Matthew Glaetzer (Australia) became the first man to ride the kilometre time trial in under a minute at sea level during the Manchester round of the Track World Cup on Sunday. Glaetzer clocked a time of 59.970 seconds during qualifying in the men's kilometre, and then proceeded to win the gold medal by posting a time of 1:00.081 in the final.
The sub-one-minute kilometre had previously only ever been achieved at high altitude. Arnaud Tournant was the first rider to achieve the landmark when he travelled specifically to La Paz in Bolivia for a tilt at the world record in October 2001. Taking advantage of the thinner air at 3,600 metres above sea level, the Frenchman set a record of 58.875 seconds.
The outright world record for the kilometre now stands at 56.303 seconds after Tournant’s fellow countryman François Pervis established the mark at an altitude of 1,880 metres at the Track World Cup in Aguascalientes, Mexico in December 2013.
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Glaetzer expressed surprise at dipping inside the one-minute mark at the weekend, although he added that it was a long-term objective.
"That ride even felt incredible throughout. That time was something I was hoping to achieve in around a year's time so to get it today was amazing," Glaetzer said in a statement released by Cycling Australia.
"Having riders like Sir Chris Hoy and Shane Kelly writing the history for the Kilo, I'm really glad I can put my fingerprint on the event also."
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