While most professional riders are still in the throes of a well-deserved off season, Alex Dowsett has been working flat-out on plans to regain the UCI Hour Record from Bradley Wiggins.
Dowsett announced his intention to break the record for a second time last month and, while no date has yet been confirmed, the Movistar rider has already begun testing at the Manchester Velodrome, the venue at which he is hoping to better Wiggins’ benchmark of 54.526 kilometres.
“We’ve made the announcement of intent and that’s very much still there,” Dowsett told Cyclingnews from his home outside of London.
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“Right now we’re working on pulling everything together and making it happen. Everyone is working flat-out but we can’t make a formal announcement because not everything is in place yet.”
Dowsett set a new record in May 2015 with a distance of 52.397 kilometres, beating the then record set by Rohan Dennis. Dowsett admitted after his attempt that he and his team produced a relatively conservative effort in order to shepherd home a winning time and limit the risks of blowing up. A more confident Dowsett now believes that Wiggins’ record is beatable.
“We’ve done some testing and I am capable. It’s in me to do upwards of 54.5 and maybe push 55 but with air pressure you just don’t know what will happen,” he said.
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