Bäckstedt optimistic about Derny paced record

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Big Magnus Backstedt (Image credit: Nick Rosenthal)

Next week, 30 year-old Liquigas-Bianchi rider Magnus Bäckstedt will try to beat the Derny Paced Hour Record currently held by Dutch Matthé Pronk: 66.114 km. The attempt will take place on the Welsh track of the Newport Velodrome on Saturday, October 29.

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