We can complain about lots of things regarding the overall direction of cycling: the endless credibility struggle, the continually confounding rules, the lack of heroic racing. We can moan about disc brakes and road furniture and motos.
Category: Olympic Cycling
105-year-old Frenchman sets cycling record
Nearly a century ago, Robert Marchand was told by a coach that he should give up cycling because he would never achieve anything on a bike. In a skin-tight yellow and violet jersey, the 105-year-old Frenchman set a world record in the 105-plus age category – created especially for the tireless veteran – by riding 22.547 kilometres in one hour.