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Dan Bigham individual pursuit
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Dan Bigham has announced that he will attempt to topple Victor Campanaerts’ hour record on Friday, August 19. 

Since Campanaerts broke Bradley Wiggins’ mark of 54.526km - which Bigham has already bested - in 2019 at the Aguascalientes velodrome, five riders have attempted, and failed, to break Campanaerts' record. 

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