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 and allure. There is now one unified record for upright bicycles meeting the requirements of the Union Cycliste Internationale. 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 measured.
The first officially recognised record was set by Henri Desgrange at the Buffalo Velodrome, Paris in 1893 following the formation of the International Cycling Association, the forerunner of the modern-day UCI. Throughout the run up to the First World War, the record was broken on five occasions by Frenchmen Oscar Egg and Marcel Berthet, and due to the attempts being highly popular and guaranteeing rich attendances, it is said that each ensured he did not beat the record by too much of a margin, enabling further lucrative attempts by the other.
The hour was attempted sporadically over the following 70 years, with most early attempts taking place at the Buffalo Velodrome in Paris, before the Velodromo Vigorelli in Milan became popular in 1930s and 1940s sparking attempts from leading Italian riders and former Giro d'Italia winners such as Fausto Coppi and Ercole Baldini. Coppi's record set in 1942, during the Second World War, despite Milan being bombed nightly by Allied forces, was eventually broken in 1956 by Jacques Anquetil on his third attempt. In 1967, 11 years later, Anquetil again broke the hour record, with, but the record was disallowed because he refused to take the newly introduced post-race doping test. He had objected to what he saw as the indignity of having to urinate in a tent in front of a crowded velodrome and said he would take the test later at his hotel. The international judge ruled against the idea, and a scuffle ensued that involved Anquetil's manager, Raphaël Géminiani. In 1968, Ole Ritter broke the record in Mexico City, the first attempt at altitude since Willie Hamilton in 1898.
The women's hour record was first established in 1893 by Mlle de Saint-Sauveur at the Vélodrome Buffalo in Paris, setting a total distance of. The record was improved several times over the next years, until Louise Roger reached in 1897 also at Vélodrome Buffalo. In 1911, Alfonsina Strada set a new women's record of. From 1947 to 1954, Élyane Bonneau and Jeannine Lemaire set several new hour records, the last of which was by Lemaire in 1952. The first women's hour record approved by the UCI was by Tamara Novikova in 1955.

Historical hour records

Date	Rider	Location	Distance	Increase
1873	James Moore	Molyneaux Grounds, Wolverhampton, England	23.331	-
25 March 1876	Frank Dodds	Cambridge University Ground	26.508	3,177
2 August 1882	Herbert Liddell Cortis	England	32.454	5,946
1887	Jules Dubois	London, England	34.217	1,763
11 May 1893	Henri Desgrange	Buffalo, Paris	35.325	1,108
31 October 1894	Jules Dubois	Buffalo, Paris	38.220	2,895
30 July 1897	Oscar Van den Eynde	Vincennes, Paris	39.240	1,020
3 July 1898	Willie Hamilton	Colorado Springs, USA	40.781	1,541
24 August 1905	Lucien Petit-Breton	Buffalo, Paris	41.110	329
20 June 1907	Marcel Berthet	Paris	41.520	410
22 August 1912	Oscar Egg	Paris	42.122	602
22 July 1913	Richard Weise	Berlin, Germany	~~42.276~~
7 August 1913	Marcel Berthet	Paris	42.741	619
21 August 1913	Oscar Egg	Paris	43.525	784
20 September 1913	Marcel Berthet	Paris	43.775	250
18 August 1914	Oscar Egg	Paris	44.247	471
7 July 1933	Francis Faure	Disqualified 1 April 1934	45.055	808
25 August 1933	Jan van Hout	Roermond	44.588	388
28 September 1933	Maurice Richard	Sint-Truiden, Belgium	44.777	189
31 October 1935	Giuseppe Olmo	Velodromo Vigorelli, Milan	45.090	313
14 October 1936	Maurice Richard	Vigorelli, Milan	45.325	235
29 September 1937	Frans Slaats	Vigorelli, Milan	45.485	160
3 November 1937	Maurice Archambaud	Vigorelli, Milan	45.767	282
7 November 1942	Fausto Coppi	Vigorelli, Milan	45.798	31
29 June 1956	Jacques Anquetil	Vigorelli, Milan	46.159	369
19 September 1956	Ercole Baldini	Vigorelli, Milan	46.394	235
18 September 1957	Roger Rivière	Vigorelli, Milan	46.923	529
23 September 1959	Roger Rivière	Vigorelli, Milan	47.347	424
27 September 1967	Jacques Anquetil	Vigorelli, Milan	~~47.493~~
30 October 1967	Ferdi Bracke	Olympic Velodrome, Rome	48.093	746
10 October 1968	Ole Ritter	Mexico City	48.653	560
25 October 1972	Eddy Merckx	Mexico City	49.431	778

