Rohan Dennis wary of Bradley Wiggins in run to Hour Record assault

Australian carefully managing form ahead of February 8 attempt in Switzerland

Rohan Dennis at the 2015 Tour Down Under

(Image credit: Graham Watson)

London Olympic team pursuit silver medalist Rohan Dennis may remember little of his Hour Record attempt if successful in Grenchen next month.

There are presumably all sorts of chaotic thoughts that can go through the mind lap on lap as the body starts to yield and hopes of setting a new benchmark in the en-vogue discipline vary. Dennis, however, has revealed the opposite is more likely to be the case if he is within reach of meeting, if not surpassing, the 52.5km mark his BMC team has set.

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Sophie Smith is an Australian journalist, broadcaster and author of Pain & Privilege: Inside Le Tour. She follows the WorldTour circuit, working for British, Australian and US press, and has covered 10 Tours de France.