Matthew Richardson has described the flying 200m record, which he set last week, as the “raw measure of who is the best”.
The British rider became the first rider to set a time of under nine seconds on the track at the velodrome in Konya, Turkey, last Thursday, and went on to break his own record the next day, setting a benchmark of 8.857.
Also last week, Will Bjergfelt smashed the UCI Hour Record in the C5 classification, becoming the first para-cyclist to surpass the 50km barrier. Charlie Tanfield also took on the elite men’s UCI Hour Record, but fell three kilometres short of Filippo Ganna’s benchmark.
The story behind Matthew Richardson’s record…