Cycling hour record

What to remember

On 8 October 2022, at the Velodrome Suisse in Grenchen, 450 m above sea level, Italy's Filippo Ganna rode 56.792 km in one hour. The hour record is simple in principle: start from a standstill and cover the longest distance possible in one hour, alone on the track.

For this attempt, backed by INEOS Grenadiers, Ganna rode a Pinarello Bolide F HR 3D with a 64-tooth chainring and a 14-tooth sprocket. His distance also beat Boardman's Best Human Effort, unifying the two categories that had been kept apart since 1997.

Six days later Ganna broke the 4 km individual pursuit world record. He won six world titles in the individual pursuit between 2016 and 2023, and Olympic gold in the team pursuit at the 2020 Games.