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Another Hour Record Attempt upcoming

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    #362
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,844 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    Great stuff :D


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    #363
    cunavalos
    Registered Users Posts: 1,385 ✭✭✭cunavalos


    It was never really in doubt. Only two laps slower than the previous record. Decent pacing and excellent adherence to the black line with enough left in the tank to push on for the last few laps.
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    #364
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 76,128 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Evelyn Stevens takes the women's record to 47.98km


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    #365
    Eamonnator
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    I read somewhere, that the new record was set on a cement track.
    Is there an advantage either way between boards and cement?


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    #366
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,712 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Eamonnator wrote: »
    I read somewhere, that the new record was set on a cement track.
    Is there an advantage either way between boards and cement?

    It looked like cement, I thought it was boards first but then I looked up the event. Very shallow so I am presuming it is/was cement.

    I wonder would the lack of banking be any use when its not a race against someone or would it have tired her arms more taking the bends?


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    #367
    cunavalos
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    Similar to previous attempts. A UK sport scientist (Xavier Disley) has done some analysis of Evelyn Stevens performance. Her increase in pace in the final third clearly threw her off her rhythm but she held it together.

    He also has some theories on her track selection.

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    #368
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,211 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    cunavalos wrote: »
    Similar to previous attempts. A UK sport scientist (Xavier Disley) has done some analysis of Evelyn Stevens performance. Her increase in pace in the final third clearly threw her off her rhythm but she held it together.

    He also has some theories on her track selection.

    CcP1AFEWoAAuwQZ.jpg:medium

    Is he involved with the UCI or doing this himself?


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    #369
    cunavalos
    Registered Users Posts: 1,385 ✭✭✭cunavalos


    godtabh wrote: »
    Is he involved with the UCI or doing this himself?
    He does it off his own back (mainly to advertise his online coaching service) but was invited to the velodrome to analyse Wiggins attempt.
    I do not know if he has access to official uci data of each attempt but he does produce his analysis fairly soon after each attempt.

    He has some interesting graphs on his twitter account https://twitter.com/xavierdisley showing the difference in wiggins effort compared to the others

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    #370
    Darkglasses
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    Has Tony Martin given up on the idea?


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    #371
    manafana
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    Darkglasses wrote: »
    Has Tony Martin given up on the idea?

    he has enough on his plate riding some classics this year and wanting to reclaim the world tt and the olympic tt


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    #372
    funnights74
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    Alex dowsett announced earlier that he is having another attempt at the world hour record. There's no doubt that there was plenty in the tank when he set the previous record. Manchester is the venue. Early next year, exact date to be confirmed.


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    #373
    kumate_champ07
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    Greg Swinand is scheduled for an Irish 1hr record attempt on monday 21st of this month

    https://www.facebook.com/gregswinandhourrecord/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED&fref=nf


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