Hour Record
The hour record for bicycles is the record for the longest distance cycled in one hour. From 1935 - 1967 it was set exclusively at the Velodromo Vigorelli by nine different cyclists in 10 rides.
In 1935 Giuseppe Olmo took the record by covering 45 kilometres, exceeding the distance set at Sint-Truiden in Belgium by 313 metres. He established the track's reputation as fastest in the world. From 1936 Maurice Richard; Frans Slaats; Maurice Archambaud; François Faure; Fausto Coppi; Jacques Anquetil; Ercole Baldini and Roger Rivière added a further 2,257 metres to the record, until the Olympic track in Rome became faster.
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