Now a world champion against the watch and a national TT and road champion, Greg Swinand wants more. Last winter he went to Colorado and broke the Irish elite hour record. Now he's going to Mexico and he's aiming to break the world hour record for the 50-54 years category (Photo: Sean Rowe)
Greg Swinand targets masters world hour record
Having broken the Irish elite hour record last year, Greg Swinand is to target the world hour record in the 50-54 years category.
And he is planning his assault on what is regarded as the fastest track in the world; Aguascalientes, Mexico.
Swinand is going for the record on Thursday, November 16th, on the Aguascalientes Bicentenary Velodrome.
He will take to the start line for his latest hour record ride at 4pm local time; 10pm Irish time.
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Swinand’s attempt will take place just five days short of the anniversary of his last record-breaking ride.
He took the Irish elite hour record on November 21st last year at the Olympic Training Centre Velodrome in Colorado Springs.
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Greg Swinand set a new hour record of 46.860km; some 729 metres more than the previous elite record held by Tommy Evans.
Evans set a very high benchmark for the elite category in 1999 when he recorded 46.166 kilometres.
And two years ago John Madden did 45.799 kilometres to set a new Masters record.
Greg Swinand will be looking to better the 50-54 hour record set by for US pro Norman Alvis just last night.
He rode 49.392km in Colorado; beating the former record of 48.892km. It means Swinand will need to go 2,532 metres further than he did last year to even equal the record now held by Alvis.
Since his hour record ride of last year, Swinand has won the Irish Masters 50 road and TT titles.
More recently he won the TT title at the Masters World Road Championships in Albi, France, in the 50-54 category.
Coach Matteo Cigala told stickybottle that Swinand’s form this year, coupled with his preparation and the Mexican track’s record for fast times will hopefully mean more success.
Aguascalientes hosted a World Cup race four years ago. And because of its altitude, 1,800 metres above sea level, the times were very fast.
Seven world records were set including François Pervis going 2½ seconds inside the kilo world record set in 2001. And in the same race, four other riders also went under the old record.
The track was also the location of Sarah Hammer’s world record 3km individual pursuit back in 2010.
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