List of cycling records

The table below shows the records people have attained while riding bicycles.

The International Human Powered Vehicle Association (IHPVA) acts as the sanctioning body for new records in human-powered land, water, and air vehicles. It registers non-motor-paced records (also called unpaced), which means that the bicycle directly faces the wind without any motor-pacing vehicle in front.

On land, the speed record registered by a rider on a 200-meter flying start speed trial was {{convert|133.28|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} by the Canadian Sam Whittingham riding the Varna Tempest, a streamliner recumbent bicycle in 2009,{{cite web |url=http://www.recumbents.com/wisil/whpsc2009/results.htm |title=2009 200 Meter Results |publisher=wisil.recumbents.com |access-date=16 September 2016}} at Battle Mountain, Nevada. His record has been surpassed by 0.5 km/h by Sebastiaan Bowier of the Netherlands in 2013 setting the new record of {{convert|133.78|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}. The record was again surpassed on 19 September 2015 by Todd Reichert by riding the ETA, a streamlined recumbent bicycle at {{cvt|86.65|mph|km/h|order=flip}} from the team behind the AeroVelo Atlas human-powered helicopter.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/the-aerovelo-eta-is-officially-the-fastest-bike-ever-192495 |title=The Aerovelo Eta is officially the fastest bike ever |date=22 September 2015 |publisher=Cycling Weekly}}{{cite web |url=http://www.design-engineering.com/general/canadas-aerovelo-breaks-human-powered-land-speed-record-136950/ |title=Canada's AeroVelo breaks human-powered land speed record |date=18 September 2015 |publisher=www.design-engineering.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102163114/http://www.design-engineering.com/general/canadas-aerovelo-breaks-human-powered-land-speed-record-136950/ |archive-date=2 January 2016 |url-status=dead}} Todd Reichert broke his own record again on September 17, 2016, to set a speed of {{cvt|89.58|mph|km/h|order=flip}} at the 2016 WHPSC.

The female record holder for this same category was Lisa Vetterlein, who reached {{convert|107.16|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} in 2005.{{cite web |url=http://www.recumbents.com/wisil/whpsc2005/results.htm |title=2005 200 Meter Results |publisher=wisil.recumbents.com |access-date=16 September 2016}} This record was beaten by Barbara Buatois of France, when she reached {{convert|121.44|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} at Battle Mountain in 2009. She subsequently achieved {{convert|121.81|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} at the 2010 running of the Battle Mountain event.{{cite web |url=http://www.wisil.recumbents.com/wisil/whpsc2010/results.htm |title=World Human Powered Speed Challenge 2010 200 Meter Results |publisher=wisil.recumbents.com}} This record was beaten on 13 sept 2019 by Ilona Peltier of France, at {{cvt|126.52|km/h}} at the 2019 WHPSC event.{{cite web|url=http://www.ihpva.org/home/?view=plink&id=45|title=New Records at WHPSC 2019|date=24 September 2019|website=ihpva.org|publisher=International Human Powered Vehicle Association|access-date=27 September 2019}}

{{main|Motor-paced racing}}

Motor pacing is a type of cycling record where a pace vehicle is modified by adding a tail fairing to keep the wind off the cyclist who is riding behind it. This type of record was invented by Charles "Mile-a-Minute Murphy" who drafted a train to set a {{convert|96|km/h|abbr=on}} record in 1899. A mile of plywood sheets was attached to the railroad ties, so Charles would have a smooth surface riding behind the train.{{cite web |url=http://www.teammccallusa.com/history.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929025035/http://www.teammccallusa.com/history.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-09-29 |title=Gordon McCall Challenge history of the Land Speed Record |publisher=teammccallusa }}{{cite web |url=http://lostajas.blogspot.com/2009/03/volando-bajo.html |title=Photos and history of motor paced records |date=26 March 2009 |language =es}}

In 1928, Leon Vanderstuyft from Belgium reached 122 km/h riding behind a motorbike at a velodrome. Alexis Blanc-Garin from France set the record to 128.20 km/h in October 1933 riding behind a motorbike.{{cite web|url=http://imageevent.com/dernysportuk/stayerpictures;jsessionid=4envui98y4.zebra_s?p=954&n=1&m=-1&c=2&l=0&w=4&s=0&z=2 |title=Photo 955 of 1232, European Stayers |publisher=Imageevent.com |access-date=30 July 2012}} Albert Marquet, from France, reached 139.90 km/h riding behind a car in 1937.{{cite web |url=http://sites.google.com/a/mpstraining.com/services/a-60-tooth-chainring |title=a 60 tooth chainring}} {{dead link|date=July 2012}} On 22 October 1938, Alfred Letourneur reached 147 km/h at a velodrome in Montlhéry, France, riding behind a motorbike.{{cite web |url=http://www.raleighbikes.com/home.html |title=Mountain Bikes History |publisher=raleighbikes.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719005424/http://www.raleighbikes.com/home.html |archive-date=19 July 2009 |url-status=dead}} On 17 May 1941 Letourneur broke the record again, reaching {{convert|175|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} on a Schwinn bicycle riding behind a specially equipped midget racer, on a Los Angeles freeway near Bakersfield, California.{{cite web |url=http://www.bicyclemuseum.com/assets/Letourner.pdf | title=Letourner}}

The first to surpass 200 km/h was the Frenchman Jose Meiffret in 1962, when he reached {{convert|204|km/h|abbr=on}} behind a Mercedes-Benz 300SL car on a German motorway.{{cite web|url=http://cycling.ahands.org/bicycling/datewithdeath.html |title=Date with Death |publisher=Cycling.ahands.org |date=19 July 1962 |access-date=30 July 2012}}

Allan Abbott, a cycling enthusiast and motorcycle racer, elevated the motor-paced bicycle speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats, reaching {{convert|223|km/h|abbr=on}} in 1973. John Howard, Olympic cyclist and Ironman triathlon winner, reset the record to {{convert|244|km/h|abbr=on}}, also at the Bonneville Salt Flats, on 20 July 1985.

Fred Rompelberg from Maastricht, Netherlands was the holder of the motor-paced speed world record cycling with {{convert|268.831|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} from 1995 to 2018.{{cite news |last1=Kragen |first1=Pam |title=San Diego woman officially the fastest bicyclist on Earth |work=San Diego Union Tribune |date=September 17, 2018}} He used a special bicycle behind a dragster of the Strasburg Drag Racing Team at the Bonneville Salt Flats.

