Dan Bigham to Make UCI Hour Record Attempt

Dan Bigham will attempt to break the UCI Hour Record on 19 August at the Tissot Velodrome in Grenchen (Switzerland).

The greatest distance covered in one hour currently stands at 55.089 km. This record was established by Belgian Victor Campenaerts on 16 April 2019 at the Velodromo Bicentenario in Aguascalientes (Mexico).

Dan Bigham, who is performance engineer for UCI WorldTeam INEOS Grenadiers, currently holds the British Hour Record of 54.723 km. He set this record on 1st October last year in Grenchen, breaking Bradley Wiggins’ six-year reign as the fastest British rider over one hour.

Bigham said: “I’m excited about the prospect of seeing what I can do against the clock again, with the support of the team behind me.

“Physically I’ve moved on since becoming a part of the INEOS Grenadiers. As much as my workload is high, it’s been nice to have everything I do consolidated within one place. It means I can be so much more organized in how and when I can train… It’s been great to bounce ideas off so many fantastic people within the team.”

He intends to use the knowledge from his attempt to further develop and optimize INEOS Grenadiers’ time trial performances, part of his role as the team’s performance engineer.

“It’s not just limited to track – every single week the team are competing in time trials on the road and there’s a huge amount of detail that we’ve gone into (to prepare the attempt on the UCI Hour Record timed by Tissot) that will help improve our time trialing in many different respects. Whether that’s pacing strategies, thermal management or equipment development, it all ties in.”

Dan Bigham’s attempt on the UCI Hour Record timed by Tissot will come on the heels of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games (28 July – 8 August), where he competed on the track and the road, winning silver in the team pursuit.