“It was pretty wild”: Jessica Disley smashes women’s UCI Derny Hour Record by 8km with mammoth 60.16km ride – and even beats Magnus Bäckstedt’s motor paced mark

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British rider Jessica Disley obliterated the women's UCI Derny Hour Record at Newport velodrome, covering a staggering 60.16km. This monumental effort not only surpassed the previous benchmark by 8km but also remarkably eclipsed Magnus Bäckstedt’s motor-paced mark, a testament to her five-time gran fondo time trial world champion pedigree. Disley's performance sets a new standard for paced hour records, highlighting the extreme physical and mental demands of the discipline. One might say, the derny driver certainly earned their wages that day.