Today, 31 October, marks one year since Jeffrey Hoogland broke the kilometre time trial world record in Aguascalientes, Mexico. The following feature was published in Cycling Weekly magazine in November 2023. Subscribe now and never miss an issue.
It might come as a surprise, but Jeffrey Hoogland needed to be persuaded to have a punt at the kilometre time trial world record. “He took a lot more convincing than I thought,” his coach, Mehdi Kordi, tells Cycling Weekly. “I said, ‘Do you fancy a trip to Mexico where it can be all about you, and the upshot is that you become the world record holder?