Hour Record finale was journey into unknown for Dennis

Coach Neal Henderson letting Rohan Dennis know he is on track for the hour record

Coach Neal Henderson letting Rohan Dennis know he is on track for the hour record

After the UCI redrafted the regulations on the use of time trial bikes for the Hour Record last year, Ondřej Sosenka's 2005 mark of 49.7 kilometres suddenly seemed like rather low-hanging fruit and the successful attempts of Jens Voigt and Matthias Brändle, who shifted the target to 51.852 kilometres in October, hardly altered that perception.

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Barry Ryan
Head of Features

Barry Ryan is Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation, published by Gill Books.