{"id":161780,"date":"2017-10-25T12:55:47","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T12:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=161780"},"modified":"2017-10-25T12:59:18","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T12:59:18","slug":"90-year-old-frenchman-sets-new-hour-record-age-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/10\/25\/90-year-old-frenchman-sets-new-hour-record-age-group\/","title":{"rendered":"90-Year-Old Frenchman Sets a New Hour Record for His Age Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Back in the 1950s, Ren\u00e9 Gaillard raced at the highest level against the likes of Tour de France winners Fausto Coppi, Hugo Koblet, and Ferdinand K\u00fcbler. Now 90 years old, the cycling enthusiast never gave up his passion and managed to set a new Hour Record for his age group, riding 29.278km, just over 117 laps at the French national velodrome in St Quentin en Yvelines near Paris.<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A number of fans from his home region arrived to cheer him on along the way. \u201cI went after my dream. I am satisfied, I have not disappointed my supporters,\u201d the member of the Cyclosport Club de Vesoul said after completing his record-breaking ride.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-161780 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/10\/22555100_1233601310077050_6522606368106442429_n.webp'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/10\/22555100_1233601310077050_6522606368106442429_n.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/10\/22555100_1233601310077050_6522606368106442429_n.webp 640w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/10\/22555100_1233601310077050_6522606368106442429_n-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/10\/22555100_1233601310077050_6522606368106442429_n-272x182.webp 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/10\/22519263_1233601286743719_4521063474483477611_n.webp'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/10\/22519263_1233601286743719_4521063474483477611_n.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/10\/22519263_1233601286743719_4521063474483477611_n.webp 640w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/10\/22519263_1233601286743719_4521063474483477611_n-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/10\/22519263_1233601286743719_4521063474483477611_n-272x182.webp 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The masters Hour Record has become fairly popular recently, with 105-year-old Robert Marchand setting a new record in January this year. The French cycling phenomenon previously held a record in the 100-104 category and forced the UCI to create the 105+ category. He rode an astonishing 22.547km.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode-ys-post-pinup\"><article class=\"loop-simple post-145959 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-health-and-training tag-robert-marchand\" data-postid=\"145959\" role=\"article\" data-post-id=\"145959\" data-word-count=\"476\" data-headline-length=\"59\" data-category=\"Health &amp; Training\" data-author=\"Frantiska Blazkova\" data-published=\"2017-01-06T15:39:18+00:00\" data-published-day=\"Friday\">\n    <div class=\"entry-thumbnail article-thumbnail\" content=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/01\/2422442_422442-150x150.webp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/01\/06\/robert-marchand-life-105-year-old-phenomenon\/\" class=\"image-holder\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/01\/2422442_422442.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/01\/2422442_422442.webp 900w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/01\/2422442_422442-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/01\/2422442_422442-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/01\/2422442_422442-272x182.webp 272w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1200px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 25vw, 100vw\" alt=\"robert-marchand-life-105-year-old-phenomenon\"\/><\/a><\/div>    <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n        <a class=\"label label-secondary post-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/category\/health-and-training\/\" title=\"Health &amp; Training\">Health &amp; Training<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"entry-details\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/01\/06\/robert-marchand-life-105-year-old-phenomenon\/\" class='entry-title-wrapper'>\n            <h3 class=\"entry-title\"><span>Who Is Robert Marchand: Life of the 105-Year-Old Phenomenon<\/span><\/h3>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gaillard is the first 90-year-old to attempt the Hour Record, which means a new category of 90-94 needs to be created. Plus he is already talking about taking the 95-99 record as well.<br \/>\nHats off to you and keep pedalling, sir!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in the 1950s, Ren\u00e9 Gaillard raced at the highest level against the likes of Tour de France winners Fausto [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":161782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[332],"tags":[1437,746],"global-categories":[],"class_list":["post-161780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-and-training","tag-rene-gaillard","tag-robert-marchand"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>90-Year-Old Frenchman Sets a New Hour Record for His Age Group - \u0160koda We Love Cycling<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Back in the 1950s, Ren\u00e9 Gaillard raced at the highest level against the likes of Tour de France winners Fausto Coppi, Hugo Koblet, and Ferdinand K\u00fcbler.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/10\/25\/90-year-old-frenchman-sets-new-hour-record-age-group\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"90-Year-Old Frenchman Sets a New Hour Record for His Age Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Back in the 1950s, Ren\u00e9 Gaillard raced at the highest level against the likes of Tour de France winners Fausto Coppi, Hugo Koblet, and Ferdinand K\u00fcbler.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/10\/25\/90-year-old-frenchman-sets-new-hour-record-age-group\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"\u0160koda We Love Cycling\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-10-25T12:55:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-10-25T12:59:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/10\/4475475451845187.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Frantiska Blazkova\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/10\/25\/90-year-old-frenchman-sets-new-hour-record-age-group\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/10\/25\/90-year-old-frenchman-sets-new-hour-record-age-group\/\",\"name\":\"90-Year-Old Frenchman Sets a New Hour Record for His Age Group - 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