Ellen van Dijk
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Eleonora Maria "Ellen" van Dijk is a Dutch former professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Women's WorldTeam Lidl–Trek. Besides road cycling she was also a track cyclist until 2012. Van
Van Dijk after taking the silver medal at the 2022 European Championships
Van Dijk with her family and friends in 2016
Ellen van Dijk in 2011, riding for HTC-High Road.
Ellen van Dijk supported by Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and his family at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Hour record
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The hour record is the record for the longest distance cycled in one hour on a bicycle from a stationary start. Cyclists attempt this record alone on the track without other competitors present. It is
Ellen van Dijk
…World Championships in Flanders, Belgium, she won the time trial for the second time. In April 2022 van Dijk announced that she would try to break the hour record on 23 May in Grenchen, Switzerland. On 23 May 2022, she did set a new record of 49.254 kilometres (30.605 miles). At the 2022 UCI Road World Championships…
Jean-Eugène-André Castéra (left) and James Moore (right) with a Paris – Rouen velocipede, 1869
Eddy Merckx's 1972 hour record steel-framed bike
The Lotus 108 bicycle, a forerunner to the Lotus 110 Chris Boardman used to set a new hour record of 56.375 km (35.030 mi) in 1996.
The bike used by Jens Voigt in the first attempt under the unified regulations in 2014