Fausto Coppi - Hour Record

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:

  • 1 km: 01:17
  • 2 km: 02:36
  • 3 km: 03:53
  • 4 km: 05:12
  • 5 km: 06:30
  • 10 km: 13:02
  • 15 km: 19:35
  • 20 km: 26:08
  • 30 minutes: 22.946 km
  • 25 km: 32:41
  • 30 km: 39:14
  • 35 km: 45:47
  • 40 km: 52:19
  • 45 km: 58:5
  • Hour: 45.871 km, later corrected to 45.798 km

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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