Colin Lynch is on the track in Manchester looking to set a new world hour record, watch it here LIVE right now.
Twice a world champion and only very narrowly beaten for a Paralympic medal at London 2012, Colin Lynch is attempting to capture the world hour record.
He is going for the world record in his MC2 paracycling class. That record is 41.31km and was set in 1999 by Laurent Thirionet.
"To be honest, I'm scared of not getting it right on the day,” he told stickybottle last night.
“I've put so much time and effort into preparing for this and I would hate to let down all the people that have supported me.
“But I'm going to keep my head down and just suffer - no matter what."
Lynch’s left leg was amputated below the knee aged 21-years after complications following a broken foot six years earlier and a tumour being discovered on his spinal cord.
He won the Paracycling World Championship road time trial title in 2011 and the Paracycling individual pursuit track title in 2012.
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He is currently preparing for the Rio Paralympics and is hoping his hour attempt will help shine the spotlight on paracycling for the next World Championships in March in Italy and for the Rio Paralympics.
His hour record began at 2.30pm today, Saturday, October 10th, 2015.
Watch it live below.
Colin Lynch's hour ride LIVE
