The UCI announces that British athletes Charlie Tanfield and William Bjergfelt will attempt to break the UCI Hour Record presented by Tissot on August 14 at the Konya velodrome in Turkey.

The maximum distance covered on the track in one hour is 56.792 km, a record set by Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) on October 8, 2022, at the Tissot Velodrome in Grenchen, Switzerland.

Charlie Tanfield, 28 years old, has achieved exceptional results on the track, particularly in team pursuit. Silver medalist at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in recent years he has been UCI World Champion in Apeldoorn (Netherlands) in 2018, silver medalist in Pruszków (Poland) in 2019, bronze in Roubaix (France) in 2021, and silver in Ballerup (Denmark) in 2024. He was also part of the British national team that won the European team pursuit title in 2024.

"I can't wait to attempt the hour record: I remember joining the GB program when Sir Bradley Wiggins held the record and I thought 'wow, I'd like to try this someday'. I identified this year, after the Games, as the moment when I would have the freedom to try, and that's exactly what I'll do. I've been preparing for this since I started training again after the Games, so there have been months of training and learning to get to this point. My goal is to deliver the perfect ride: if I can do that and put everything together, I'll be happy," Tanfield explained.

UCI Men's Hour Record presented by Tissot:
    08.10.2022: Filippo Ganna (ITA), Tissot Velodrome, Grenchen (Switzerland), 56.792km
    19.08.2022: Dan Bigham (GBR), Tissot Velodrome, Grenchen (Switzerland), 55.548km
    16.04.2019: Victor Campenaerts (BEL), Bicentennial Velodrome, Aguascalientes (Mexico), 55.089km
    07.06.2015: Bradley Wiggins (GBR), Lee Valley VeloPark, London (Great Britain), 54.526km
    02.05.2015: Alex Dowsett (GBR), National Cycling Centre, Manchester (Great Britain), 52.937km
    08.02.2015: Rohan Dennis (AUS), Swiss Velodrome, Grenchen (Switzerland), 52.491km
    30.10.2014: Matthias Brändle (AUT), UCI World Cycling Centre, Aigle (Switzerland), 51.852km
    18.09.2014: Jens Voigt (GER), Swiss Velodrome, Grenchen (Switzerland), 51.110km.

The UCI Women's Hour Record presented by Tissot is held by Italian Vittoria Bussi, who covered a distance of 50.455 km at the Bicentennial Velodrome in Aguascalientes, Mexico, on May 10, 2025.

On the same day as Tanfield's attempt, the Konya velodrome will host another hour record attempt: para-cyclist William Bjergfelt will seek the record in the C5 sports class.

The maximum distance covered in an hour by a C5 para-cyclist is currently 47.569 km. The record was set by Italian Andrea Tarlao on December 13, 2014, at the Fassa Bortolo velodrome in Montichiari, Italy.

William Bjergfelt, 46 years old, achieved his first success as a para-cyclist in the individual time trial at the 2018 UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup in Baie-Comeau, Canada. In 2021, he became the first para-cyclist to participate in the Tour of Britain. In 2023, he won the road event at the UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup in Ostend (Belgium), before donning the world champion jersey in the discipline at the Glasgow World Championships. An aerospace logistics manager, the British cyclist is a former elite mountain bike cyclist. Just a few months after suffering a serious leg injury in an accident in 2015, he returned to his bike to embark on a brilliant career as a para-cyclist.

William Bjergfelt stated: "The hour record is an icon in cycling and something I've wanted to aim for for years to truly enter cycling history. I've been preparing since March for this adventure, and with full support from the British Cycling team and GKN Aerospace, where I've worked for the last 25 years, this attempt will be extremely special for me".

Para-cycling classes for track events
    C - Cycle: conventional bicycle with adaptations if necessary
    B - Tandem: for a visually impaired athlete with a sighted pilot.

Group C is divided into five different sports classes (1-5). The lower the number, the more severe the impairment.