Richardson And Bjergfelt Set World Records

Britain's Matt Richardson and Will Bjergfelt group way cycling world records arsenic Charlie Tanfield fell short successful his bid to break nan hr grounds successful Konya, Turkey.

Richardson, 26, became nan first cyclist to timepiece nether 9 seconds successful nan 200m flying commencement - doing truthful successful an arena group up pinch British Cycling backing to purpose for a number of world records.

His clip of 8.941 seconds lowered nan clip of 9.088 secs, group by Dutchman Harrie Lavreysen astatine nan 2024 Paris Olympics.

"I came present to do that [go sub-nine seconds] and that's what I did so, it's a beautiful cool emotion to execute nan 1 point that I came retired present to do," said Richardson.

"It was a batch faster [than I've antecedently ridden]. I was fundamentally conscionable a passenger.

"I gave nan motorcycle a spot of guidance and it was conscionable steering itself almost. I rode of batch of it extracurricular nan sprint lane, truthful I cognize there's a spot much there."

Earlier connected Thursday, Bjergfelt, 46, established a caller hr grounds successful nan C5 classification arsenic he became nan first para-cyclist successful history spell beyond 50km.

He rode a region of 51.471km to hit nan erstwhile people of 47.569km, group by Italy's Andrea Tarlao successful 2014.

"It's not rather sunk successful yet really," said Bjergfelt.

"While I was going information nan way and everyone was cheering astatine nan extremity there, it started to deed home. I don't deliberation it's rather deed location yet that I've smashed nan world grounds connected nan way and that's a dream travel true."

In 2015, Bjergfelt was progressive successful a head-on collision pinch a car which shattered his correct limb and near him pinch a bleed connected his brain.

Having antecedently ridden for UCI Continental teams, he was fixed a C5 para-cycling classification erstwhile he returned to nan sport.

He subsequently became nan first para-cyclist to compete successful nan Tour of Britain successful 2021 and took golden successful nan C5 roadworthy title astatine nan World Championships successful 2023.

While each rider had their oculus connected nan records for immoderate time, nan thought for a associated effort supported by British Cycling and its partners arrived aft nan World Cup earlier this twelvemonth erstwhile Richardson was impressed by nan velocity of nan Konya Velodrome, which opened successful 2022.

Tanfield was aiming to go nan 4th British rider to clasp nan celebrated hr grounds since nan UCI, cycling's world governing body, unified nan rules for nan arena successful 2014.

He began preparing for his effort soon aft past summer's Paris Games wherever he won a metallic badge arsenic portion of Great Britain's squad pursuit squad.

However, contempt making a beardown start, he was incapable to eclipse nan 56.792km region covered by Filippo Ganna successful October 2022.

The 28-year-old rode 53.967km during his effort astatine 1,200m altitude - 750m higher than nan velodrome successful Grenchen, Switzerland wherever nan Italian group his benchmark.

Tanfield's effort is nan seventh champion of each clip and he is besides nan 4th fastest British rider complete 60 minutes down Bradley Wiggins, Alex Dowsett and nationalist grounds holder Dan Bigham (55.548km).