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From 13 April to 25 June 1999, Kurt rode 2,839.6 miles from Hollywood to the Guinness World Records Experience in Orlando on one wheel, also for a Guinness World Record, becoming the first person in history to ride a bicycle wheelie coast to coast.
Program of cycling races, August 1871, Mons, Belgium. Bicycle Racer posed at Salt Palace wood track, Salt Lake City, 1911. The first documented cycling race was a 1,200 metre race held on May 31, 1868, at the Park of Saint-Cloud, Paris. It was won by expatriate Englishman James Moore who rode a bicycle with solid rubber tires. [3]
World records in the sport of track cycling are ratified by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). Item 3.5.001 of the UCI regulations defines the events in which ...
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 ...
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The home of the French cycling team, the velodrome just outside of Paris opened a decade ago with unique dimensions ripe for speed. It is 250 meters long, like most tracks, but it has a constant ...
But regardless of how his career ends, his dominance in cycling’s toughest races has earned him a place among the sport’s great Grand Tour specialists—a legacy worth remembering, even if it ...
Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref Flying 200 m time trial (progression) ♦9.088 Harrie Lavreysen Netherlands 7 August 2024 2024 Olympic Games: Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France [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) ♦ ...