Date	Rider	Location	Distance	Increase
7 July 1955	Tamara Novikova	Irkoutsk, Russia	38.473	-
18 September 1957	Renee Vissac	Velodromo Vigorelli, Milan, Italy	38.569	96
25 September 1958	Millie Robinson	Vigorelli Velodrome, Milan, Italy	39.719	1,150
9 November 1958	Elsy Jacobs	Vigorelli Velodrome, Milan, Italy	41.347	1,628

UCI hour record (1972–2014)

1972–1984: Merckx, Moser and new technology

In 1972, Eddy Merckx set a new hour record at in Mexico City at an altitude of where he proclaimed it to have been "the hardest ride I have ever done".
The record would stand for 12 years until in January 1984, Francesco Moser set a new record at. This was the first noted use of disc wheels, which provided an aerodynamic gain as well as Moser wearing a skin suit. Moser's record would eventually be moved in 1997 to "best human effort"

1990s: non-traditional riding positions

In 1993 and 1994, Graeme Obree, who built his own bikes, posted two records with his hands tucked under his chest. In 1994, Moser set the veteran's record at in Mexico City. Moser beat his 1984 record, using bullhorn handlebars, steel airfoil tubing, disk wheels and skinsuit. It was also faster than Obree's first record in 1993. Following the outlawing of the "praying mantis" style by the UCI in May 1994, Spaniard Miguel Indurain and Swiss Tony Rominger broke the record using a more traditional tri-bar setup with Rominger setting a distance of 55.291 km.
bicycle, a forerunner to the Lotus 110 Chris Boardman used to set a new hour record of in 1996.
Chris Boardman took up the challenge using a modified version of the Lotus 110 bicycle, a successor to the earlier Lotus 108 bicycle he'd ridden to victory at the 1992 Olympic Games. South African company Aerodyne Technology built the frame. Boardman set the UCI Absolute record of in 1996, using another position pioneered by Obree, his arms out in front in a "Superman" position. This too was considered controversial by the UCI, and while the record was allowed to stand, the position was banned making Boardman's record set in 1996 effectively unbeatable using traditional bike position.

1997 UCI rule change

With the increasing gap between modern bicycles and what was available at the time of Merckx's record, the UCI established two records in 1997:

UCI Hour Record: which restricted competitors to roughly the same equipment as Merckx, banning time trial helmets, disc or tri-spoke wheels, aerodynamic bars and monocoque frames.
Best Human Effort: also known as the UCI "Absolute" Record in which modern equipment was permitted.

As a result of the 1997 rule change, all records since 1972, including Boardman's in 1996, were moved to Best Human Effort and the distance of Eddy Merckx set in 1972 once more became the official UCI benchmark. In 2000, Boardman attempted the UCI record on a traditional bike, and rode, topping Merckx by, an improvement of 0.02%.
In 2005, Ondřej Sosenka improved Boardman's performance at using a 54×13 gear. However, Sosenka failed a doping control in 2001 and then again in 2008, the latter resulting in a career-ending suspension which puts in doubt the validity of his record. All women's records from 1986 to 1996 were recategorized to Best Human Effort.

Hour record holders (men's)

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Equipment
19 January 1984	Francesco Moser	32	Agustín Melgar, Mexico City, Mexico	50.808	Bullhorn handlebar, oval steel tubing frame, disc wheels.
23 January 1984	Francesco Moser	32	Agustín Melgar, Mexico City, Mexico	51.151	Bullhorn handlebar, oval steel tubing frame, disc wheels.
17 July 1993	Graeme Obree	27	Vikingskipet, Hamar, Norway	51.596	Graeme Obree-style "praying mantis" handlebar, round steel tubing frame, carbon tri-spoke wheels.
23 July 1993	Chris Boardman	24	Velodrome du Lac, Bordeaux, France	52.270	Triathlon handlebar, carbon airfoil tubing frame, carbon 4-spoke wheels.
27 April 1994	Graeme Obree	28	Velodrome du Lac, Bordeaux, France	52.713	Graeme Obree-style "praying mantis" handlebar, round steel tubing frame, carbon tri-spoke wheels.
2 September 1994	Miguel Indurain	30	Velodrome du Lac, Bordeaux, France	53.040	Wide triathlon handlebar, carbon monocoque aero frame, disc wheels.
22 October 1994	Tony Rominger	33	Velodrome du Lac, Bordeaux, France	53.832	Triathlon handlebar, oval steel tubing frame, disc wheels.
5 November 1994	Tony Rominger	33	Velodrome du Lac, Bordeaux, France	55.291	Triathlon handlebar, oval steel tubing frame, disc wheels.
6 September 1996	Chris Boardman	28	Manchester Velodrome, Manchester, UK	56.375	Graeme Obree "superman-style" handlebar, carbon monocoque aero frame, 5-spoke front and rear disc wheel.

