105-yr-old cyclist sets new world record

(4 Jan 2017)
Nearly a century ago, Robert Marchand was told by a coach that he should give up cycling because he would never achieve anything on a bike.
He proved that prediction wrong again on Wednesday.
In a skin-tight yellow and violet jersey, the 105-year-old Frenchman set a world record in the 105-plus age category - created especially for the veteran - by riding 22.547 kilometers (14.010 miles) in one hour in front of a cheering crowd.
Three years ago at the same venue - St Quentin-en-Yvelines national velodrome - Marchand covered 26.927 kilometers (16.7 miles) in one hour to better his own world record in the over-100s category.


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