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World Hour Record
The hour record is the record for the longest distance cycled in one hour on a bicycle from a stationary start. Cyclists attempt this record alone on the track without other competitors present. It is considered one of the most prestigious records in cycling. Since it was first set, cyclists ranging from unknown amateurs to well-known professionals have held the record, adding to its prestige, romance and allure. There is now one unified record for upright bicycles meeting the requirements of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). Hour-record attempts for UCI bikes are made in a velodrome. Early hour records (until 1972) The first universally accepted record was in 1876 when the American Frank Dodds rode on a penny-farthing. The first recorded distance was set in 1873 by James Moore in Wolverhampton, riding an Ariel 49" high wheel () bicycle; however, the distance was recorded at exactly , leading to the theory that the distance was just approximated and not accurately ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hour
An hour (symbol: h; also abbreviated hr) is a unit of time conventionally reckoned as of a day and scientifically reckoned between 3,599 and 3,601 seconds, depending on the speed of Earth's rotation. There are 60 minutes in an hour, and 24 hours in a day. The hour was initially established in the ancient Near East as a variable measure of of the night or daytime. Such seasonal, temporal, or unequal hours varied by season and latitude. Equal or equinoctial hours were taken as of the day as measured from noon to noon; the minor seasonal variations of this unit were eventually smoothed by making it of the mean solar day. Since this unit was not constant due to long term variations in the Earth's rotation, the hour was finally separated from the Earth's rotation and defined in terms of the atomic or physical second. In the modern metric system, hours are an accepted unit of time defined as 3,600 atomic seconds. However, on rare occasions an hour may incorporate a positive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fausto Coppi
Angelo Fausto Coppi (; 15 September 1919 – 2 January 1960) was an Italian cyclist, the dominant international cyclist of the years after the World War II, Second World War. His successes earned him the title ''Il Campionissimo'' ("Champion of Champions"). He was an all-round racing cyclist: he excelled in both climbing and time trialing, and was also a great sprinter. He won the Giro d'Italia five times (1940 Giro d'Italia, 1940, 1947 Giro d'Italia, 1947, 1949 Giro d'Italia, 1949, 1952 Giro d'Italia, 1952, 1953 Giro d'Italia, 1953), the Tour de France twice (1949 Tour de France, 1949 and 1952 Tour de France, 1952), and the UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, World Championship in 1953 UCI Road World Championships, 1953. Other notable results include winning the Giro di Lombardia five times, the Milan–San Remo three times, as well as wins at Paris–Roubaix and La Flèche Wallonne and setting the hour record (45.798 km) in 1942. Early life and amat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Dubois (cyclist)
Jules Dubois (31 March 1910, New York City - 15 August 1966, Bogotá''Sarasota Herald-Tribune'', 17 August 1966Jules Dubois Dies in Bogota Hotel pp1-2) was a Latin America correspondent for the ''Chicago Tribune'' (1947–1966) and chairman of the Inter-American Press Association's press freedom committee, which he helped to organize in 1951.''TIME'', 15 April 1957The Press: Freedom Fighter/ref> On his unexpected death of a heart attack in Bogotá, Colombia, in August 1966, he was described as "the world's most widely known and most decorated reporter of Latin American affairs". Dubois worked for the ''New York Herald Tribune'' (1927–1929), before moving to Panama and working on various newspapers there. At the outbreak of World War II he became an army intelligence officer, serving in Panama, North Africa and Europe as well as the Pentagon. He was a graduate of the U.S. Army's command and general staff school at Fort Leavenworth. ''TIME'' described him as "an old friend" of Guatem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsy Jacobs
Elsy Jacobs (4 March 1933 – 27 February 1998) was a Luxembourgish road bicycle racer. She became the first ever women's Road World Champion when she won the inaugural race on 30 August 1958. Later the same year she broke the women's hour record on 9 November, riding 41,347 m on the Vigorelli velodrome in Milan; the record stood for 14 years. Biography Born in Garnich, Luxembourg, Elsy Jacobs was one of many children; three of her brothers were also racing cyclists, Roger, Raymond and Edmond Jacobs (who competed in the Tour de France). Both a sports centre and hall were named in her honour. The Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs was established and is based in her home town of Garnich. Since 2008, ten years after her death, the race has appeared on the UCI women's elite cycle racing calendar. Palmàres ;1957 :2nd Circuit Lyonnais-Auvergne ;1958 :Hour record – 41,347 km :1st UCI Road World Championships ;1959 :2nd Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamara Novikova
Tamara Novikova (born June 6, 1932 at Irkutsk, USSR) is a former female cyclist from the Soviet Union.The Cycling Website - Results for Tamara Navikova Novikova broke the women's World Record for 1 hour on July 7, 1955 when she covered 38.473 km, /ref> breaking the mark of Italian that had stood for 26 years.To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeannine Lemaire
Jeannine Lemaire is a former French racing cyclist Cycle sport is Competition, competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing .... She won the French national road race title in 1952 and 1953. References External links * Year of birth missing (living people) Living people French female cyclists Place of birth missing (living people) {{France-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfonsina Strada
Alfonsina Strada (16 March 1891 – 13 September 1959) was an Italian cyclist, the only woman to have ridden one of cycling's three major stage races. She started in the Giro d'Italia in 1924 when the organisers mistook her for a man. Newspapers called her ''The Devil in a dress''. Her racing career included an Italian record which lasted 26 years. She died aged 69 as she propped up her motorcycle after riding it to a bicycle race. Early life Born Alfonsina Morini at Castelfranco Emilia, near Modena, she was the daughter of a peasant family. Her father was a day labourer, her mother a wet nurse. One account says her house was a windowless shack through which chickens ran; another says she was one of 24 living there. Further reports speak of her family considering her passion for cycling to have been the work of the devil, that it had the evil eye. Some reports say that she was one of eight children; [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