Hour record holders (women's)

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Equipment
20 September 1986	Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli	27	Colorado Springs, United States	44.770
23 September 1987	Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli	28	Colorado Springs, United States	44.933
1 October 1989	Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli	30	Agustín Melgar Olympic Velodrome, Mexico City, Mexico	46.352
29 April 1995	Catherine Marsal	24	Bordeaux, France	47.112	Corima carbon composite bicycle. Corima 12 spoke/Corima disc wheels. Tri-Bar.
17 June 1995	Yvonne McGregor	34	Manchester, England	47.411	Terry Dolan bicycle. Cinelli tri-bar, Corima disc wheels
26 October 1996	Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli	38	Agustín Melgar Olympic Velodrome, Mexico City, Mexico	48.159

UCI unified hour record (2014–present)

Unified rule change (2014)

In 2014, the UCI unified the two classifications into a single classification in line with regulations for current track pursuit bikes. Records previously removed for Chris Boardman and Graeme Obree were returned, however the benchmark record would remain at set in 2005 by Ondrej Sosenka, even though that was not the farthest distance. Under the new regulations riders may use any bike allowed by the UCI standards for endurance track events in place at the time of the attempt.
Riders are required to be part of the athlete biological passport program. However, of the men to attempt the record since the rule change, only four were on a UCI World Tour team at the time: Jens Voigt of Trek Factory Racing, Rohan Dennis of the BMC Racing Team, Alex Dowsett of the, and Victor Campenaerts of Lotto Soudal. Matthias Brändle was with IAM Cycling, then a UCI Professional Continental team. Jack Bobridge was on Team Budget Forklifts, an Australian UCI Continental team. Thomas Dekker had been released from World Tour team Garmin-Sharp several months before. Gustav Larsson was riding for the Professional Continental team Cult Energy Pro Cycling, whilst Bradley Wiggins had left the World Tour's shortly before his attempt, which was made in the colours of his own UCI Continental outfit.
So far, 19 attempts have been made for the men's record, six successfully, while seven attempts have been made on the women's record, four of them successfully.

Unified hour record attempts (men's)

Following the change in the rules, German Jens Voigt became the first rider to attempt the hour, on 18 September 2014 at the Velodrome Suisse, Grenchen, Switzerland. He set a new record of, beating the previous record set by Sosenka by. On 30 October 2014, Matthias Brändle set a new record of at the World Cycling Center in Aigle, Switzerland.
Further attempts by Australians Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis, and the Dutchman Thomas Dekker came within a few weeks, between 31 January and 25 February 2015. Dennis was the only one of the three to set a new record, and in doing so was the first rider to cover more than. Dekker's attempt at the Aguascalientes Bicentenary Velodrome was the first attempt to take place at appreciable altitude. Aguascalientes is at above sea level, while Melbourne is at only, and, although in Switzerland, Grenchen and Aigle are at and, and not in the mountains. High altitude is thought to result in faster times, providing the rider takes the time to acclimatise to the conditions. This is because the air density decreases with an increase in altitude, which reduces the aerodynamic drag.
Having postponed an earlier scheduled attempt due to a broken collarbone incurred in a crash while training, British cyclist Alex Dowsett exceeded Dennis' mark, with a new record of, at Manchester Velodrome on 2 May 2015.
On 7 June 2015, Sir Bradley Wiggins broke Dowsett's record, by completing a distance of at the Lee Valley VeloPark in London.
On 16 April 2019 Victor Campenaerts was the first to exceed 55km/h by completing a distance of at the Velodromo Bicentenario in Aguascalientes.