Denise Mueller-Korenek claimed a women's bicycle land speed record at {{convert|147|mph|abbr=on}} at the Bonneville Salt Flats on 10 September 2016. Mueller was coached by former record holder John Howard.{{cite news |url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/09/news/ca-woman-rides-her-bicycle-147-mph-a-new-world-record_420507 |title=American woman rides bike 147 mph, a new world record |author=Kristen Legan |publisher=velonews.com |access-date=14 September 2016}} On 17 September 2018, again at Bonneville, she took the outright world record, riding a special KHS bike with a 62Tx12T gear (488 gear-inches) to a new overall record top speed of 183.{{convert|183|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} behind a converted rail dragster with a fairing.

During the last decade of the 20th century, two Frenchmen, Éric Barone and Christian Taillefer, set the speed record descending on snow several times. On 28 March 2015, Éric Barone reached {{convert|223.3|km/h|abbr=on}} at Vars ski resort, France, besting his own record from 2000, using a specially designed prototype bicycle.{{cite web |url=http://www.pinkbike.com/news/eric-barone-breaks-the-new-world-speed-record-by-bike-2015.html |title=Eric Barone Breaks World Speed Record by Bike |date=2 April 2015 |publisher=www.pinkbike.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407013656/http://www.pinkbike.com/news/eric-barone-breaks-the-new-world-speed-record-by-bike-2015.html |archive-date=7 April 2015 |url-status=live}} In 2017 Barone achieved a new downhill record on snow reaching 227.72 km/h using a prototype bicycle.

Using a serial production bicycle, as opposed to prototype bicycles, the record holder is Markus Stöckl from Austria. He set a world speed record in 1999 on snow, descending at {{convert|187|km/h|abbr=on}} at Les Arcs. On 14 September 2007, Stöckl rode an Intense M6 mountainbike down the ski slope of La Parva, Chile, reaching the current record of {{convert|210|km/h|abbr=on}}.

The top descending speeds have always been obtained on snow. Apart from that, the ashes of a volcano have been the other surface used. In November 2001, Éric Barone descended on the Cerro Negro volcano in Nicaragua at {{convert|130|km/h|abbr=on}}, beating his previous record achieved in Hawaii in 1999. Barone believed he could do more, and returned to the same location on 12 May 2002 when he reached {{convert|163|km/h|abbr=on}} on a serial production bicycle and {{convert|172|km/h|abbr=on}}, on a prototype bicycle, a world record. Markus Stöckl did beat the serial production bicycle record in 2011 when he reached {{convert|164.95|km/h|abbr=on}} on a volcano in Nicaragua and again in 2017 when he reached {{convert|167.6|km/h|abbr=on}} down a volcano in Chile.{{cite web|url=http://www.redbull.com/en/bike/stories/1331843662749/max-stockl-worlds-fastest-mtb-bike-v-max-project|title=This biker went 167kph down a mountain|publisher=www.redbull.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227083730/http://www.redbull.com/en/bike/stories/1331843662749/max-stockl-worlds-fastest-mtb-bike-v-max-project|archive-date=27 February 2017|url-status=live}} The prototype bicycle record, on a volcano, still belongs to Barone.

{{Main|Hour record}}

The hour record for bicycles is the record for the longest distance cycled in one hour on a bicycle. The most famous type of record is for upright bicycles meeting the requirements of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). Hour-record attempts are made in a velodrome, frequently at high elevation for the aerodynamic benefit of thinner air. Between 1997 and 2014 the UCI retrospectively restricted hour record competitors to roughly the same equipment as was used by Eddy Merckx in his 1972 record. In 2014, the UCI changed the hour record rules to permit using any upright bike allowed for endurance track events. However, other retrospective changes to hour record regulations are why the current hour records are not the farthest absolute distance.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/hour-record-rule-change-athletes-hour-scrapped-123397|title=Hour Record rule change — Athlete's hour to be scrapped|date=15 May 2014|work=Cycling Weekly|access-date=18 September 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/05/bikes-and-tech/uci-changes-hour-record-regulations-allows-modern-track-bikes_328018|title=UCI changes hour record regulations, allows modern track bikes |work=VeloNews.com|access-date=18 September 2014}}

The UCI hour records {{as of|2023|10|13|lc=y}} are:

• UCI men's record: Filippo Ganna {{flagicon|ITA}}, 2022, {{convert|56.792|km||abbr=}} {{cite web |url= https://www.uci.org/pressrelease/filippo-ganna-breaks-the-uci-hour-record-timed-by-tissot/82aysypXuU0sdkVD69YVI |title= Filippo Ganna breaks the UCI Hour Record timed by Tissot |date=2022-10-08 |website=uci.org}}
• UCI women's record: Vittoria Bussi {{flagicon|ITA}}, 2023, {{convert|50.267|km}} {{Cite web |date=2023-10-14 |title=Flying Vittoria Bussi becomes first woman to break 50km barrier as she reclaims UCI Hour Record |url=https://road.cc/content/news/vittoria-bussi-reclaims-hour-record-breaks-50km-304487 |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=road.cc}}

Another type of record registered by the International Human Powered Vehicle Association (IHPVA) and the World Human Powered Vehicle Association (WHPVA) is for human-powered machines, typically fully streamlined recumbent bicycles. These feature a lower frontal area than a UCI bicycle due to their recumbent seating design of the rider. They enclose the rider and machine in aerodynamic shapes made of carbon fiber, Kevlar, or fiberglass to reduce air resistance. A further type of record is for partially streamlined recumbents, which are open but have either a windshield in front or a streamlined tail-box in the rear. This is registered by the World Recumbent Racing Association (WRRA).{{cite web | url=http://www.recumbents.com/wrra/ |title=WRRA Homepage}}

• Streamlined recumbent bicycle (bicycle and rider enclosed in an aerodynamic shell): Francesco Russo of Switzerland set a new World Record by covering {{convert|91.556|km|mi|abbr=on}} in one hour at the DEKRA test track in Germany on 2 August 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.bentrideronline.com/?p=5679 |title=New Hour World Record! |publisher=Bentrideronline.com |date=12 August 2011 |access-date=30 July 2012}} This record is approved by the WHPVA. On 19 July 2009, Sam Whittingham at the Ford Motor Company's 5-mile oval test track in Romeo, Michigan, achieved 90.598 km. This record was approved by the IHPVA and WHPVA committees. In 2008, Damjan Zabovnik achieved 87.123 km {{cite web |url=http://www.ihpva.org/hpvarec3.htm#nom27 |title=International Human Powered Vehicle Association |publisher=IHPVA |access-date=30 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814062024/http://www.ihpva.org/hpvarec3.htm#nom27 |archive-date=14 August 2012 |df=dmy-all }}
• Non-streamlined Recumbent Bicycle (no shell, only disk wheels, and rider sitting on top frame). The best mark was achieved by Aurelien Bonneteau, a French rider at the Bordeaux velodrome. He rode a bicycle with a nearly horizontal seat to allow his back to lie flat, two standard sized wheels, an elliptical chainring, and shortened pedal arms to reduce the air volume swept out by his legs. His distance was {{convert|56.696|km|mi|abbr=on}}, on 16 July 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.recumbents.com/wisil/fastest_list.asp |title=Fastest Human List Records |publisher=recumbents.com}}{{cite web |url=http://www.recumbents.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5571 |title=New unfaired hour attempt, 16 july |publisher=recumbents.com}}

Please note that some records are made with at least one of the following beneficial factors: streamlined bicycles, being part of a 4x4 relay team, being in other aerodynamically favorable conditions such as behind trucks, special support teams, supplements etc. Different race locations (including elevation), weather conditions, etc. all do come into play.

