Dan Bigham (Grenchen, 19.08.2022, 55.548 km)
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Unlike the cyclists who attempted the hour record in the past years, Dan Bigham has won most of his titles on
the track in the single or team pursuit.
On 1 October 2021 Bigham rode 54.723 km at the velodrome in Grenchen (Switzerland) to break Sir Bradley Wiggins's
British national hour record. (He was ineligible to attempt the UCI record because he was not enrolled in the
UCI's Registered Testing Pool anti-doping system, including a biological passport).
In spring 2022 he won the individual pursuit at the British Track Championchips with an impressive time of
4:05.962 (4:05.274 in the qualification).
Also in 2022 he started working for Ineos Grenadiers as a race engineer. With the support of this team he was able
to have access to all of Ineos Grenadiers partners brand gear, and he was also registered for the UCI doping passport.
Just like his attempt in october 2021, Bigham opted for a "negative split" pacing strategy, riding the
first 10 km with a pace around 54.5 km/h. Then he increased his pace and rode the final 30 minutes with an
average speed of 56.2 km/h.
He used a Pinarello prototype frame with Princeton Carbonworks disc wheels and pushed a 64x14 gear.
Just like Joscelin Lowden and Ellen Van Dijk in their
recent attempts for the womens record he held his head as low as possible and looked down on the track practically all the time.
Article in "Cycling News":
Dan Bigham sets new UCI Hour Record
Article in "Cycling Tips":
The “Watt-Weenie” takes it: Dan Bigham is the new Hour Record Holder
Article in "VeloNews":
Dan Bigham sets new UCI Hour Record of 55.548km
Video (coverage starts at about 40 minutes): Ineos Grenadiers Youtube channel
Split Times
km
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Campenaerts
Aguascalientes 16.04.2019 |
Bigham
Grenchen 19.08.2022 |
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| time |
avg. speed |
time |
avg. speed |
| 1 |
1.13.324 |
49.097 |
1.15.301 |
47.808 |
| 5 |
5.33.391 |
53.991 |
5.39.683 |
52.991 |
| 10 |
10.57.438 |
54.758 |
11:9.005 |
53.811 |
| 15 |
16.21.914 |
54.995 |
16:36.595 |
54.184 |
| 20 |
21.48.000 |
55.046 |
22:1.475 |
54.484 |
| 25 |
27.13.816 |
55.084 |
27:24.229 |
54.736 |
| 30 |
32.39.009 |
55.130 |
32:45.16 |
54.957 |
| 35 |
38.05.220 |
55.137 |
38:6.35 |
55.109 |
| 40 |
43.32.531 |
55.119 |
43:25.802 |
55.261 |
| 45 |
49.01.362 |
55.077 |
48:44.927 |
55.386 |
| 50 |
54.29.016 |
55.062 |
54:4.448 |
55.479 |
| 51 |
55.34.573 |
55.060 |
55:8.355 |
55.495 |
| 52 |
56.39.889 |
55.061 |
56:12.286 |
55.511 |
| 53 |
57.45.145 |
55.063 |
57:15.919 |
55.531 |
| 54 |
58.50.086 |
55.069 |
58:20.47 |
55.535 |
| 55 |
59.54.331 |
55.087 |
59:24.691 |
55.545 | | 1 hour |
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55.089 |
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55.548 |
Showing the lap-speed and the average speed vs. distance for each lap ("Thank you"
Dan Bigham for sending me the data! You can find a csv file here):
Comparison with Victor Campenaerts' attempt:
The "negative split" pacing strategy is nicely too see.
A graph by Xavier Disley (twitter.com/xavierdisley)
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