FILE PHOTO: British rider Joss Lowden trains for her world Hour record attempt at the Wales National Velodrome in Newport, Britain, September 7, 2021. Courtesy of Tom Griffiths/Handout via REUTERS
GRENCHEN, Switzerland (Reuters) -British rider Joss Lowden smashed the UCI women's Hour record as she covered 48.405km at the Velodrome Suisse in Grenchen on Thursday -- easily surpassing Vittoria Bussi's previous mark.
Hardly wavering from the black line on the banked 250m oval, the 33-year-old Lowden was quickly ahead of the required pace and churned out lap after lap in metronomic fashion.
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