• Charles Terront is claimed to have covered {{convert|546|km|mi|0}} in 1879.{{cite web |url=http://lepetitbraquet.free.fr/chron6_charles_terront.htm |title=Le Petit Braquet – Charles Terront |language=fr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401205818/http://lepetitbraquet.free.fr/chron6_charles_terront.htm |archive-date=1 April 2012 |url-status=dead}}
• George Pilkington Mills set the record at {{convert|417|km|mi|0}} circa 1890.
• Cyril Heppleston set the road record at {{convert|770|km|mi|0}} circa 1938.
• Hubert Opperman set the road record at {{convert|814|km|mi|0}} in Melbourne on 5 December 1939.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article180255167 |title=Opperman's world record. Tacks On 37¼ Miles To 24 Hours Distance |newspaper=The Sporting Globe |location=Melbourne |date=6 December 1939 |page=9|edition=2|via=National Library of Australia}}
• Roy Cromack set the road record at {{convert|816|km|mi|0}} in 24 hours in UK in 1969.{{Cite web |url=http://thepedalclub.org/archives/roy-cromack/ |title=The Pedal Club Golden Book – Citation for Roy Cromack|publisher= The Pedal Club}}
• Jean-Pascal Roux set the road record at {{convert|839|km|mi|0}} in 24 hours at Caderousse on 18 June 2009.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/24-hour-world-record-broken |title=24-hour world record broken. Frenchman covers 839 kilometres in 24 hours |website=CyclingNews.com |date=18 June 2009}}
• Christian von Ascheberg set the human powered vehicle (HPV) land distance record at {{convert|1218|km|mi|0}} in 24 hours in a Milan SL velomobile at the DEKRA test track in Germany on 1 August 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.whpva.org/land.html#380 |title=Land, Men's 24 hour standing start (Single rider) |publisher=World Human Powered Vehicle Association |access-date=28 October 2014}}
• Andy Wilkinson set the UK 24-hour time trial record at {{convert|871|km|mi|0}} on 24/25 June 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.24hourfellowship.org.uk/result.php?event=ESCA&eventyear=2011 |title=Result - 2011 Sussex 24 Hour Time Trial, Promoted by East Sussex Cycling Association |publisher=24hourfellowship.org.uk}}
• Stanislav Verstovšek set the 24 hour road record at {{convert|914.020|km|mi}} in Dobrovnik, Slovenia on 2 October 2020.
• Christoph Strasser set the 24 hour road record at {{convert|1,026.21|km|mi}} in Zeltweg, Austria on 16 July 2021.{{Cite web |title=Timed |url=https://ultracycling.com/timed/ |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=World UltraCycling Association |language=en-US}}
• Michael Secrest set the record for 1216 miles outdoors in US by drafting behind 18 wheel truck {{Cite web |title=24 - Hour - Outdoor - Track - Michael - Secrest |url=https://ultracycling.com/record/24-hour-outdoor-track-michael-secrest/ |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=World UltraCycling Association |language=en-US}}

• Beatrice Grimshaw claimed to have broken the women's road record c. 1900{{cite web|last1=Newmann|first1=Kate|title=Beatrice Grimshaw|url=http://www.newulsterbiography.co.uk/index.php/home/viewPerson/587#|website=Dictionary of Ulster Biography|publisher=the Institute of Irish Studies of the Queens University of Belfast|access-date=6 August 2016|quote=She was a keen cyclist, and broke the women's world 24 hour record by five hours.}} however the distance ridden is unclear, no authority has recognised the record and there are doubts about her claim.{{cite journal|last1=Laracy|first1=Hugh|title=Grimshaw, Beatrice Ethel (1870–1953) |url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/grimshaw-beatrice-ethel-6494| journal=Australian Dictionary of Biography|volume=9 |publisher=Australian National University |year=1983 |access-date=7 August 2016|quote=She was interested in competitive cycling and showed her tendency to romanticize herself claiming a world record for a 24-hour ride; experts doubt the claim.}}
• Edith Atkins set the women's road record at {{convert|679|km|mi}} on 12 July 1953.{{Cite web |url=http://thepedalclub.org/archives/Edith-Atkins |title=The Pedal Club Golden Book – Edith Atkins |publisher=The Pedal Club |date=12 August 1953}}
• Christine Moody set the women's record at {{convert|688.57|km|mi}} in July 1969.{{Cite web|title=Cycling Time Trials: Women – Bicycle – Individual|url=https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/articles/view/130|access-date=2020-07-23|website=www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk|date=10 October 2016}}
• Sandy Earl set a new road record at {{convert|712.07|km|mi}} on 14 August 2011.{{cite web | url = http://www.ultraracenews.com/2011/10/07/sandy-earl-new-12-24-hr-umca-record-holder-2/ | title = Sandy Earl – New 12 & 24 Hr UMCA Record Holder | publisher = UltraRaceNews | date = 7 October 2011 | access-date = 19 January 2012}}
• Maria Parker set a new road record at {{convert|755.101|km|mi}} on 13 October 2012.{{cite web|title=World UltraCycling Cycling Association Timed Records|url=https://ultracycling.com/archive/timed/|access-date=2021-08-10|publisher=World UltraCycling Association}}
• Amanda Coker set a new road record at {{convert|824.798|km|mi}} on 23 October 2021 becoming the first woman in history to break 500 miles in 24 hours.{{Cite web|title=Amanda Coker - 24 hour Road Record - 2021-10-23|url=https://ultracycling.com/archive/record/amanda-coker-24-hour-road-record-2021-10-23/|access-date=2021-10-29|website=World UltraCycling Association}}

• Dr Mitchell Anderson set the 24 hour outdoor track record at {{convert|894.349|km|mi}} at the AARC in Wensleydale, Victoria, Australia on 30 March 2018.
• Ralph Diseviscourt set the 24 hour outdoor track record at {{convert|915.4|km|mi}} in Vianden, Luxembourg on 11 July 2020.{{Cite web|last=Team|first=Records|date=2020-07-22|title=Ralph Diseviscourt - 24 hour Outdoor Track Record Attempt - July 11-12, 2020|url=https://ultracycling.com/ralph-diseviscourt-24-hour-outdoor-track-record-attempt-july-11-12-2020/|access-date=2020-08-12|website=World UltraCycling Association}}
• Christoph Strasser set the indoor track record at {{convert|941.872|km|mi}} at Velodrome Suisse, Grenchen, Switzerland on 14–15 October 2017.

