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UCI president Brian Cookson hopes that the hour record, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:broken today by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jens Voigt in Grenchen, Switzerland, will be just the first of a number of efforts since the UCI rule modification, and challenged the sport's top time trialists to hꦕave a go at the record.

"I think this is the first of a whole raft of riders who are going to come through. I can think of a number of riders - 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Bradley Wiggins, Taylor Phinney, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tony Martin, Fabian Cancellara, all 🐲who could have a good shot at it, and I want to encourage them to do so. This is something special, the magic hour we used to call it. I think we're in a new magic hour era."

Under Cookson, the UCI modified the rules for the hour record, removing the "Merckx" requiꦑrement that restricted equipment to standard track bikes, without any aerodynamic modifications or clothing, forcing riders to duplicate the effort of Ed🙈dy Merckx in 1972.

Since May, the record would be recognized ⛄if riders used equipment which is allowed under the current UCI rules for the individual pursuit.

"Things had gotten pretty stagnant [before the new rule], and we saw a huge amount of pot💛ential for this record to be brought off the shelf and into the modern era," Cookson said. "The other thing we've done is made sure that anyone who goes for the record is part of the biological passport so we can have confidence in the integrity of the record."

Cookson was thrilled to witness Voigꦿt breaking the record, having witnessed both of Chris Boardman's performances iꦛn the past.

"It's inspirational to all of us, it's a fantastic performance," Cookson said of Voigt. "To s♊ee a 43-year-old still capable of this performance, it's a huge cr😼edit to him."