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Alex Dowsett smashes British 25-mile time trial record

Movistar rider becomes first man to go under 45 minutes for the distance

Alex Dowsett has today smashed the British record for a 25-mile time trial, becoming the first ever rider to go below 45 minutes for the distance.

The Movistar rider, who comes from Essex, set a time of 44 minutes 29 seconds, more than a minute faster than the previous record of 45 minutes 43 seconds set by Matt Bottrill in September 2014.

The 27-year-old’s record breaking ride this morning came on the E2/25 course from Newmarket along the A14 and A11 to Four Went Ways, south east of Cambridge, at an average speed of just below 34 miles an hour.

Chas McCulloch, one of the country’s top time traillists, tweeted a picture of Dowsett on his way to clinching the record, which included the same stretch of road where in June 2014 Dowsett set a British record of 17 minutes 20 seconds for a 10-mile time trial.

Meanwhile, British national time trial champion Dowsett is to become the ambassador of the Army Cycling Race Team.

With 1,000 members, the Army Cycling Union is one of the UK’s largest cycling organisations and the partnership with Dowsett is aimed at reinforcing its position within both the service and the wider cycling community.

As part of that, Dowsett’s newly launched company Cyclism will be helping develop and support the sport within the Army.

“I’m incredibly proud and very honoured to be supporting the Army Cycling Union,” said Dowsett, who is currently preparing for the Tour de France.

“It’s great to see the support and encouragement that’s given to Army staff to race bikes and to progress to as high a level as possible. Myself and the Cyclism staff look forward to working with Army Cycling and helping them to achieve all they can.”

 

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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Christopher TR1 | 7 years ago
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Is he putting his thumbs up in that image? Must have slowed him down a bit

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Charles_Hunter | 7 years ago
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He might even get selected for the TDF with this form! 

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Christopher TR1 | 7 years ago
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With his current form he should have another crack at the Hour.

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ridein | 7 years ago
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That is flying!

33.73 mph

or 54.28kph

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Simon_MacMichael | 7 years ago
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Time was corrected before publication ... seems to be a glitch in the matrix somewhere, sorry about that. 44 mins 29 secs is of course correct.

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kevinmorice replied to Simon_MacMichael | 7 years ago
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Simon_MacMichael wrote:

Time was corrected before publication ... seems to be a glitch in the matrix somewhere, sorry about that. 44 mins 29 secs is of course correct.

 

Very good, but that still isn't a minute faster than 45 mins 04!

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glesgamail | 7 years ago
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You need some sub-editors

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keirik | 7 years ago
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[Alex Dowsett]  set a time of 45 minutes 29 seconds, more than a minute faster than the previous record of 45 minutes 4 seconds

 

you may want to correct that

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