Dan Bigham set a new UCI Hour Record of 55.548km on the velodrome in Grenchen on Friday, beating Victor Campenaerts’ previous mark by 459 metres.
Bigham was already the British record holder after he covered 54.723km in Grenchen last October, but he was unable to target the outright Hour Record at that point as he was not part of the UCI biological testing pool.
The part-time rider has since joined the staff of Ineos Grenadiers as a performance engineer and the backing of the WorldTour team allowed him to tackle the UCI Hour Record.
Bigham posted a negative split on Friday, setting off at a conservative pace before edging ahead of Campenaerts’ record pace shortly after the midway point. The 30-year-old continued to press clear of Campenaerts’ pace thereafter and he passed the old record with around a half a minute to spare.
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