Cyclist beats his own record aged 102 years old

[scooterscot]

Good grief.

CBBC Newsround - Cyclist beats his own record aged 102 years old

There are definitely no excuses for not getting on your bike after you read about Robert Marchand.

He has just got himself another world record in a race for over 100-year-olds.

He's 102 years old and he peddled at a rate of nearly 17 miles an hour, beating the old world record, which was his anyway!

When he was 100 years old he hit the record books with a 100 km cycle round a velodrome in Lyon.

His latest feat took place at a velodrome in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines near Paris.

After completing the race, he hurried off round the track to meet and greet his supporters.

[doodab]

That's probably quicker than I could go TBH. Chapeau!

[Gittins Gal]

Good grief.

CBBC Newsround - Cyclist beats his own record aged 102 years old

Hmmm...inneresting but it doesn't say how far he went.

Wonder if it's the same decrepit old man that whizzes past me every time I try and ride a bike. Really demotivating that is - you're puffing and panting, thinking you've got a good speed up when some octogenarian effortlessly glides past with a fag hanging out the corner of his mouth.

[RetSet]

Hmmm...inneresting but it doesn't say how far he went.

Wonder if it's the same decrepit old man that whizzes past me every time I try and ride a bike. Really demotivating that is - you're puffing and panting, thinking you've got a good speed up when some octogenarian effortlessly glides past with a fag hanging out the corner of his mouth.

I suspect it's 'The Hour' i.e. ride as far as you can in an hour. Remember Boardman & Obree in the '90s?

So if he did nearly 17mph in an hour, he did nearly 17 miles.

RetSet the Tester.

[doodab]

I suspect it's 'The Hour' i.e. ride as far as you can in an hour. Remember Boardman & Obree in the '90s?

So if he did nearly 17mph in an hour, he did nearly 17 miles.

RetSet the Tester.

Good guess.

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