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
18 September 2014	Jens Voigt	43	Velodrome Suisse, Grenchen, Switzerland	51.110	Trek Bicycle Corporation	Triathlon handlebar, Trek carbon fibre tubing frame, disc wheels, chain on a 55/14 gear ratio.	First attempt under the new rule-set and oldest record holder at 43 years old and one day. Set new German national record.
30 October 2014	Matthias Brändle	24	World Cycling Center, Aigle, Switzerland	51.852	IAM Cycling	Triathlon handlebar, SCOTT carbon fibre tubing frame, disc wheels, chain on a 55/13 gear ratio.	Set new Austrian national record.
31 January 2015	Jack Bobridge	24	Darebin International Sports Centre, Melbourne, Australia	51.300	Cycling Australia	Triathlon handlebar, Cervelo carbon fibre tubing frame, disc wheels.	Failed to set new hour record. Beat Brad McGee's previous Australian national record of 50.300 km set in 2000.
8 February 2015	Rohan Dennis	24	Velodrome Suisse, Grenchen, Switzerland	52.491	BMC Racing Team	Triathlon handlebar, BMC carbon fibre tubing frame, disc wheels, chain on a 56/14 gear ratio.	Beat Jack Bobridge's previous Australian national record of 51.300 km set in January 2015.
25 February 2015	Thomas Dekker	30	Aguascalientes Bicentenary Velodrome, Aguascalientes, Mexico	52.221	Koga	Koga TeeTeeTrack with Mavic Comete Track wheels, Koga components, Rotor cranks with a KMC chain on a 58/14 gear ratio.	First attempt at altitude. Failed to set new hour record. Set new Dutch national record.
14 March 2015	Gustav Larsson	34	Manchester Velodrome, Manchester, United Kingdom	50.016	Revolution Series Cult Energy Pro Cycling	Ridley carbon track bike with front and rear disc wheels, triathlon handlebars.	Failed to set new hour record. Set new Swedish national record, beating previous record of 45.335 km.
2 May 2015	Alex Dowsett	26	Manchester Velodrome, Manchester, United Kingdom	52.937		Canyon Speedmax WHR carbon track bike, with Campagnolo Pista disc wheels, Pista crankset with 54 or 55 or 56t chainring.	Set new British national record, beating Chris Boardman's record of 49.441 km set in 2000.
7 June 2015	Bradley Wiggins	35	Lee Valley VeloPark, London, United Kingdom	54.526	Team Wiggins	Pinarello Bolide HR, SRAM Crankset, modified front fork, custom printed handlebars, 58/14 gear ratio.	Set new British national record, beating Alex Dowsett's record.
21 March 2016	Micah Gross		Velodrome Suisse, Grenchen, Switzerland	48.255	RSC Aaretal Münsingen		Set a new Swiss national record, beating the previous record of 48.199 km.
16 September 2016	Tom Zirbel	37	Aguascalientes Bicentenary Velodrome, Aguascalientes, Mexico	53.037	Rally Cycling	Modified Diamondback Serios time trial bike, fitted with special HED disc wheels and a gearing of 53/13	Failed to set new hour record. Set new American national record, beating Norman Alvis' record of 51.505 km set in 1997.
28 January 2017	Martin Toft Madsen	31	Ballerup Super Arena, Ballerup, Denmark	~~52.114~~	BHS–Almeborg Bornholm	Argon 18 Electron Pro, Mavic Comete discs, SRM + Fibre-Lyte chain ring, and a gearing of 54/13	Failed to set new hour record. Attempt voided for doping, after Madsen's consumption of a contaminated food supplement.
25 February 2017	Marc Dubois		Velodrome Suisse, Grenchen, Switzerland	48.337	Team Humard Vélo-Passion	RB1213 track bike with double DT Swiss disc wheels	Set a new Swiss national record, beating the previous record of 48.255 km held by Micah Gross.
2 July 2017	Wojciech Ziolkowski		Arena Pruszków, Pruszkow,Poland	49.470	Team JF Duet Prinzwear	BMC Trackmachine TR01, Mavic Comete disc wheels, Custom Prinzwear TT Suit	Set a new Polish national record, beating the previous record of 47.618 km held by Andrzej Bartkiewicz.
7 October 2017	Mikkel Bjerg	18	Odense Cykelbane, Odense, Denmark	52.311	Team Giant–Castelli	Giant trinity track bike, Mavic disc wheels	Failed to set new hour record. Set new Danish national record, beating Ole Ritter's record of 48.879 km set in 1974.
11 January 2018	Martin Toft Madsen	32	Ballerup Super Arena, Ballerup, Denmark	52.324	BHS–Almeborg Bornholm	Argon 18 Electron Pro, Mavic Comete discs, SRM + Fibre-Lyte chain ring, and a gearing of 54/13	Failed to set new hour record. Set new Danish national record, beating Mikkel Bjerg's record of 52.311 km set in 2017.
26 July 2018	Martin Toft Madsen	33	Aguascalientes Bicentenary Velodrome, Aguascalientes, Mexico	53.630	BHS–Almeborg Bornholm	Argon 18 Electron Pro, Mavic Comete discs, SRM + Fibre-Lyte chain ring, and a gearing of 54/13	Failed to set new hour record. Set new Danish national record, beating his own previous record of 52.324 km set in January 2018.
22 August 2018	Dion Beukeboom	29	Aguascalientes Bicentenary Velodrome, Aguascalientes, Mexico	52.757	Vlasman Cycling Team	Customized Giant Trinity road frame, with a gearing of 58/14	Failed to set new hour record. Set new Dutch national record.
4 October 2018	Mikkel Bjerg	19	Odense Cykelbane, Odense, Denmark	53.730	Hagens Berman Axeon	Giant trinity track bike, Mavic disc wheels	Failed to set new hour record. Set new Danish national record, beating Martin Toft Madsen's record of 53.630 km set in July 2018.
16 April 2019	Victor Campenaerts	27	Aguascalientes Bicentenary Velodrome, Aguascalientes, Mexico	55.089	Lotto Soudal	Ridley Arena Hour Record bike, 330mm custom handlebars, custom handlebar extensions specifically moulded for Campenaerts' forearms, F-Surface Plus aero paint, Campagnolo drivetrain, full carbon disc Campagnolo Ghibli wheels, C-Bear bottom bracket bearings.	Set new hour record Set new Belgian national record
13 August 2019	Martin Toft Madsen	34	Odense Cykelbane, Odense, Denmark	53.975	BHS–Almeborg Bornholm		Failed to set new hour record. Set new Danish national record, beating Mikkel Bjerg's record of 53.730 km set in October 2018.
6 October 2019	Mathias Norsgaard	22	Odense Cykelbane, Odense, Denmark	52.061	Riwal-Readynez		Failed to set new hour record.

