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Congratulations to Lael Wilcox for setting the Women's Circumnavigation of the Earth record in the 18-49 age group on an upright bike. This is also a Guinness non-age group record. Note: To qualify for circumnavigation of the earth, the following rules are recognized by WUCA and Guinness:*Start and finish points must be the same location. *The circumnavigation must take place on land, the only exception is the use of boats and ferries both of which must be part of a regular and scheduled transport service to cross bodies of water when land access by foot is not possible. Details of [...]

Congratulations to Valerio Zamboni for setting a new record from Monaco to Vatican city in the following categories: Male 70-74, Standard bike. Rider’s Summary 1 -  Monaco-Vatican city 2 - Valerio Zamboni 3 - 13.09.2024 5:07a.m. 4 - Monaco , Place du Palais, Monte Carlо 5 - At the start the temperature outside was 13 degrees, rain. Literally after the start the rain stopped . Rugged wind during the whole record attempt but almost always with a more or less positive component and apart from some exercise balance in the gulf about Genoa, I'd say everything right. The crossing of [...]

Congratulations to Doug Coe, Jeff Seal, Steve Weldon, and Cassidy Cheray for Setting a new WUCA record for a Male 4x Team crossing of Kansas W-E Doug Coe’s Narrative Summary: A Tale of Teamwork and Triumph On September fourteenth, as dawn broke clear, Doug Coe and team set forth without fear. Across Kansas, west to east they’d glide, Each taking turns, together in stride. Doug “Watts” Coe, steady and strong, Jeff “The Fastest” Seal, moving along. Steve “Poobah” Weldon, with heart and might, Cassidy “KOM” Cheray, through day and night. At 8:50 AM, the journey began, On SH 96, where [...]

Congratulations to Ben Elst who set the 24 Hour record in the following categories: Belgium Country, Male, 18-49, Indoor Velodrome on an upright bike. He also set 10 other WUCA Belgium records as shown below Distance Event KilometersTimeAvg Sp (Km)Avg Sp (Miles)Existing records : Male 18-49, stadard bike, no fixed gearAG recordBelgium Record100 Km Indoor Velodrome02:33:35.0039.0724.27Christoph Strasser 35 10/14/2017 00:02:20:31.81NoYes200 Km Indoor Velodrome05:15:45.0038.0023.62Christoph Strasser 35 10/14/2017 00:04:43:12.40NoYes300 Km Indoor Velodrome08:07:52.0036.9022.93Christoph Strasser 35 10/14/2017 00:07:14:50.00NoYes500 Km Indoor Velodrome14:20:51.0034.8521.65Christoph Strasser 35 AUSTRIA 10/14/2017 00:12:24:52.58NoYesDistance Event MilesTimeAvg Sp (Miles)Avg Sp (Km)Existing records : Male 18-49, stadard bike, no fixed gearAG recordBelgium Record100 Mile [...]

Congratulations to Giovanni Prosperi who set the Bratislava to Rome record in the Male, 18-49 age group on a standard bike. On August 11, 2024, at 8:59 AM, I, Giovanni Prosperi, embarked on one of the most significant challenges of my life from Hlavné námestie, the main square of Bratislava to Piazza del Popolo in Rome, Italy. This adventure was meant to symbolically unite the nations of my wife and myself, connecting her homeland, Slovakia, with mine, Italy. The goal was ambitious: to set the record for the fastest ride from Bratislava to Rome.  I used my two road bikes, [...]