Road Bicycle Racing Records

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Road bicycle racing records. Hour record attempts are made in a velodrome frequently at high elevation for the aerodynamic benefit of thinner air between 1997 and 2014 the uci retrospectively. The hour record for bicycles is the record for the longest distance cycled in one hour on a bicycle. Any record only timed to the 1 100th will be superseded by a faster more exact time. Like fencing and athletics cycling is among the rare sports that have always featured on the olympic programme.
All records set in 2017 and beyond must be electronically timed to 1 1000th of a second. Catch up on the latest road cycling news as it happens including race news rider updates and more. Over the last 20 years road cycling has experienced an movement towards globalization. The women s road record association wrra was formed in 1934 and merged.
Road cycling however was not on the programme of the paris 1900 st louis 1904 or london 1908 games.