Rohan Dennis
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Rohan Craig Dennis is an Australian former cyclist, who competed professionally in the track and road disciplines of the sport for five different teams.
Dennis in 2018
Dennis on his way to winning stage one of the 2015 Tour de France
Dennis at the 2018 Giro d'Italia, where he became the third Australian rider to wear the leader's jersey at all three Grand Tours
Dennis at the 2021 Tour of Britain
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
Rohan Dennis
…victories, and stage wins at all three Grand Tours. He also won the 2015 Tour Down Under and is a former holder of the Union Cycliste Internationale's hour record, having completed a distance of 52.491 kilometres (32.616 miles) in 2015. On 31 December 2023, Rohan Dennis was involved in a fatal incident in which…
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