Hour Record
Coppi broke the world hour record on the track in Milan on 7 November 1942. He rode a 93.6 inch (7.47 metre) gear and pedaled with an average cadence of 103.3rpm. The bike is on display in the chapel of Madonna del Ghisallo near Como, Italy. His times were:
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Coppi beat Maurice Archambaud's 45.767 km, set five years earlier on the same track. The record stood until it was beaten by Jacques Anquetil in 1956.
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