Unified hour record attempts (women's)

The last women's hour record before the unified rule change was set on 1 October 2003 by Leontien van Moorsel, with a distance of.
In December 2014, it was announced that British Paralympian Sarah Storey would be the first woman to attempt the record following the unified rule change. She attempted the record on 28 February 2015 at Lee Valley Velo Park in London, setting new British, Para-Cycling and Masters Age 35–39 records but missing out on the Elite record with a distance of.
American Molly Shaffer Van Houweling broke the women's UCI Hour Record, riding a distance of on 12 September 2015 in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Van Houweling had set three new US Hour Records in the year prior. The first was set on 15 December 2014, in Carson, California, with a distance of. The second was set on 25 February 2015, in Aguascalientes, Mexico, with a distance of. The third was set on 3 July 2015, also in Aguascalientes, Mexico, with a distance of. This last mark was also the Pan-American and World Masters Age 40–44 record at the time, and exceeded the distance of the UCI hour record of van Moorsel. However, it did not qualify as the UCI Hour Record because Van Houweling had only been enrolled in the athlete biological passport program for three and a half months prior to setting this record. The UCI requires that riders be enrolled in this program for 5–10 months before they are eligible to set this mark. From 24 August 2015, Van Houweling was eligible to attempt the UCI Hour Record.
In October 2015, Australian rider Bridie O'Donnell announced her intention to aim for the hour record in January 2016. She broke the record at the Adelaide Super-Drome on 22 January 2016, riding 46.882 km. Her record was broken by American rider Evelyn Stevens in February 2016, who rode 47.980 km, beating O'Donnell's mark by more than a kilometer.
Italian rider Vittoria Bussi, after two unsuccessful attempts on 7 October 2017 and on 12 September 2018, broke Stevens' world record by 27 metres riding 48.007 km on 13 September 2018.