• Petra von Fintel set the women's human powered vehicle (HPV) land distance record at {{convert|1,011.99|km|mi|2}} in 24 hours in a Milan velomobile at Klettwitz, Germany on 12 July 2015.{{cite web |url=http://www.whpva.org/land.html#381 |title=Land – Women's 24 hour standing start (single rider) |publisher=World Human Powered Vehicle Association |access-date=31 July 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723004041/http://www.whpva.org/land.html |archive-date=23 July 2018 |df=dmy-all}} In July 2018 Nici Walde claims to have ridden {{convert|1088|km|mi|0}} at the Opel Test Center in Rodgau-Dudenhofen, Germany.{{cite web|url=https://newatlas.com/nici-walde-hpv-24-hour-record/55677/ |title=Nici Walde sets new women's human-powered 24-hour endurance record |website=NewAtlas.com |date=30 July 2018 |access-date=31 July 2018}} however {{As of|2018|07|31|df=DMF|lc=y}} the ride is yet to be recognised by the World Human Powered Vehicle Association.
• Elena Novikova (Ukraine) set the women's indoor track record at {{convert|782|km|mi|0}}, average speed {{convert|32.57|kph}} at Velodromo Fassa Bortolo Montichiari, Brescia, Italy on 17 September 2017.
• Seana Hogan regained the women's outdoor track record at {{convert|717|km|mi|0}}, average speed {{convert|29.89|kph}} at Hellyer Park Velodrome San Jose, California, United States on 4 May 2012.{{cite web |url=https://worldultracycling.com/hogan-track-12-24-100mi-200mi-2012/ |title=Hogan Reestablishes Outdoor Track Records. Four records fall and once again are hers |publisher=World UltraCycling Association |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181102202044/https://worldultracycling.com/hogan-track-12-24-100mi-200mi-2012/ |archive-date=2 November 2018 |df=dmy-all }}

{{Main|Around the world cycling record}}

To qualify for the relevant Guinness World Record one must satisfy various requirements, such as total distance travelled, pass through two approximate antipodal points, provide specified evidence, etc.{{cite book|url=https://tomdaviesrtw.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/79886-fastest-circumnavigation-by-bicycle-male.pdf|title=Fastest Circumnavigation By Bicycle – Guidelines|date=2014-04-08|publisher=Guinness World Records}}

The fastest known time (FKT) for circumnavigation of the globe by bicycle is awarded for completing a continuous journey around the globe by bicycle and other means, consisting of a minimum 29,000 km (18,000 miles) in total distance cycled.

{{Cite news|last1=Rawlinson|first1=Kevin|last2=agency|date=2018-10-18|title=Scottish cyclist smashes round-the world record|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/18/scottish-cyclist-jenny-graham-smashes-round-the-world-record|access-date=2020-06-06|issn=0261-3077}}{{cite web|author=|date=18 September 2017|title=Cyclist Mark Beaumont breaks around the world record|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-41308524|access-date=19 September 2017|website=BBC News Online|publisher=BBC}}{{Cite web|date=2023-11-09|title=Fastest circumnavigation by tandem bicycle|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/442919-fastest-circumnavigation-by-tandem-bicycle-mixed|access-date=2023-11-09|website=Guinness World Records}}{{Cite news|date=2018-07-27|title=Unicyclist completes round-the-world trip|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-44977806|access-date=2020-06-08}}

In 1911 the weekly magazine Cycling began a competition for the highest number of 100-mile rides or "centuries" in a single year.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16943682 |title=Year's Road Riding. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=7 January 1933 |page=18 |via=National Library of Australia}} The winner was Marcel Planes with 332 centuries in which he covered {{convert|34,366|mi|km}}. The inspiration for the competition was said to be the efforts of Harry Long, a commercial traveller who rode a bicycle on his rounds covering every part of England and Scotland and who covered {{convert|25,376|mi|km}} in 1910. The world record for distance cycled in a year began in an era when bicycle companies competed to show their machines were the most reliable. The record has been officially established nine times. A tenth claim, by the English rider Ken Webb in 1972, was disallowed.Ken Webb's claim was for {{convert|80647|mi|km}} in 1972. Webb insisted he had completed the distance but others said he hadn't and he was removed from the Guinness Book of Records. Apart from the 1911 competition organised by Cycling, there was no authority that set rules for record attempts nor certified the mileage ridden. In 1937 the League of Victorian Wheelmen declined a request by Ossie Nicholson for patronage for his attempt on the record. Nicholson's response was to appoint a committee to supervise his attempt.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127617913 |title=Nicholson's ride, won't press it, claim for patronage. |newspaper=The Referee |location=Sydney |date=28 January 1937 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}} The mileage had been traditionally verified by way of a sealed milometer and cards signed by upstanding members of society such as police officers or postmasters.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/cycling-weekly/tommy-godwin-75065-miles-in-a-year-45701 |title=Tommy Godwin: 75,065 miles in a year |date=27 January 2012 |publisher=Cycling Weekly}}

In November 2014 the UltraMarathon Cycling Association announced that it would recognise a new record category for the highest annual mileage in a year,{{cite web|url=http://www.ultracycling.com/wp_news/?p=456 |title=UMCA announces a new record category: highest annual mileage |date=26 November 2014 | publisher=UltraMarathon Cycling Association}} and set rules for the record. All of the previous record holders from Marcel Planes to Tommy Godwin rode a double-triangle diamond frame bicycle, and their rides all commenced on 1 January. The UltraMarathon Cycling Association decided, however, to permit any bike type except for faired recumbents, and that an attempt may start on any day of the year running for 365 consecutive days. Odometers and cards were replaced by GPS recording and live tracking devices such as the SPOT Satellite Messenger.

