An astonishing time in a 25 mile TT in Wales has lowered the record for the distance on British roads by more than one minute. It was done on a huge gear, being pushed by Marcin Bialoblocki (File photo from 2017)
Known well to Irish cycling fans as a former winner of the Rás, Marcin Bialoblocki (NOPINZ) has shattered his own 25 mile TT record.
He has clocked a time of 42mins 58 seconds in the Welsh Championships on the R25/3H, Neath Port Talbot course in south Wales.
His time means he clocked an average speed of just under 35 miles per hour. He rode the test using a 64 front chainring.
To put the new time of Marcin Bialoblocki into perspective; the Irish record over the distance currently stands at 47:06.
That was recorded in August, 2008, by David McCann; a man who was 11th in the elite Worlds TT in 2009 when Fabian Cancellara won.
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In 2016 Marcin Bialoblocki recorded a time of 44:04 for the 25 mile distance. Last August he believed he had beaten that.
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On that occasion he did a time of 43:00 at the RealTeam Open 25 in South Wales. That would have taken 1:04 off his own record.
However, within hours of news of that time emerging he found himself disqualified from the result.
He was judged to have ridden in the middle of a dual carriageway, and so unfairly benefited from the draft in his favour created by passing vehicles.
It meant he was scratched from the event and so his time did not count as a record.
But having gone even faster yesterday, he has now broken the record for the distance on UK roads by 1:06.
The closest rider to him yesterday was Tom Ward (Langdale Lightweights), who record a time of 46:27.
He said after his ride yesterday that the breeze changed direction during the early stages of the competition.
And he believed the conditions were favourable earlier in the day. Bialoblocki also said he had lost some time on a roundabout when he got held up.
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