The Hour Record

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fizzy.bleach

Just so I'm clear, is Wiggo going for Boardman's record? As I understand it, with the unification, that record is now the overall record, right?

EDIT - no. Boardman's "record" has been re-instated, but it's not the record, or something?

In 2014 the UCI unified the two classifications into a single classification in line with regulations for current track pursuit bikes. Records previously removed for Chris Boardman and Graeme Obree would be returned, however the current record would remain at 49.700 km set in 2005 by Ondrej Sosenka, even though that is not the farthest distance.

WTF?

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hippy in reply to @fizzy.bleach

The 56k record is still there but you'll still hold the Hour Record if you beat the lesser distances.
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gbj_tester in reply to @fizzy.bleach

Just so I'm clear, is Wiggo going for Boardman's record?

He doesn't have to, and opinion varies about whether he even could. A few of us still think Boardman holds the record since it was set on a UCI legal (at the time) pursuit bike.

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