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
28 February 2015	Sarah Storey	37	Lee Valley VeloPark, London, United Kingdom	45.502		Ridley Arena Carbon track bike with triathlon bars, Pro rear disc wheel, front disk wheel, Shimano Dura-Ace groupset.	Beat Yvonne McGregor's previous British national record of 43.689 set in April 2002. New C5 Para-record, New Masters Age 35–39 record.
12 September 2015	Molly Shaffer Van Houweling	42	Aguascalientes Bicentenary Velodrome, Aguascalientes, Mexico	46.273	Metromint Cycling	Cervelo T4 track bike with double Mavic Comete discwheels, running 56/14 gear ratio.	Beat her own national record of 46.088 km set on 3 July 2015, also in Aguascalientes, Mexico.
22 January 2016	Bridie O'Donnell	41	Super-Drome, Adelaide, Australia	46.882		Cervelo T4 track bike.	Set a new World Record, new sea-level World Best and National Record, besting Anna Wilson's former Australian national record of 43.501 km.
27 February 2016	Evelyn Stevens	32	OTC Velodrome, Colorado, United States of America	47.980	USA Cycling	Specialized Shiv modified for the track, SRAM groupset with 53t or 54t chainrings, Zipp 900 front wheel, Zipp Super 9 rear disc, Bioracer skinsuit.	Beat American national record. 333.3 meter banked cement track at over 1800m in altitude.
21 July 2017	Jaime Nielsen	32	Avantidrome, Cambridge, New Zealand	47.791			Failed to beat the absolute hour record, set a new sea-level world record. Beat New Zealand national record.
7 October 2017	Vittoria Bussi	30	Aguascalientes Bicentenary Velodrome, Aguascalientes, Mexico	47.576		Giant Trinity track bike with Walker Brothers double-disc wheels	Failed to beat the hour record. Beat Italian national record
13 September 2018	Vittoria Bussi	31	Aguascalientes Bicentenary Velodrome, Aguascalientes, Mexico	48.007		Endura skin suit, HVMN Ketone, and Liv Bike	Failed to beat the hour record one day before, on 12 September 2018, abandoning after 40 minutes. Beat the hour record by 27 metres the next day, on 13 September 2018.

Statistics

Para-cycling records

The new regulations for the making of accepted hour record attempts were extended to para-cycling in 2016. Although the first attempt on the hour record for women after the amendments to the regulations was made by Paralympian Sarah Storey, it was not a ratified attempt on the women's C5 hour record under the new conditions, which at that point still did not extend to paracycling - albeit that Storey's effort is recognized as a best C5 performance under the new rules, in addition to a British and masters world hour record in able-bodied cycling.
The first attempt on a para-cycling hour record after the new regulations were extended to para-cycling was by Irishman Colin Lynch in the C2 category, bettering the accepted best performance previously set by Laurent Thirionet in 1999 by 2 kilometres, and setting the first 'ratified' para-cycling world hour record. The mark of 43.133 km was achieved on 1 October at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester, Great Britain.

Men's UCI para-cycling hour record

;Unified regulations

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
1 December 2018	Michael Teuber	50	Berlin, Germany	42.583

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
1 October 2016	Colin Lynch	45	Manchester Velodrome, England	43.133

Women's UCI para-cycling hour record

;Unified regulations

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
28 February 2015	Sarah Storey	37	Manchester Velodrome, England	45.502

Historical para-cycling hour record

;Men's UCI para-cycling hour record – Best Hour Performance & Absolute Hour Record

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
11 September 1991	Fransisco Trujillo		Bordeaux, France	44.661			Best Hour Performance
13 December 2014	Andrea Tarlao		Montichiari, Italy	47.569			Absolute Hour Record

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
25 September 1995	Thomas Evans		Manchester Velodrome, England	40.070			Best Hour Performance
8 January 2005	Darren Kenny		Manchester Velodrome, England	41.817			Best Hour Performance
14 February 2009	Darren Kenny		Copenhagen, Denmark	40.516			Absolute Hour Record

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
6 November 1999	Laurent Thirionet		Bordeaux, France	41.031			Best Hour Performance

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
8 May 2005	Michael Teuber	37	Augsburg, Germany	39.326			Best Hour Performance