In 2015, three cyclists commenced an attempt to beat the record set by Tommy Godwin. Briton Steve Abraham{{cite web|url=http://oneyeartimetrial.org.uk/ |title=Steven Abraham one year time trial}} started his attempt on 1 January, American Kurt Searvogel,{{cite web|url=http://www.tarzanrides.com/ |title=Tarzan Rides HAMR Kurt Searvogel }} nicknamed Tarzan, started 10 January, and Australian Miles Smith started on 18 June. Abraham was hit by a moped rider on 29 March 2015, breaking his leg above the ankle.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/steve-abraham-in-collision-with-moped-during-world-mileage-record-ride-164475 |title=Steve Abraham in collision with moped during world mileage record ride |date=30 March 2015 |publisher=Cycling Weekly}} After two weeks' recovery, Abraham resumed cycling gradually, using just one leg to pedal a recumbent trike.{{cite web|url=http://road.cc/content/news/148497-steve-abraham-back-road%E2%80%94pedalling-recumbent-one-leg |title=Steve Abraham back on the road—pedalling a recumbent with one leg |date=17 April 2015 |publisher=road.cc}} Having lost so much distance, he launched a concurrent attempt on the record starting on 8 August 2015, however he announced on 22 January 2016 that he had ended his concurrent attempt.{{cite web |url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/01/news/video-abraham-ends-highest-annual-mileage-record-attempt_393610 |title=Steve Abraham ends Highest Annual Mileage Record attempt |date=22 January 2016 |publisher=velonews}} Abraham rode {{convert|63568|mi}} in his calendar year attempt. Smith ceased his attempt on 13 November 2015. Searvogel managed to overcome weather, injury and also married his one-woman support crew Alicia Searvogel, breaking Godwin's mark with five days to spare.{{cite web| url=http://road.cc/content/news/176223-kurt-searvogel-awarded-guinness-world-record-distance-cycled-year |title=Kurt Searvogel awarded Guinness World Record for distance cycled in a year |date=24 January 2016 |publisher=road.cc}}{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/american-kurt-searvogel-breaks-cycling-highest-annual-mileage-record-205507 |title=American Kurt Searvogel breaks cycling highest annual mileage record |date=5 January 2016 |publisher=Cycling Weekly}} Cycling Weekly reported a surprising number of people were less than charitable about Searvogel's amazing feat.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/comment-why-i-think-kurt-searvogels-annual-cycling-record-deserves-our-respect-205758#tFOIqQdkode7zRDS.99 |title=Comment: Why I think Kurt Searvogel's annual cycling record deserves our respect |date=6 January 2016 |publisher=Cycling Weekly}} Searvogel planned his attempt to hit his final mileage of 76,076 miles exactly, writing "The number is significant in that it took 76 years and 76,076 miles to take the record from the British – The spirit of 76 lives on".{{Cite web|title = Ultracycling: Highest Annual Mileage Record|url = http://ultracycling.com/sections/records/stats/hamr/|website = ultracycling.com|access-date = 2 February 2016}} This UMCA record is also recognized as a Guinness World Record.

During 1938 Billie Dovey, the English 'keep fit girl' of the 1930s, achieved a record {{convert|29,899.4|mi}}. Contemporary advertising shows that she rode a Rudge-Whitworth bicycle and relied on Cadbury milk chocolate for energy. Dovey combined the attempt with a lecture tour, often finishing her ride and then giving a fitness lecture in the evening.{{cite web|url=http://v-ccnewengland.blogspot.com/2011/06/1938-how-to-carry-energy-in-your-saddle.html|title=V-CC New England Section}}{{cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48416200#pstart3435137|title=25 Jan 1941 - Cycle Marathon Planned By Girl - Trove|work=Trove}}

In February 1942 Pat Hawkins, the holder of the 'World Seven Days record', claimed to have ridden {{convert|45,402.8|mi}} in Perth, West Australia, despite having missed seven weeks riding. A few days later the claim was withdrawn due to discrepancies in her logs. The press had reported her campaign in relation to Billie Dovey's record, to wit, after ten weeks she had recorded {{convert|7302.8|mi}} compared to Mrs Dovey's {{convert|5238|mi}}. She would have reached Dovey's record after 36 weeks, three days, one hour and 20 minutes. The endeavour was sponsored by Bruce Small Pty Ltd.{{cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8230822|title=02 Feb 1942 - WOMAN CYCLIST'S RECORD|via=Trove}}{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19410422&id=TjkTAAAAIBAJ&pg=6016,1433810|title=The Age|via=Google News Archive Search}}{{cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44961738|title=15 Oct 1941 - W.A. Woman Cyclist Sets New World Record - Trove|work=Trove}}

In 2016, Kajsa Tylen{{Cite web|url=http://www.ayearinthesaddle.com/|title=A Year in the Saddle - Kajsa's 2016 Cycling World Record Attempt|website=A Year in the Saddle – Kajsa's 2016 Cycling World Record Attempt|access-date=2016-12-09}} broke the record, exceeding Dovey's mileage on 24 November, with over a month of the year left to go.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-38103221|title=Kajsa Tylen: Cyclist breaks Billie Fleming's 77-year-old record|date=2016-11-25|newspaper=BBC News|access-date=2016-12-09}} Guinness did not ratify Billie Dovey's record, and had set a target of over 50,000 km. Tylen cycled all over the UK and Europe, encouraging others to join her every day, and make 'sweat pledges' of support. Tylen set the Guinness World Record for females at {{convert|52025|km}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/117937-farthest-distance-cycled-in-a-year-female |title=Farthest distance cycled in a year (female) |publisher=Guinness World Records |access-date=18 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218065213/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/117937-farthest-distance-cycled-in-a-year-female |archive-date=18 February 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

On 5 April 2017, the 326th day of her year-long record attempt to ride more miles in a year than anybody ever, Amanda Coker broke the women's, as well as the overall mileage record, when she exceeded Kurt Searvogel's previous record of {{convert|76,076|mi|km}}. The Guinness Book of World Records certified Coker's record at the end of her record-breaking day at {{convert|76,233.9|mi|km}}. Coker completed her year-long mileage record with {{convert|86,537|mi|km}}.

On June 4, 2016, Alicia Searvogel became the first woman over 50 years of age to make an attempt the Highest Annual Mileage record. On June 3, 2017, Searvogel finished her attempt with a total of {{convert|32,415|mi|km}}. While she fell short of breaking Amanda Coker's overall woman's record, Ms. Searvogel was awarded the highest annual mileage record, and highest month mileage record {{convert|4,021|mi|km}} in the 50–59 age category by the UMCA (now WUCA).

