Wiggins to target Hour Record in 2015

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British champion Bradley Wiggins(Image credit: Rob Lampard)

Former Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) has confirmed that he will take on the Hour Record next year, telling BBC Sport that, “it will give me something to get out of bed for in the winter.”

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Chris Boardman (Manchester, UK)* September 7, 1996	56.375
2	Tony Rominger (Velodrome du Lac, Bordeaux)* November 5, 1994	55.291
3	Tony Rominger (Velodrome du Lac, Bordeaux)* October 22, 1994	53.832
4	Miguel Indurain (Velodrome du Lac, Bordeaux)* September 2, 1994	53.040
5	Graeme Obree (Velodrome du Lac, Bordeaux)* April 27, 1994	52.713
6	Chris Boardman (Velodrome du Lac, Bordeaux)* July 23, 1993	52.270
7	Graeme Obree (Hamar, Norway)* July 17, 1993	51.596
8	Francesco Moser (Mexico City)* January 23, 1984	51.151
9	Jens Voigt (Grenchen, Switzerland ) September 18, 2014 ***	51.115
10	Francesco Moser (Mexico City)* January 19, 1984	50.808
11	Ondrej Sosenka (Moscow, Russia) July 19, 2005 **	49.700
12	Chris Boardman (Manchester, UK) October 27, 2000	49.441
13	Eddy Merckx (Mexico City) October 25, 1972	49.431
14	Ole Ritter (Mexico City) October 10, 1968	48.653
15	Ferdi Bracke (Olympic Velodrome, Rome) October 30, 1967	48.093
16	Roger Rivière (Vigorelli, Milan) September 23, 1959	47.347
17	Jean Nuttli (Vienna) November 16, 2002	47.093
18	Roger Rivière (Vigorelli, Milan) September 18, 1957	46.923
19	Jean Nuttli (Vienna) December 15, 2004	46.642
20	Ercole Baldini (Vigorelli, Milan) September 19, 1956	46.394
21	Jacques Anquetil (Vigorelli, Milan) June 29, 1956	46.159
22	Fausto Coppi (Vigorelli, Milan) November 7, 1942	45.798
23	Maurice Archambaud (Vigorelli, Milan) November 3, 1937	45.767
24	Frans Slaats (Vigorelli, Milan) September 29, 1937	45.485
25	Maurice Richard (Vigorelli, Milan) October 14, 1936	45.325
26	Giuseppe Olmo (Velodromo Vigorelli, Milan) October 31, 1935	45.090
27	Maurice Richard (Sint-Truiden, Belgium) September 28, 1933	44.777
28	Jan Van Hout (Roermond) August 25, 1933	44.588
29	Oscar Egg (Paris) August 18, 1914	44.247
30	Marcel Berthet (Paris) September 20, 1913	43.775
31	Oscar Egg (Paris) August 21, 1913	43.525
32	Marcel Berthet (Paris) August 7, 1913	42.741
33	Oscar Egg (Paris) August 22, 1912	42.122
34	Marcel Berthet (Paris) June 20, 1907	41.520
35	Lucien Petit-Breton (Buffalo, Paris) August 24, 1905	41.110
36	Willie Hamilton (Colorado Springs, USA) July 3, 1898	40.781
37	Oscar Van Den Eynde (Vincennes, Paris) July 30, 1897	39.240
38	Jules Dubois (Buffalo, Paris) October 31, 1894	38.220
39	Henri Desgrange (Buffalo, Paris) May 11, 1893	35.325
40	Frank Dodds (Cambridge University Ground) August 25, 1876	26.508