Jen's Voights Hour Record Attempt.

Muahahaha · 18-09-2014 6:57pm

Pudsy33 wrote: »

That 5/6 looks ok now

I'm just annoyed I only put a tenner on it and didn't empty the contents of my Paddy Power account onto him, he has this and more

mistermatthew · 18-09-2014 6:58pm

Naa I know that, but I would have thought he would have found boardman etc harder to beat.

Is it the advancement of power understanding and bike aerodynamics I wonder?

Beasty · 18-09-2014 6:58pm

mistermatthew wrote: »

Would Wiggans, Martin, cancellara beat this easily?

Yes, but that takes nothing away fron this performance (I think Cancellara would beat it by some way, but a track specialost such as Wiggo could go even faster)

And the record goes....

blobbie · 18-09-2014 6:59pm

So who is "Jen's Voights" as per thread title ??

Pudsy33 · 18-09-2014 7:00pm

That was amazing

Darkglasses · 18-09-2014 7:00pm

That was fantastic, super stuff

Muahahaha · 18-09-2014 7:01pm

51.115km for the hour, superb

DDC1990 · 18-09-2014 7:02pm

Brilliant from Jensie! Great way to finish his career!

simonrooneyzaga · 18-09-2014 7:03pm

Chapeau Jens!

ednwireland · 18-09-2014 7:03pm

wow immense

PJD · 18-09-2014 7:03pm

He still looks fresh! Just a Sunday spin!

eeeee · 18-09-2014 7:03pm

Class. G'wan Jensie. Looking mad fresh too!

Beasty · 18-09-2014 7:03pm

Didn't do a single lap, other than the first, at over 18s did he? The mental pressure of something like that is phenomenal. Add the physical demands and it really was a fantastic performance

simonrooneyzaga · 18-09-2014 7:04pm

right, off to by a Trek.

Eamonnator · 18-09-2014 7:04pm

That is equivalent to taking about 2 secs off 100 metres World record.

Beasty · 18-09-2014 7:04pm

Think he should at least finish off with the ice bucket challenge ....

dastardly00 · 18-09-2014 7:05pm

simonrooneyzaga wrote: »

right, off to by a Trek.

Yeah, so it's ok to own a Trek again....

ThisRegard · 18-09-2014 7:06pm

Way to go with the German translation!

The tax man · 18-09-2014 7:06pm

dastardly00 wrote: »

Yeah, so it's ok to own a Trek again....

Never.:D

Chapeau Jens.

Beasty · 18-09-2014 7:07pm

Eamonnator wrote: »

That is equivalent to taking about 2 secs off 100 metres World record.

That would be the equivalent of adding over 10km to the hour record!!

kumate_champ07 · 18-09-2014 7:08pm

Eamonnator wrote: »

That is equivalent to taking about 2 secs off 100 metres World record.

not really

Eamonnator · 18-09-2014 7:10pm

Yeah, I got my decimal point in the wrong place.
I'll just leave quietly now

pelevin · 18-09-2014 7:11pm

Eamonnator wrote: »

Yeah, I got my decimal point in the wrong place.
I'll just leave quietly now

Adrenaline got the better of you.

neris · 18-09-2014 7:13pm

great ride that. some distance I can barely manage 25km in a hour on a good day

entangled · 18-09-2014 7:16pm

Fantastic ride. Great thing to see. Well done Jens.

The tax man · 18-09-2014 7:19pm

He can ride 10kms further than me in an hour.:(

Smalltom · 18-09-2014 7:28pm

Didn't get to see it I'm afraid so anyone got the numbers bar the fact he broke the record?

Darkglasses · 18-09-2014 7:29pm

Smalltom wrote: »

Didn't get to see it I'm afraid so anyone got the numbers bar the fact he broke the record?

51.115km

Smalltom · 18-09-2014 7:50pm

Cheers DG. One word....ouch

gordongekko · 18-09-2014 7:52pm

Give Ryan Mullen a chance and he'll beat it.