Pembroke to Great Yarmouth is the traversal of the whole width of the island of Wales and England between two extremities; Starting in Pembroke in the West and finishing in Great Yarmouth in the East. The record is also known as the Side to Side record. The distance by road using the traditional route is {{convert|349|mi|km}} and the records are maintained by the Road Records Association. Some of its current records are:

• Upright bicycle: In October 2018 Nick Clarke claimed the record in 15h 23m 59s,{{cite web |title=News – Cycling Record Broken {{!}} velouk.net |url=https://www.velouk.net/2018/10/09/news-cycling-record-broken/ |website=www.velouk.net |access-date=2 December 2019}}
• Women's record: Maria Bloom, 2004, 16h 51m 56s {{cite web |title=Place to Place Records |url=http://www.rra.org.uk/index.html?ifrm_1=recordsplacetoplace.html |website=www.rra.org.uk |access-date=2 December 2019}}
• Men's Tandem bicycle Record: Tim Bayley & Adam Broyad, 2019, 14h 15m 20s.{{cite web |title=VTTA – Side to Side and 12hr Record Broken – Articles |url=https://www.vtta.org.uk/news/321-kents-mens-tandem-sets-two-rra-records-during-pembroke-to-great-yarmouth-place-to-place |website=www.vtta.org.uk |access-date=2 December 2019}}

Land's End to John O'Groats is the traversal of the whole length of the island of Great Britain between two extremities; in the southwest and northeast. The distance by road using the traditional route is {{convert|874|mi|km}} and the records are maintained by the Road Records Association. Some of its current records are:

• Upright bicycle: In June 2018 Michael Broadwith claimed the record in 43h 25m 13s.{{cite web |url= https://road.cc/content/news/243766-michael-broadwith-smashes-lands-end-john-ogroats-record |title=Michael Broadwith smashes the Land's End to John O'Groats record |date=18 June 2018 |access-date=30 July 2018 |publisher=Road.cc}}
• Faired recumbent bicycle: Andy Wilkinson, 1996, 41h 4m 22s.{{cite web|author=David Larrington |url=http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/tech/OtherStuff.htm |title=Upright Records and Divers Notable Recumbent Performances |publisher=Legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk |access-date=30 July 2012}}
• Women's record: Christina Mackenzie, 2021, 51h 5m 5s.{{cite news |last1=Marlborough |first1=Connor |title=This Scottish woman just smashed the women's Lands End to John O'Groats cycling record |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/christina-mackenzie-scottish-woman-breaks-the-womens-lands-end-to-john-ogroats-cycling-record-3329050 |access-date=30 July 2021 |work=www.scotsman.com }}
• Women's tricycle record: Jane Moore, 2014, 88h 45m 21s.
• Men's Tandem Record: D Irvine & C Mitchell, 2015, 45h 11m 0s.
• Mixed Tandem Record: A Wilkinson & L E A Taylor (Lynne Biddulph), 2000, 51h 19m 23s.

Ben Rockett claimed to have set a record of 141h 8m 0s {{cite web|url=http://www.rockettrides.com/?page_id=1026 |title=LEJOGLE Record |publisher=RockettRides |access-date=30 July 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://www.bath.ac.uk/news/2010/08/25/rockett-speed-for-a-cyclist/|title=Rockett speed for a cyclist!|publisher=Bath University|access-date=30 August 2010 | date=27 August 2010}} for an upright bicycle from Land's End to John O'Groats to Land's End, being the return journey of Land's End to John O'Groats. The distance by road using the traditional route is {{convert|1,748|mi|km}}. The precise route he took is not clear as his website says the distance ridden was {{convert|1,880|mi|km}}. Its status as a record however was dubious as no recognised authority certified the record.

In September 2017 James MacDonald set a Guinness world record, starting and finishing at John O'Groats.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/3360/world-bike-speed-record-john-o-groats-to-land-s-end-and-back-again |title=World Bike Speed Record: John o'Groats to Land's End. And back again |website=cyclist.co.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910195447/http://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/3360/world-bike-speed-record-john-o-groats-to-land-s-end-and-back-again |archive-date=10 September 2017 |url-status=live}} Guinness certified the record as covering {{convert|1,725|mi|km}} in 5 days 18 hours and 3 minutes, beating Rockett's time by 3 hours and 5 minutes.{{cite web|title=Fastest return journey from Land's End to John-O'-Groats by bicycle (male)|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/91061-fastest-return-journey-from-lands-end-to-john-o-groats-by-bicycle-male|publisher=Guinness World Records|access-date=8 January 2018}}

On 3 September 2020, Marcia Roberts became the first female to record the journey starting at Lands End, by bike, in a time of 11 days, 13 hours & 13 minutes and set a Guinness World Record.{{cite web|title=Fastest return journey from Land's End to John-O'-Groats by bicycle (female)|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/494921-fastest-return-journey-from-lands-end-to-john-o-groats-by-bicycle-female |publisher=Guinness World Records|access-date=30 October 2021}} On 16 July 2023, Louise Harris successfully completed the return journey in 10 days 5 hours, breaking the original record by over 1 day 8 hours.{{cite web|title=Louise Harris Breaks the Female Solo LEJOGLE Records (Land's End to John O'Groats and Back) - 10 Days 5 Hours|url=https://velo.chat/viewtopic.php?t=96 |publisher=velo.chat|access-date=16 July 2023}}

On 13 March 1940 Pat Hawkins set the 'World 1,000 mile record' in Perth, having ridden the {{convert|1000|mi}} distance in 4 days, 8 hours and 7 minutes, cutting 9 hours 53 minutes off Vera Unthank's record.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article188801039 |title=World's record to W.A. girl |newspaper=The Sporting Globe |location=Melbourne |date=20 March 1940 |page=9|edition=1|via=National Library of Australia}}

• Men's record: Gethin Butler, 2001. After setting the Lands End to John O'Groats record in 2001 Gethin Butler continued to ride, completing 1000 miles in 55 hours 59 minutes 0 seconds.{{cite web |url=http://www.rra.org.uk/index.html?ifrm_1=recordsdistance.html |title=Records Distance | publisher=Road Record Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108002822/http://www.rra.org.uk/index.html?ifrm_1=recordsdistance.html |archive-date=8 January 2019 |url-status=live}}
• Women's record: Lynne Taylor, 2001. After setting the women's Lands End to John O'Groats record, Lynne Taylor continued to ride, completing 1000 miles in 64 hours and 38 minutes.

Race Across America is an ultra marathon bicycle race across the United States that started in 1982. The fastest average speed records are:

• Solo man: Christoph Strasser, 2014, who averaged {{convert|16.42|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} riding {{convert|3020|mi|km}} in 7 days, 15 hours, and 56 minutes.{{cite web |url=http://www.raceacrossamerica.org/raam/raam2.php?N_webcat_id=51 |title=RAAM Records |publisher=Raceacrossamerica.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114172812/http://www.raceacrossamerica.org/raam/raam2.php?N_webcat_id=51 |archive-date=14 January 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=17 November 2009 |df=dmy-all }}
• Solo woman: Seana Hogan, 1995, who averaged {{convert|13.23|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} riding {{convert|2912|mi|km}} in 9 days, 4 hours, 2 minutes.

