Olympic Velodrome / Mexico City
0October 1, 2003	Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel	46.065 km	Agustín Melgar Olympic Velodrome / Mexico City
13th September 2015	Molly Shaffer Van Houweling	46.273 km	Velodromo Bicentenario / Aguascalientes
22nd January 2016	Bridie O'Donnell	46.882 km	Adelaide Super-Drome / Adelaide
February 27, 2016	Evelyn Stevens	47.980 km	7-Eleven Velodrome Track / Colorado Springs
13th September 2018	Vittoria Bussi	48.007 km	Velodromo Bicentenario / Aguascalientes

World bests for women

Canceled as a world hour record because it does not comply with the UCI regulations of 2000.

date	driver	distance	Velodrome
September 20, 1986	Jeannie Longo	44.770 km	Colorado Springs
September 23, 1987	Jeannie Longo	44.933 km	Colorado Springs
0October 1, 1989	Jeannie Longo	46.352 km	Mexico city
April 29, 1995	Catherine Marsal	47.112 km	Bordeaux
June 17, 1995	Yvonne McGregor	47.411 km	Manchester
October 26, 1996	Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli	48.159 km	Mexico city

See also

• Hour run
• List of former world records in track cycling
• Year endurance world record (cycling)

Web links

Wiktionary: World hour record  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• World records and world best performances by men on uci.ch
• World records and world best performances by women on uci.ch
• Michael Hutchinson and Cycle Sport: Hour Record: The tangled history of an iconic feat cyclingweekly.com, April 15, 2015 - several videos of record drives, including that of Eddy Merckx

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Campenaerts breaks the hour record. In: Grenzecho. April 16, 2019, accessed April 16, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Todd Aalgaard: Colin Lynch sets first UCI para cycling hour record after powerhouse ride in Great Britain. In: Canadian Cycling Magazine. October 1, 2016, accessed October 1, 2016 . 
3. ↑ World Hour Records bikecult.com
4. ↑ ^{a b} Propositions of amendments to regulation with effect on 15.05.2014. uci.ch, May 15, 2014, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on January 16, 2016 . 
5. Jump up ↑ Land - Menś 1 hour standing start (single rider). World Human Powered Vehicle Association, accessed September 13, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Christian Smolik : Cadence. In: Online-Glossary Velotechnik. May 18, 2000, accessed June 9, 2015 . 
7. ↑ Michele Ferrari : Rominger's Hour. In: 53x12.com. October 17, 2003, accessed June 9, 2015 . 
8. ↑ Voigt raced to the hour record with “Speed ​​Concept”. In: radsport-news.com. September 19, 2014, accessed June 9, 2015 . 
9. ↑ Wiggins sets a new hour record in London. In: radsport-news.com. June 7, 2015, accessed June 9, 2015 . 
10. ↑ Bike Cult World Hour Records bikecult.com, Copyright 200 (3) –2005, updated May 6, 2015, accessed October 6, 2018.
11. ↑ Bike Cult Bicycle Tracks & Velodromes bikecult.com, Copyright 2003–2005, updated July 28, 2005, accessed October 6, 2018.
12. ↑ Snel Maasniels hout goed voor uurrecord op de fiets. maasniel.nl, accessed December 14, 2014 (Dutch). 
13. ^ IHPVA "LAND - Men's 1 Hour Record - Standing Start - Single rider" , IHPVA , accessed April 19, 2020.