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Jens Voigt going for Hour record tonight - and he's revealed the music he'll ride to

Attempt kicks off to Ready to Go and finishes with Final Countdown - with Highway to Hell thrown in on the way

At 6pm this evening UK time, Jens Voigt will set off on the track of the Velodrome Suisse in Grenchen, Switzerland to attempt to break the UCI Hour record – and he’s revealed the music he plans to be listening to while doing it.

Earpieces are banned under UCI rules to prevent riders getting information from their coaching team, so Voigt will have to rely on visual cues or shouted information from the one member of staff permitted to be on the trackside to know whether he is on course to break the existing record of 49.700 kilometres held by Ondrej Sosenka.

But assuming the commissaires allow music over the velodrome’s PA system, the German, who turned 43 yesterday, will also be able to pace himself by checking his progress against the songs he has chosen to accompany his assault on the record.

Yesterday, his Trek Factory Racing team revealed the choice of tunes that Voigt plans to ride to. After a warm-up play list including REO Speedwagon’s Keep on Loving You and Summer of 69 by Bryan Adams, the serious business of the attempt on the record will start to the accompaniment of Republica’s Ready to Go.

Sixty minutes later – by which time Voigt aims to have ridden 50 kilometres – it will end to the strains of Europe’s Final Countdown.

On the way there are plenty of songs with titles that perhaps reflect what he is expecting – AC/DC’s Highway to Hell, Here Comes the Pain by the Farmerboys, and the Black Sabbath classic, Paranoid. And among the songs for his cooldown afterwards? Cranberries hit, Zombie.

The playlists are revealed in an article on the Trek Factory Racing website that also provides answers to some of the most frequently asked questions on Twitter about the record attempt; you can find it here.

British Eurosport will be providing live coverage of the record attempt this evening, with its programme starting at 5.30pm BST. The channel will also be running 15-minute previews during the afternoon, as well as a review of this year’s Tour de France.

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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notfastenough | 9 years ago
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he's done it! 51.115km. awesome stuff. i think he got into a break and gapped himself.

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Colin Peyresourde replied to notfastenough | 9 years ago
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notfastenough wrote:

he's done it! 51.115km. awesome stuff. i think he got into a break and gapped himself.

I wish he hadn't. His age, his past....it doesn't smell right does it?

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NorthEastJimmy | 9 years ago
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Some of the songs in my playlist would be:

Darkstar - Polica
Tessellate - Alt-J
London Can Take It - Public Service Broadcasting
Shotgun - Eugene McGuinness
Default - Django Django
I Heard Wonders - David Holmes
Midnight City - M83
Heart - Darkside
Broken Box - Queens of the Stone Age
Just Like You Imagined - Nine Inch Nails
Aisha - Death in Vegas
Standing on the Shore - Empire of the Sun
Punching in a Dream - The Naked & Famous
Sit Down, Stand Up - Radiohead

Cool down with some Paul Simon and Modest Mouse, maybe!

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SteppenHerring | 9 years ago
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Yes, he is a legend but appears to have bloody awful taste in music.

For my attempt it will be all Half Man Half Biscuit, probably finishing with Joy Division Oven Gloves.

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backflipbedlem | 9 years ago
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Go Jens!!!!!!!!

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Beatnik69 | 9 years ago
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Not sure I can forgive him for the Cranbrries and Bryan Adams but, good luck Jens!

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stefv | 9 years ago
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Crap. I didn't realise it was so soon. I have to go to the pub after work for someone's leaving drinks. Doh...

Good luck Jens. I hope you brake it but only for Wiggo and Cancellara (Tony Martin up for it?) to do the same in due course!

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panyagua | 9 years ago
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I'd love to be there to cheer him on, but not sure I could stand the music. Hopefully his legs will drown it out  1

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handlebarcam replied to panyagua | 9 years ago
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panyagua wrote:

I'd love to be there to cheer him on, but not sure I could stand the music. Hopefully his legs will drown it out

Unlikely, as his legs have been told to shut up for the last twenty years. They must be the quietest in the professional peloton.

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jollygoodvelo | 9 years ago
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Cyclingfans will probably have streams.

I pay for Eurosport and I'm at home today  1

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robthehungrymonkey | 9 years ago
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Not the UK it seems  2

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stenmeister replied to robthehungrymonkey | 9 years ago
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It's on British Eurosport. This is actually more exciting than the Scottish referendum and I'm bloody Scottish!

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ct replied to stenmeister | 9 years ago
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stenmeister wrote:

It's on British Eurosport. This is actually more exciting than the Scottish referendum and I'm bloody Scottish!

NOTHING and I mean NOTHING is more exciting than the Scottish referendum...

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pruaga | 9 years ago
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Depending on your country, or proxy, it may also be live online here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjjM2tI6THs

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cat1commuter | 9 years ago
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Wonder what Cancellara's playlist might be if he attempts it.

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