Barbara Buatois (born 24 August 1977) is a
French racing cyclist
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and one of the fastest female
recumbent racers and ultra cyclists.
Buatois was born in
Oullins
Oullins () is a former Communes of France, commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region in eastern France.
It is a suburb of the city of Lyon, and is adjacent to it on the southwest. On 1 January 2024, Oul ...
. She rides recumbent bikes over the complete world HPV Championships as well as long distance events such as
Raid Provence Extreme and
Bordeaux–Paris
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. She won Race Across America 2010 (One stage race) on a Recumbent Bicycle.
Records
In 2009 she beat the women's world speed record for a 200-meter flying start speed trial, reaching 121.44 km/h (75.46 mph) at
Battle Mountain, USA, in 2009, riding a
streamlined
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They differ only when the flow changes with time, that is, when the flow is not steady flow, steady.
Considering a velocity vector field in three-dimensional space in the f ...
recumbent bicycle
A recumbent bicycle is a bicycle that places the rider in a laid-back reclining position, and often called a Human-powered_land_vehicle, human-powered vehicle or HPV, especially if it has an aerodynamic fairing. Recumbents are available in a w ...
. The previous record holder for this same category was
Lisa Vetterlein who reached 107.16 km/h (66.59 mph) in 2005.
Her other records are:
* One hour : 84.02 km with a fully faired recumbent bicycle, a Varna Tempest
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* One hour : 66.042 km with fully faired recumbent tricycle, the Varna 24
* One hour : 46.376 km unfaired
* 1000m standing start : 1.13,7 unfaired
* 200m flying start : 12,71 unfaired
* 12h road : 347 km unfaired 2600m + climbing
Achievements
2004
* European Recumbent Championships : 1st Tandem
2005
* Cyclevision European Championships: 1st
* World Recumbent Championships: 3rd
2006
* Cyclevision European Championships: 1st
* World Recumbent Championships: 1st
* Bordeaux Paris 625 km Race : 2nd in 26 hours 15 minutes.
2007
* Cyclevision European Championships: 1st Unfaired
* SaintéLyon 69 km Trail : 3rd in woman teams of 3 runners
* FFC French Recumbent Championships : 6th overall ( only lady )
* World Recumbent Championships: 1st
* Paris–Brest–Paris 2007 : First Back to back tandem finisher in PBP history. 87 hours
2008
* Paris Half Marathon : 31st place ( 3900 contestants ) 1 h 33
* FFC French Recumbent Championships : 3rd place overall ( only lady )
* Bordeaux Paris 625 km Race : 1st Place 21 hours 51 minutes.( 44th overall, 2500 contestants )
* FFC French Recumbent Track Champion 2008
2009
* Paris Half Marathon : 31st place again ! ( 4900 contestant ) 1 h 31
* Raid Provence Extrème : First recumbent bike finisher in RPE history ! 29 hours 46 minutes for 610 km and 10 000m +climbing
* World Recumbent championships : 1st
* Hour World Record : 84.02 km
* 100 km World Record 80.64 km avg.
* 200m flying start, world record :121, 44 km/h
See also
*Cycling records
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References
External links
Official Facebook page
Official website
Video of 200m flying start record. 121.437 km/h
Video of Hour World Record
Video of One hour record - unfaired
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1977 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Oullins
Cyclists from Lyon Metropolis
French female cyclists