Wilkinson smashes 12-hour time trial record

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Sixteen years after setting his first competition best for 12 hours, Andy Wilkinson turned the record books inside out with a stunning ride to regain his crown in Norfolk on Sunday.

The 48-year-old Merseysider covered 317.912 miles in a mixture of light winds and heavy rain for CC Breckland's event, based on the A11, to obliterate the mark of 305.51 miles set last year by Jeff Jones.

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