Greg Swinand broke the Irish elite hour record last year and right now he's going for the World Masters Hour Record in Mexico, watch it live here.
Greg Swinand World Masters Hour Record in Mexico
Having broken the Irish elite hour record last year, Greg Swinand is to target the world hour record in the 50-54 years category right now.
His assault is taking place on what is regarded as the fastest track in the world; Aguascalientes, Mexico.
The Irish road and TT champion’s attempt is taking 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.
Greg Swinand set a new hour record of 46.860km; some 729 metres more than the previous elite record held by Tommy Evans.
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Evans set a very high benchmark for the elite category in 1999 when he recorded 46.166 kilometres.
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And two years ago John Madden did 45.799 kilometres to set a new Masters record.
Greg Swinand is now looking to better the 50-54 hour record set by for US pro Norman Alvis in September.
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.
He has been prepared for this by coach Matteo Cigala; he's the one shouting the lap times at him in the video below.