Beasty · 18-09-2014 7:54pm

... at Sundrive:pac:

Lusk_Doyle · 18-09-2014 8:07pm

Mir ist sehr glucklich fur der Jensie!

Lusk_Doyle · 18-09-2014 8:13pm

They got the date wrong for his birthday. It was yesterday. Today is the great Lance Armstrong's birthday.

gordongekko · 18-09-2014 8:15pm

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

They got the date wrong for his birthday. It was yesterday. Today is the great Lance Armstrong's birthday.

Ah lance is not a bad lad compared to Oscar Pistorius.

neris · 18-09-2014 8:26pm

did either of the sports shows on newstalk or 2fm give this a mention?

Shedite27 · 18-09-2014 8:34pm

Easiest money I've every made off PP

Darkglasses · 18-09-2014 9:07pm

Shedite27 wrote: »

Easiest money I've every made off PP

I reckon (and hope!) there's a good few happy and slightly wealthier boardsies tonight

Hi Ho · 18-09-2014 9:13pm

neris wrote: »

great ride that. some distance I can barely manage 25km in a hour on a good day

It's obviously the Trek, stupid.

christeb · 18-09-2014 9:14pm

Thanks retalivity for posting the PP odds initially. Free money as far as I was concerned. â‚¬130 better off now

And thank you Jensie!

funnights74 · 18-09-2014 9:20pm

Fantastic effort by Jens, he definitely saved a bit for the end a lot of his quicker laps even a few sub 17 seconds were at the end of the hour, what an animal.
So looking ahead, no doubt teams and sponsors will be "encouraging" Wiggins,Martin and Cancellara to have a crack at the new record.
Cancellara in particular will have access to a lot of data that will not be made public by Trek, he may mull over it but one of these 3 guys will almost certainly have a go at the hour within 12 Months.

Lusk_Doyle · 18-09-2014 9:31pm

funnights74 wrote: »

Fantastic effort by Jens, he definitely saved a bit for the end a lot of his quicker laps even a few sub 17 seconds were at the end of the hour, what an animal.
So looking ahead, no doubt teams and sponsors will be "encouraging" Wiggins,Martin and Cancellara to have a crack at the new record.
Cancellara in particular will have access to a lot of data that will not be made public by Trek, he may mull over it but one of these 3 guys will almost certainly have a go at the hour within 12 Months.

I might have a go at it myself so. I'll put up the details in the training log forum!

letape · 18-09-2014 10:52pm

Not overly impressed to be honest when you consider the previous "records" that had been set.

Moser in 1980 did 51.151 on a bike that I am pretty sure would be less aerodynamic if compared in a wind tunnel - same for Rominger's 55km bike and even Indurain had a lot less aero profile than Jens.

I am pretty sure we will Cancellera, Martin or Wiggo bettering 55km in the near future.

Hour Record Results (* "best human effort", ** previous record, *** to be ratified)

# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Chris Boardman (Manchester, UK)* September 7, 1996 56.375
2 Tony Rominger (Velodrome du Lac, Bordeaux)* November 5, 1994 55.291
3 Tony Rominger (Velodrome du Lac, Bordeaux)* October 22, 1994 53.832
4 Miguel Indurain (Velodrome du Lac, Bordeaux)* September 2, 1994 53.040
5 Graeme Obree (Velodrome du Lac, Bordeaux)* April 27, 1994 52.713
6 Chris Boardman (Velodrome du Lac, Bordeaux)* July 23, 1993 52.270
7 Graeme Obree (Hamar, Norway)* July 17, 1993 51.596
8 Francesco Moser (Mexico City)* January 23, 1984 51.151
9 Jens Voigt (Grenchen, Switzerland ) September 18, 2014 ***

simonrooneyzaga · 18-09-2014 11:24pm

gordongekko wrote: »

Ah lance is not a bad lad compared to Oscar Pistorius.

you think Lance has never killed someone?

lennymc · 18-09-2014 11:56pm

that was enjoyable. Some distance to do. Wonder what his average speed was.

pelevin · 19-09-2014 12:06am

Put 50 down euro earlier & turned it into about 80. Pretty stress-free bet - the only doubt was if he'd somehow go off course. Naturally subsequent thoughts of why didn't I go bigger but that's a lot better than thinking, why did I bet so much . . .

buffalo · 19-09-2014 12:12am

lennymc wrote: »

that was enjoyable. Some distance to do. Wonder what his average speed was.

