Hour Record

Olympic and world time trial silver medallist, Gustav Larsson, announces he will attempt the UCI Hour Record at the Manchester Revolution Series on March 14

By Stuart Clarke Published 10 March 15

Alex Dowsett broke Rohan Dennis's Hour Record, setting a mark of 52.937km in Manchester. Michael Hutchinson caught up with him afterwards

By Michael Hutchinson Published 2 May 15

To break the hour record involves more than just supreme fitness. We take a look at the tech which helped Sir Bradley Wiggins break the record

By Oliver Bridgewood Published 9 June 15

"I've already had it for three months," admitted the Austrian

By Nick Bull Published 7 February 15

Dutchman Thomas Dekker misses out on the record by just 270m after completing 209 full laps of the Aguascalientes velodrome in Mexico

By Stuart Clarke Published 25 February 15

Dame Sarah Storey will attempt to set a new women's Hour Record during the Revolution track meeting on February 28 in London

By Nigel Wynn Published 16 December 14

UCI confirms Dutchman's attempt scheduled for February 25 in Aguascalientes, Mexico

By Richard Windsor Published 6 February 15

Former Hour Record holder Ole Ritter thinks Bradley Wiggins could hit the 55-kilometre mark for the iconic record

By Chris Sidwells Published 10 November 14

After falling agonisingly short of breaking Rohan Dennis' Hour Record, Thomas Dekker admits he can be proud of his achievement

By Stuart Clarke Published 26 February 15

Custom built bike and bars for the hour record attempt

By Paul Norman Published 27 March 19

Watch live coverage of Matthias Brandle's Hour Record attempt from 5.50pm on Thursday, October 30

By Nigel Wynn Published 30 October 14

Sir Bradley Wiggins beats Alex Dowsett's previous UCI Hour Record by 1.589 kilometres in the Lee Valley Velodrome

By Nigel Wynn Published 7 June 15

Future Hour Record challenger admits he thought new holder Rohan Dennis would break the record by more.

By Nick Bull Published 8 February 15

The Belgian beat Wiggins' 2015 record by 563m

By Jonny Long Published 17 April 19

For over a century cyclists have been pushing themselves to the limits to push back the Hour record; we look back at the tangled history of one of cycling’s most coveted accolades

By Michael Hutchinson Published 15 April 15

Wiggins will risk his reputation if he takes on the Hour, says Eddy Merckx

By Gregor Brown Published 3 February 15

Sir Bradley Wiggins will make his attempt on the Hour Record on Sunday, June 7, at the Lee Valley Velodrome, London

By Gregor Brown Published 15 April 15

UCI rule change prompts Fabian Cancellara and Trek to suspend their plans to take on the Hour Record

By Nigel Wynn Published 19 May 14

Jens Voigt closes career with new World Hour Record of 51.115km

By Edward Pickering Published 18 September 14

Veteran record breaker adds another one to his peerless palmarès

By Simon Smythe Published 18 July 19

Jens Voigt holds press conference on eve of his attempt at the Hour Record in Switzerland

By Edward Pickering Published 17 September 14

This time, Jens, you've gone too far

By Simon Collis Published 18 September 14

A faulty on-screen clock, no distances shown on the feed and general confusion all marred Thomas Dekker's great Hour Record attempt on Wednesday, here's how it fared on Twitter

By Stuart Clarke Published 26 February 15

IAM Cycling's Matthias Brändle set a new Hour Record, but his team's owner Michel Thétaz thinks that Bradley Wiggins will smash his time

By Gregor Brown Published 3 November 14

Bradley Wiggins will stay on at Team Sky until 2016, but says his days of being a Grand Tour contender are over

By Nigel Wynn Published 14 July 14

Numbers 10 to 6 in Cycle Sport's countdown of the greatest 50 cycling books of all time.

By Edward Pickering Published 22 August 10

Cometh the hour, cometh the man

By Nick Bull Published 29 October 14