History of the Hour record 1893-1996 Date Rider Nat. Velodrome Distance Margin 11-05-1893 Henri DESGRANGE Fra Paris 35,325 +-0 m 31-10-1894 Jules DUBOIS Fra Paris 38,220 + 2.895 30-07-1897 Oscar VAN DEN EYNDE Bel Paris 39,240 + 1.020 03-07-1898 Willie HAMILTON Usa Denver 40,781 + 1.541 24-08-1905 Lucien PETIT BRETON Fra Paris 41,110 + 329 20-06-1907 Marcel BERTHET Fra Paris 41,520 + 410 22-08-1912 Oscar EGG Sch Paris 42,122 + 602 07-08-1913 Marcel BERTHET Fra Paris 42,741 + 619 21-08-1913 Oscar EGG Sch Paris 43,525 + 784 20-09-1913 Marcel BERTHET Fra Paris 43,775 + 250 18-08-1914 Oscar EGG Sch Paris 44,247 + 472 25-08-1933 Jan VAN HOUT Ned Paris 44,588 + 341 28-09-1933 Maurice RICHARD Fra Saint Trond 44,777 + 189 31-10-1935 Giuseppe OLMO Ita Milano 45,090 + 313 14-10-1936 Maurice RICHARD Fra Milano 45,325 + 235 29-09-1937 Frans SLAATS Ned Milano 45,485 + 160 03-11-1937 Maurice ARCHAMBAUD Fra Milano 45,767 + 282 07-11-1942 Fausto COPPI Ita Milano 45,798 + 31 29-06-1956 Jacques ANQUETIL Fra Milano 46,159 + 361 19-09-1956 Ercole BALDINI Ita Milano 46,394 + 235 18-09-1957 Roger RIVIERE Fra Milano 46,923 + 529 23-09-1959 Roger RIVIERE Fra Milano 47,347 + 424 30-10-1967 Ferdinand BRACKE Bel Roma 48,093 + 746 10-10-1968 Ole RITTER Den Mexico City 48,653 + 560 25-10-1972 Eddy MERCKX Bel Mexico City 49,432 + 779 19-01-1984 Francesco MOSER Ita Mexico City 50,808 + 1.376 23-01-1984 Francesco MOSER Ita Mexico City 51,151 + 343 17-07-1993 Graeme OBREE Gbr Hamar 51,596 + 445 23-07-1993 Chris BOARDMAN Gbr Bordeaux 52,270 + 674 27-04-1994 Graeme OBREE Gbr Bordeaux 52,713 + 433 02-09-1994 Miguel INDURAIN Spa Bordeaux 53,040 + 327 22-10-1994 Tony ROMINGER Sch Bordeaux 53,832 + 792 05-11-1994 Tony ROMINGER Sch Bordeaux 55,291 + 1.459 07-09-1996 Chris BOARDMAN Gbr Manchester 56,375 + 1.084 ------------------------------------ Bertil Odling Umea, SWEDEN e-mail: bertil.odling@mailbox.swipnet.se Phone and Fax: + 46 90 19 02 85