I worked it out roughly as 50kph+, I'll finish off the calculations in the morning.

denbatt · 19-09-2014 5:16am

Fair play. What ratio was he using?

Lusk_Doyle · 19-09-2014 7:44am

denbatt wrote: »

Fair play. What ratio was he using?

54 / 14 IIRC.

Mefistofelino · 19-09-2014 8:33am

letape wrote: »

Not overly impressed to be honest when you consider the previous "records" that had been set.

Moser in 1980 did 51.151 on a bike that I am pretty sure would be less aerodynamic if compared in a wind tunnel - same for Rominger's 55km bike and even Indurain had a lot less aero profile than Jens.

I am pretty sure we will Cancellera, Martin or Wiggo bettering 55km in the near future.

Hour Record Results (* "best human effort", ** previous record, *** to be ratified)

# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Chris Boardman (Manchester, UK)* September 7, 1996 56.375
2 Tony Rominger (Velodrome du Lac, Bordeaux)* November 5, 1994 55.291
3 Tony Rominger (Velodrome du Lac, Bordeaux)* October 22, 1994 53.832
4 Miguel Indurain (Velodrome du Lac, Bordeaux)* September 2, 1994 53.040
5 Graeme Obree (Velodrome du Lac, Bordeaux)* April 27, 1994 52.713
6 Chris Boardman (Velodrome du Lac, Bordeaux)* July 23, 1993 52.270
7 Graeme Obree (Hamar, Norway)* July 17, 1993 51.596
8 Francesco Moser (Mexico City)* January 23, 1984 51.151
9 Jens Voigt (Grenchen, Switzerland ) September 18, 2014 ***

You're probably right. It would be interesting to confirm but the bike and the position Boardman used in his 1993 record (52.270km) look like they would comply with the current rules. Certainly Boardman wasn't stretched out any further forward than Voigt's position yesterday.

I think Voigt was very canny with his timing - as hour records go, he bagged a relatively easy one. Its not hard to think of a list of riders - not all of whom would be "headline" testers like Cancellara, Wiggins or Martin - who would be able to put in a 51km+ under those conditions.

nak · 19-09-2014 8:43am

letape wrote: »

Not overly impressed to be honest when you consider the previous "records" that had been set.

Moser in 1980 did 51.151 on a bike that I am pretty sure would be less aerodynamic if compared in a wind tunnel - same for Rominger's 55km bike and even Indurain had a lot less aero profile than Jens.

I am pretty sure we will Cancellera, Martin or Wiggo bettering 55km in the near future.

Hour Record Results (* "best human effort", ** previous record, *** to be ratified)

# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Chris Boardman (Manchester, UK)* September 7, 1996 56.375
2 Tony Rominger (Velodrome du Lac, Bordeaux)* November 5, 1994 55.291
3 Tony Rominger (Velodrome du Lac, Bordeaux)* October 22, 1994 53.832
4 Miguel Indurain (Velodrome du Lac, Bordeaux)* September 2, 1994 53.040
5 Graeme Obree (Velodrome du Lac, Bordeaux)* April 27, 1994 52.713
6 Chris Boardman (Velodrome du Lac, Bordeaux)* July 23, 1993 52.270
7 Graeme Obree (Hamar, Norway)* July 17, 1993 51.596
8 Francesco Moser (Mexico City)* January 23, 1984 51.151
9 Jens Voigt (Grenchen, Switzerland ) September 18, 2014 ***

Well Moser admitted that he used blood doping for his attempt. There are suspicions over 2 of the others in that list.

Jen's Voights Hour Record Attempt.

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