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
11 November 1994	Jan Mulder Richard Belmer		Moscow, Russia	48.696			Best Hour Performance
29 November 1997	Herve Dechamp Guy Rouchouzo		Bordeaux, France	49.625			Best Hour Performance

;Women's UCI para-cycling hour record – Best Hour Performance & Absolute Hour Record

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
28 February 2015	Sarah Storey		Lee Valley VeloPark, England	45.502

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
19 September 2005	Lindy Hou Toireasa Gallagher		Sydney, Australia	42.930			Absolute Hour Record

Masters records

Current records by age-group

Men's UCI Masters best performances

;Best Performances

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
20 November 2004	Curtis Gunn		Carson, USA	47.764
29 July 2017	Ryan Davies		Newport, Wales	48.234
24 September 2017	David Hainish		Mattamy National Cycling Centre, Milton, Canada	45.325			Failed to beat the previous hour record. Set a new national record.
21 July 2019	Piotr Klin		Pruszkow, Poland	49.649

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
26 April 2009	Jayson Austin		Sydney, Australia	48.315
6 October 2015	Filip Speybrouck	39	Manchester, United Kingdom	48.743
21 December 2017	Rob Scarlett	38	Cambridge, New Zealand	48.922
22 August 2019	Gert Fouche	39	Aguascalientes, Mexico	51.599

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
9 February 2013	Jayson Austin	43	Sydney, Australia	48.411
24 September 2017	Ed Veal		Mattamy National Cycling Centre, Milton, Canada	48.587

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
25 September 1999	Kent Bostick		Manchester, United Kingdom	49.361
22 November 2016	Greg Swinand		USA Olympic velodrome, Colorado Springs	46.895		Planet X track bike	Set a new Irish national hour record, beating the previous record of 46.166 of Tommy Evans - set in 1999 - by 729 metres
20 July 2017	Dan Bryant	47	Aguascalientes, Mexico	47.458	Peet’s Coffee Cycling Team
22 September 2018	Colby Pearce	47	Aguascalientes, Mexico	50.245

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
				44.890
10 December 2009	Keith Ketterer	53	Home Depot Center velodrome, Carson, United States of America	45.386
9 October 2012	Charles McCulloch		Manchester, United Kingdom	47.960
4 October 2015	John Madden	50	Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France	45.799
6 November 2016	Pascal Montier	53	Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France	48.892
24 September 2017	Michael Nash		Mattamy National Cycling Centre, Milton, Canada	46.434			Failed to beat the previous records. Set a new Canadian national record.
6 October 2017	Norman Alvis	54	Colorado Springs, United States of America	49.392		Argon 18 Electron Pro, Mavic Comet front and rear disc wheels, 53/13 gearing	Set a new US Masters national hour record, beating the previous distance of 48.112 km.
17 November 2017	Greg Swinand		Velódromo Bicentenario, Mexico	48.469		Planet X track bike	Set a new Irish national hour record, beating his own previous record of 46.860 km - set a year earlier in Colorado
29 September 2019	Norman Alvis	56	Colorado Springs, United States of America	49.383

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
29 January 2012	Keith Ketterer	57	Home Depot Center velodrome, Carson, United States of America	45.019
19 March 2016	Jim McMurray	55	Cambridge, New Zealand	47.733
20 July 2017	Kevin Metcalfe	55	Aguascalientes, Mexico	49.121	Peet’s Coffee Cycling Team

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
	Kenny Fuller	61		44.228
30 September 2015	Robert Gilmour	64	Newport, Wales	44.349	Hounslow & District Wheelers		49x14 gearing with a trispoke front and a rear disc, fitted with track tubulars
31 January 2020	Andrej Žavbi	60	Arena Pruszków, Pruszków, Poland	45.732	Alenka Žavbi Kunaver	S WORKS SHIV TT bike, VISION METRON track disk, BERK DILA seddle	Chainring 56, Track Cog 14

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
11 October 2012	Jim Brander	65	Manchester Velodrome, Manchester, United Kingdom	43.742
26 October 2016	Robert Gilmour	65	Newport, Wales	44.271	Hounslow & District Wheelers
23 February 2020	Roger Cull	66	Dunc Gray Velodrome, Sydney, Australia	44.62