On Sunday 17 March 1940 Pat Hawkins, an 18-year-old female from Western Australia, set the 'World Seven Days record' in Perth, having ridden {{convert|1546.8|mi}} to surpass the previous best ({{convert|1438.4|mi}}) set by Mrs Valda Unthank of Hastings, Victoria. Hawkins also broke the West Australian records for one, two, three, four, five, six and seven days, plus surpassing the Australian professional men's record of Ossie Nicholson. No authority appears to maintain this record, however notable distances ridden in seven days include:

• Tommy Godwin rode {{convert|2084|mi|km}} between 16 and 22 July 1939.{{cite web |url=http://www.tommygodwin.com/1939-stats/july/ |title=Tommy Godwin stats July 1939 |publisher=tommygodwin.com}}
• Bruce Berkeley rode {{convert|2825|km}} between 23 and 29 June 2014.{{refn|name=Berkeley|{{cite web |url=http://road.cc/content/news/141773-bruce-berkeley-rides-nearly-10000km-january-set-new-guinness-world-record |title=Bruce Berkeley rides nearly 10,000km in January to set new Guinness World Record |date=2 February 2015 |publisher=road.cc}} Road.cc has subsequently said they were incorrect and Berkeley does not hold Guinness World Records for the greatest distances cycled in a week and in a month.}}
• Richard Nutt rode {{convert|2830|km}} between 1 and 7 June 2015.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/yorkshireman-richard-nutt-breaks-world-seven-day-distance-record-175854 |title=Yorkshireman Richard Nutt breaks world seven-day distance record |date=9 June 2015 |publisher=Cycling Weekly}}
• James Golding rode {{convert|2842.2|km}} between 19 and 25 June 2017.{{cite news |title=Two-time cancer survivor from Warwickshire breaks seven-day distance cycling record |url=http://road.cc/content/news/224880-two-time-cancer-survivor-warwickshire-breaks-seven-day-distance-cycling-record |website=road.cc |access-date=20 July 2017}}
• Bruce Berkeley rode {{convert|3,333.3|km|mi|abbr=off}} between 6 and 12 January 2020.{{Cite web|title=FOR THE RECORD|url=https://www.assos.com/shorts-stories/for-the-record|access-date=2020-08-04|website=www.assos.com}}
• Matthieu Bonne rode {{convert|3,619.7|km|mi|abbr=off}} between 20 and 26 March 2023.{{Cite web|title=Greatest distance cycled in one week - unpaced|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/110897-greatest-distance-cycled-in-one-week-unpaced|access-date=2024-10-10|website=www.guinessworldrecords.com}}

There are 2 authorities currently recognising this record, Guinness World Records and World Ultra Cycling Association (formerly the UltraMarathon Cycling Association). Tommy Godwin rode {{convert|8583|mi}} in July 1939, on his way to setting the World Endurance record for a single year however no authority has recognised this as a record. Current record holders are:

• WUCA record holder Amanda Coker rode {{convert|8012.4|mi}} in April 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/508450-greatest-distance-cycled-in-a-month-umca|title=Greatest distance cycled in a month (WUCA)|website=Guinness World Records|access-date=2019-08-25}}
• Guinness World Record holder Janet Davison rode {{convert|4,010|mi|km}} between 24 July and 22 August 2015.{{Cite web|title=Farthest distance cycled in one month (female)|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/494080-farthest-distance-cycled-in-one-month-female|access-date=2021-05-17|website=Guinness World Records}}
• WUCA male record holder Steven Abraham rode {{convert|7104.3|mi}} between 2 September and 1 October 2016.
• Guinness World Record holder Arvid Loewen (Canada) rode {{convert|7,219|mi|km}} between 1 and 30 July 2020, travelling from Winnipeg to Halifax, Nova Scotia to Vancouver (via Winnipeg) and back to Winnipeg.{{cite web |url= http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/118987-farthest-distance-cycled-in-one-month|title= Farthest distance cycled in one month |author= |website= guinnessworldrecords.com |publisher= Guinness World Records | access-date= 31 March 2025 }}

On 11 July 2017, 24-year-old Amanda Coker set a new "Fastest completion of 100,000 miles by bicycle record, doing so in 423 days. Coker's record improved by 77 days on Tommy Godwin's prior record of 500 days set in May 1940. The record was certified by the Guinness Book of Records and the Ultra Marathon Cycling Association (now the WUCA).{{Cite news|url=http://guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/483494-fastest-completion-of-100-000-miles-by-bicycle|title=Fastest completion of 100,000 miles by bicycle|work=Guinness World Records|access-date=2017-08-10}}{{cite web|url=http://phased.co.uk/tommy-godwin/|title=Tommy Godwin|author=Dave Barter}}{{cite web|url=http://phased.co.uk/tommy-godwin-faq/|title=Tommy Godwin FAQ|publisher=Phased Publications|author=Dave Barter|date=2011-12-09}}

The following is a list of Road bicycle racing achievements and records:{{Cite web |date= |title=Wie won de meeste wedstrijden na Eddy Merckx? |url=https://www.vintagefiets.be/wie-won-de-meeste-wedstrijden-na-eddy-merckx/ |website=vintagefiets.be |language=nl}}{{Cite web |last=Velominati |date= |title=Wielergoden: de meest heldhaftige renners ooit 38 heroïsche verhalen |url=https://libris.nl/BookInfo/GetSample?guid=f31be50a-3279-4674-b459-c77b13e7accb |publisher=Kosmos Uitgevers |language=nl |format=Book |publication-date=24 March 2018 |isbn=9789021567907}}{{cite news |date=16 October 2011 |title=Historical Dictionary of Cycling |page=169 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZdXCmwpk-SAC&q=vuelta+a+espa%C3%B1a+records+Alex+Z%C3%BClle+48&pg=PA169 |isbn=9780810871755}}

