Ellen van Dijk from the Netherlands has set a world hour record.
The 35-year-old cyclist covered 49.254 kilometres in the Grenchen velodrome, significantly improving on the mark of 48.405 kilometres set by Great Britain's Joscelin Lowden in September 2021. Van Dijk was faster than Lowden on the Swiss track practically from the start and continuously extended her lead. The men's record is held by the Belgian Victor Campenaerts with 55.089 kilometres ridden in Aguascalientes, Mexico.
For van Dijk, the record is another milestone in her successful career. The rider from Team Trek-Segafredo is the reigning world champion in the individual time trial and European road cycling champion. In total, van Dijk was twice world champion in the individual time trial, four times European champion in the same discipline and four times world champion in the team time trial. On the track, she won world championship gold in scratch in 2008.
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