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
14 September 2014	Mike Cotgreave	70	Newport, Wales	41.227
15 July 2017	Scott Hennessy	70	Aguascalientes, Mexico	43.216

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
				33.000
October 2012	Giuseppe Marinoni	75	Montichiari Velodrome, Montichiari, Italy	35.728
29 July 2014	Jim Turner	75	Aguascalientes, Mexico	38.494

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
2014	Sidney Schuman	84	Lee Valey Velodrome, London, United Kingdom	28.388	London Cycling Campaign	Condor track bike
October 2015	Peter Grandiek		SIT Velodrome, Southland, New Zealand	29.187
29 October 2015	Walter Fowler	81	Newport Velodrome, Newport, United Kingdom	35.772	Stourbridge Cycling Club
25 June 2016	Paul Martinez	82	Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France	38.657
20 August 2017	Giuseppe Marinoni		Mattamy National Cycling Centre, Milton, Canada	38.334		Marinoni bike, 53/14 gearing
24 September 2017	Giuseppe Marinoni		Mattamy National Cycling Centre, Milton, Canada	39.004		Marinoni bike, 53/14 gearing

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes	-
8 October 2016	Gilbert Douillard	87	Bordeaux, France	34.095
22 September 2019	Walter Fowler	85	Newport Velodrome, Newport, United Kingdom	34.602	Stourbridge Cycling Club			-

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
23 October 2017	René Gaillard	90	Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France	29.278	Cyclosport Club de Vesoul
6 August 2019	Carl Grove	91	Colorado Springs, United States of America	34.498

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
27 April 2019	Reg Rye	96	Cambridge, New Zealand	20.886	Avantidrome Velodrome

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
1 February 2012	Robert Marchand	101	Aigle, Switzerland	24.250
31 October 2014	Robert Marchand	103	Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France	26.925

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
4 January 2017	Robert Marchand	105	Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France	22.546

Women's UCI Masters best performances

;Best Performances

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
6 April 2012	Roxana Islas Garcia	30	Aguascalientes, Mexico	41.564

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes	-
2000	Jacqui Lockwood		Manchester, United Kingdom	40.7556
14 March 2015	Adelia Reynek	38	Dunc Gray Velodrome, Sydney, Australia	41.386	Midland Cycle Club			-
14 May 2016	Clarice Chung	35	Newport, United Kingdom	42.116	SSLL Racing Team	Cervelo T4 track bike, Zipp disc wheels		-
24 September 2017	Jane Emans		Mattamy National Cycling Centre, Milton, Canada	42.425				-

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
3 July 2015	Molly Shaffer Van Houweling	42	Aguascalientes, Mexico	46.088	Metromint Cycling	Cervelo T4 track bike with double Mavic Comete discwheels, running 56/14 gear ratio.
14 July 2017	Molly Shaffer Van Houweling	44	Aguascalientes, Mexico	47.061

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
10 September 2006	Lilian Pfluke		Manchester, United Kingdom	41.2397
24 September 2017	Jody Levine		Mattamy National Cycling Centre, Milton, Canada	38.156
24 September 2018	Molly Shaffer Van Houweling	46	Aguascalientes, Mexico	46.897
19 August 2019	Molly Shaffer Van Houweling	47	Aguascalientes, Mexico	47.080

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
19 March 2011	Patrizia Spadaccini	51	Montichiari, Italy	39.402
26 March 2017	Anna Davis	52	Melbourne, Australia	43.206
24 September 2017	Bryn Currie		Mattamy National Cycling Centre, Milton, Canada	40.366			Failed to beat the previous record. Set a new national record.
9 March 2018	Anna Davis	53	Melbourne, Australia	44.427

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
31 October 2014	Clemence Ruth	55	Carson, United States	40.946

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
31 October 2014	Jan Palchikoff	63	Carson, United States of America	41.116

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
1 March 2010	Elizabeth Randall	65	Melbourne, Australia	37.214
28 September 2017	Jan Palchikoff	66	Carson, United States of America	40.416

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
20 October 2018		72	Cambridge, New Zealand	36.581

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
31 October 2014	Patricia Baker	75	Carson, United States of America	27.894
10 February 2019	Elizabeth Randall	75	Melbourne, Australia	36.352

Date	Rider	Age	Velodrome	Distance	Supported by	Equipment	Notes
1 September 2019	Patricia Baker	80	Carson, United States of America	27.447

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