• Grand Tour wins: Eddy Merckx (11), Bernard Hinault (10), Jacques Anquetil (8)
• Tour de France wins: Miguel Induráin (5 consecutive), Eddy Merckx (5), Bernard Hinault (5), Jacques Anquetil (5)
• Giro d'Italia wins: Alfredo Binda (5; 3 consecutive), Fausto Coppi (5), Eddy Merckx (5; 3 consecutives)
• Vuelta a España wins: Roberto Heras (4; 3 consecutive), Primož Roglič (4; 3 consecutive){{cite web|url=http://www.eurosport.com/cycling/vuelta-a-espana1/2005/heras-four-petacchi-five_sto767134/story.shtml |title=Heras makes it four, Petacchi sinks five |date=18 September 2005 |publisher=Eurosport |access-date=16 September 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/spanish-supreme-court-restores-2005-vuelta-victory-to-heras/ |title=Spanish Supreme Court restores 2005 Vuelta victory to Heras |publisher= Cyclingnews |date= 22 December 2012|access-date=16 September 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingquotes.com/news/race_director_heras_is_the_winner_of_the_2005_vuelta/ |title=Race director: Heras is the winner of the 2005 Vuelta |publisher= Cyclingquotes |date= 12 November 2013|access-date=16 September 2016}}
• Tour de France yellow jerseys: Eddy Merckx (96), Bernard Hinault (75), Miguel Induráin (60), Chris Froome (59), Jacques Anquetil (50), Tadej Pogačar (40), Antonin Magne (38), Nicolas Frantz and Philippe Thys (37)
• Giro d'Italia pink jersey: Eddy Merckx (78), Alfredo Binda (60), Francesco Moser (57), Gino Bartali (50), Giuseppe Saronni (49), Jacques Anquetil (42), Fausto Coppi and Bernard Hinault (31)
• Vuelta a España red jersey: Alex Zülle (48), Primož Roglič (42), Roberto Heras (34), Delio Rodríguez and Gustaaf Deloor (32){{cite web|url=http://www.spoonful.es/noticia/deporte/otros-deportes/deloor--un-belga-en-el-primer-parrafo-del-relato-de-la-vuelta_20130823085100.html |title=Deloor, un belga en el primer párrafo del relato de la Vuelta |publisher=Spoonful |language= es|access-date=16 September 2016}}
• Grand Tour stage wins: Eddy Merckx (64), Mario Cipollini (57), Mark Cavendish (55)
• Triple Crown of Cycling: Eddy Merckx (1974), Stephen Roche (1987), Tadej Pogačar (2024)
• Monument wins: Eddy Merckx (19), Roger De Vlaeminck (11), Costante Girardengo, Fausto Coppi, Sean Kelly (9)
• Single Monument wins: Eddy Merckx (7x Milan–San Remo)
• Most road races won by a professional cyclist: Eddy Merckx (525), Rik van Looy (379), Francesco Moser (273), Rik van Steenbergen (270), Roger de Vlaeminck (259)
• UCI Road World Championships: Alfredo Binda (3x gold, 1x bronze), Rik van Steenbergen (3x gold, 1x bronze), Óscar Freire (3x gold, 1x bronze), Eddy Merckx, Peter Sagan

• Challenge Desgrange-Colombo (1948-1958): Ferdinand Kübler, Fred De Bruyne (3)
• Super Prestige Pernod (1959-1987): Eddy Merckx (7)
• UCI Road World Cup (1989-2004): Paolo Bettini (3)
• UCI Road World Rankings (1984-2004): Sean Kelly (5)
• UCI ProTour/UCI World Tour (2005-2018): Alejandro Valverde (4)
• UCI World Ranking (from 2016): Tadej Pogačar (3)
• Vélo d'Or awards (from 1992): Alberto Contador (4)

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The longest bicycle wheelie in one hour is {{convert|30.95|km|mi|abbr=on}}, and was achieved by Manuel Scheidegger (Switzerland) in Bern, Switzerland on 12 September 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-bicycle-wheelie-in-an-hour#:~:text=The%20longest%20bicycle%20wheelie%20in,support%20of%20the%20organisation%20Wheels4nepal.|title = Longest bicycle wheelie in one hour}}

Kurt Osburn (nicknamed Wheelie King) from California, United States is the Guinness World Record holder for Longest Bicycle Wheelie, riding on the back wheel of a bicycle.{{cite web|url=http://www.bertaut.com/kurt.html|title=Wheelie Across America's Kurt Osburn Wheelies Through Louisiana June 1999!Bertaut|work=Bertaut}} On 8 August 1998, he rode a wheelie for a record 11 hours at the Anaheim Convention Center, California. In June 2012 David "Pixie" Robilliard failed to break the record.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-guernsey-18552885|title=Guernsey postman fails in world wheelie record attempt|publisher=BBC News|date=23 June 2012}}

From 13 April to 25 June 1999, Kurt rode 2,839.6 miles from Hollywood to the Guinness World Records Experience in Orlando on one wheel, also for a Guinness World Record, becoming the first person in history to ride a bicycle wheelie coast to coast. During his attempt he rode an average of 50 miles per day, sometimes with winds in excess of 40 miles per hour. Other facts: He cycled on the 110 Highway, had 4 flat tires (on the rear tire), over 1.8 million pedal revolutions from start to finish, and was chased by dogs almost daily.{{cite web|url=http://www.fatbmx.com/bmx/news/article.php?storyid=10616|title=Kurt Osburn Wheelie King – 2,839.6 miles – Videos – News|author=FAT BMX Promotions|work=FAT BMX}}

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{{cite web |url=http://ultracycling.com/sections/records/max-mileage.php |title=Rules for Highest Annual Mileage |date=26 November 2014 |publisher=UltraMarathon Cycling Association |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208204808/http://www.ultracycling.com/sections/records/max-mileage.php |archive-date=8 February 2016 |df=dmy-all }}

{{cite web |title=WUCA distance records |url=https://worldultracycling.com/distance/ |website=World UltraCycling Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181102204036/https://worldultracycling.com/distance/ |archive-date=2 November 2018}}

{{cite web |url=https://worldultracycling.com/highest-annual-mileage-hamr/ |title=Highes Annual Mileage (HAM'R) Results |publisher=World Ultra Cycling Association |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215143305/http://ultracycling.com/sections/records/data/hamr/official_results/umca_hamr_2016-01-11.xlsx |archive-date=15 February 2016 |df=dmy-all }}

{{cite web |url=https://worldultracycling.com/highest-monthly-mileage-hmmr/ |title=Highest Monthly Mileage (HMM'R) |publisher=World UltraCycling Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181102203626/https://worldultracycling.com/highest-monthly-mileage-hmmr/ |archive-date=2 November 2018 |url-status=live}}

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• [http://www.ihpva.org/ IHPVA]
• [http://www.whpva.org/ WHPVA]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110821120537/http://oldsite.uci.ch/modello.asp?1stlevelid=W&level1=2&level2=12&idnews=3454 UCI records]
• [http://www.rra.org.uk/ British Road Records Association]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20141209230003/http://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/Competition/Competition-Records British Cycling Time Trials]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080308021037/http://www.wisil.recumbents.com/wisil/fastest_list.asp Fastest Human Powered Vehicles One Hour & Top Speed Lists]

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