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Re: Martin Toft Madsen (MTM on ST) gunning for Wiggins' UCI World Hour Record on July 26 in Aguascalientes [Morelock]
Morelock wrote:
I agree, although I read or maybe heard she thought it would be a very large (expensive) endeavor to go to altitude, which it definitely is... and goes from expensive to prohibitive if you want to spend 2-3 weeks there trying to adapt to the altitude and squeeze out all of the advantages. She also set some impressive records that will likely stand a long time, so she still had a good, but not perfect, day.

Molly's record has been broken twice. Bridie O'Donnell broke it a few months later; Evie Stevens now holds it. Bridie set her record near sea level; Evie set it at Colorado Springs.

I wasn't involved in the financial aspects, but I got the impression that a non-negligible part of the expense was getting the UCI officials on site. That's why there have been some "record attempt" days where several riders try to coordinate attempts, and thus share the cost of the track and officials.

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I took Hutch's comment to mean she was used to that track since she'd done a lot of her attempts there... but yeah... Aguas definitely isn't a quick jump across the border from the US.

Um, no. Molly broke the record the first time she went to Aguascalientes.
Last edited by: RChung: Jul 11, 18 8:56

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  • Post edited by RChung (Dawson Saddle) on Jul 11, 18 8:56