Ed Veal sets Canadian hour record in Milton velodrome
Canadian track and road cyclist Ed Veal set a new Canadian record for the hour in the Milton, Ontario velodrome on Friday, rolling 47.59-km in sixty minutes, surpassing Mike Nash’s four-year old marker of 45.95-km. The world record belongs to Australian Rohan Dennis, who posted 52.491-km on February 8 of this year.
Before the event Veal had plenty of support from fans and well-wishers within the cycling community.
Good Luck @RealDealVeal! Wish I was there to cheer you on but I am confident that u will go further than you have ever gone before! #edshour
— Curt Harnett (@curtharnett) April 10, 2015
Veal, a team and individual pursuit racer on the Canadian national track team, assailed the record on a Look time machine.
The bike is ready for #edshour pic.twitter.com/B82qkzJGvS
— MattamyCyclingCentre (@MattamyVelo) April 10, 2015
Veal lit out on the boards of the Pan Am/Parapan Am Games venue at 4:45 EST, clocking 250-metre laps in 18.1-seconds. By the half hour mark, Veal was averaging 48.7-kmh.
Over halfway and looking good!! Keep it up Ed! #edshour pic.twitter.com/vR81VkKhg0
— TheVeloExchange (@TheVeloExchange) April 10, 2015
With 10-minutes remaining, it was clear that Australian Jayson Austin’s 2011 record of 48.31-km in the Masters 35-39 category would stand, but, with Veal averaging 47.8-kmh, the Canadian record was about to fall and the crowd showed its exuberance as Ed set the new high mark. Veal’s average lap time was 18.967-seconds.
