http://www.velonews.com/2017/01/news/105-year-old-frenchman-sets-hour-record_427263
22.547 km @ 105 years old. “I could’ve gone further!” the four-foot-11
Parisian said after the effort on the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines track.
“Had I seen the 10-minute warning, I would’ve gone faster.”
Great photos: http://www.velonews.com/2017/01/gallery/photos-the-worlds-oldest-hour-record-holder-robert-marchand_427270
And all the bad stuff - he did this in an indoor velodrome, on a road bike. Stayed off the track and rode the apron. But in his defense; there are 450,000 105 yo's alive now. He may not one in a million, but he is one in half a million.
Fun thing is that a whole pile of young people watched.
Robert Marchand, I humbly salute you,
Ben
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