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The Impossible Hour Part 1 of 5 (Ole Ritter, Hour Record Attempt)

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Uploaded by on Sep 12, 2009

Directed by Jorgen Leth. 1974 Hour Record Attempt of the Danish rider Ole Ritter. He made3 attempts at breaking Merckx's record in one week.

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  • Btw, currently set on carbon not steel.

  • But weren't the last 2 records set at sea level??? Guys from the steel era were just beast... Limited in knowledge compared to what we have today but still dominated.(not sure if current hour record set at sea level but boardman's was)

  • Boardman holds the performance hour (old record before UCI decided that technology was taking over the record, so reverted bikes back to a standard similar to Merckx's bike), at 56.375km

    Boardman then re-attempted and broke Merckx's record by 10m in 2000 (using the old standard bikes), but that record has since been broken by Ondrej Sosenka in 2005, who remains the current record holder.

  • Who holds the hour record now? Chris Boardman??

  • This guy's voice makes me want to kill myself, but I really like the documentary nonetheless

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