Day in the life: how Alex Dowsett broke the 10-mile TT record

As Sir Bradley Wiggins takes aim at competition record, we take a look back at the day in 2014 when Alex Dowsett set the mark for Wiggo to beat

Photo: Gregor Brown

(Image credit: Gregor Brown)

When Sir Bradley Wiggins goes chasing the National 10-mile record this weekend, it will be to considerably more fanfare than when Alex Dowsett set the current mark at the Eastern Counties CA event in May last year.

Bradley Wiggins on stage 3b of the 2015 3-Days of De Panne (Watson)

Bradley Wiggins on his way to winning stage 3b of the 2015 3-Days of De Panne. Photo: Graham Watson
(Image credit: Watson)

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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.