Alex Dowsett announces second Hour Record attempt

Attempt to regain record from Bradley Wiggins set for early 2017

Alex Dowsett

(Image credit: Dan Gould)

Alex Dowsett has announced that he will have a second attempt at the UCI Hour Record after seeing his previous record broken by Bradley Wiggins.

Dowsett set a mark of 52.937km in Manchester in May 2015, but saw Wiggins surpass that distance only a month later with a new record of 54.526km.

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