65-year-old Ralph Schatzmair breaks world hour record for age group
The third edition of the Day of the Hour took place at the Mattamy National Cycling Centre on Sunday
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Ralph Schatzmair broke the world hour record for ages 65-69 on Saturday, with an incredible ride at the Day of the Hour in Milton, Ont., at the Mattamy National Cycling Centre. The Canadian had a thrilling ride to beat the existing record—which was held by Roger Cull at 44.640 km. Schatzmair finished with 44.662 km, enough to take the record.
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He wasn’t the only one to break some records:
Barb Morris of Courtenay, B.C., set a new Canadian master women’s hour record, F65-69, at 38.838 km.
Pat Baker of Laguna Hills, Calif., USA, opening a new category, established the world and American hour record for master women, F85-89, at 24.978 km.
Derek Steel of Courtenay, B.C., established a new world and Canadian hour record for master men, M80-84, at 39.836 km, eclipsing the record set in 2017 at the very first Day of the Hour by Giuseppe Marinoni.
Canadians TJ Howorth, Scott Buschlen, David Hainish, and Kenneth Woo set a Canadian record for master men’s team pursuit at 4:37.345 with a speed of 51.921 km/h.