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Congratulations to Kenneth Lamont for setting a new WUCA Unsupported, Portugal N-S record in the following categories: Unsupported, Male 18-49, Standard Upright Bike. This is also a new Guinness Record as certified by WUCA. Rider’s Narrative SummaryRecord Attempt: Unsupported Portugal N–S (Male)Rider: Kenneth LamontStart: 08:57, April 18thStart Location: Small square in Cevide, North Portugal (42.152656, -8.197983)Refer to Video 1 showing Cevide information board and bicycle. End: 15:50, April 20thEnd Location: Monumento a Ferreira de Almeida, Faro (pictured) (see 1st pic above) Motivation This ride was the first of four planned WUCA world record attempts in 2025, undertaken as part of [...]

Congratulations to Shinji Kohara for setting the new record for Japan (Main Island) in these categories: Male, Unsupported, 18-49 Age Group, Standard Upright Bike. 1. Record Attempt Honshu (Japan main island) S->N regional crossing 2. Name of Rider Shinji Kohara 3. Start date and exact start time April 27, 2025, 22:00 4. Exact Start location Kangen Bridge, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture. On Prefectural Route 250, ~1.5km SSW of Shimonoseki Station west exit, at the crossing of the small channel from Hikoshima to Honshu. 33.93875669749187 N, 130.9153073508708 E 33°56'19.5″N,  130°54'55.1″E https://goo.gl/maps/BtBDuud7J8WfbtzX6 5. What were the conditions like? Much of Japan tends to [...]

Congratulations to Matthew Lefthand for setting 12 new WUCA records in the following categories: Virtual, Male 18-49, upright bike, non-fixed gear. These are also all new Guinness records. Distance Event KilometersTimeAvg Sp (Km)Avg Sp (Miles)100 Km Virtual2:14:5944.4527.62200 Km Virtual4:29:3344.5227.66300 Km Virtual6:45:4344.3727.57500 Km Virtual11:17:4644.2627.501000 Km Virtual22:36:4344.2227.48Distance Event MilesTimeAvg Sp (Miles)Avg Sp (Km)100 Mile Virtual3:36:5127.6744.53200 Mile Virtual7:15:2027.5644.36300 Mile Virtual10:54:2727.5044.26500 Mile Virtual18:11:1127.4944.25Timed EventMilesKilometersAvg Sp (Miles)Avg Sp (Km)6 Hour Virtual165.294266.01527.5544.3412 Hour Virtual329.363530.06027.4544.1724 Hour Virtual658.3081,059.44627.4344.14 Here is Matthew's Rider Summary https://docs.google.com/document/d/16XYowrQBkZ6PQVV9YFMxh2fzEdXqn1jloESuY7kM5v0/edit?tab=t.0

Congratulation to José Pelegrín for setting 8 new WUCA records in the following categories: Male, 80+ age group, non-fixed gear, road, standard bike Distance Event KilometersTimeAvg Sp (Km)Avg Sp (Miles)100 Km Road03:44:47.7826.6916.58200 Km Road08:04:43.1924.7615.38300 Km Road13:22:58.5522.4213.93Distance Event MilesTimeAvg Sp (Miles)Avg Sp (Km)100 Mile Road06:33:29.6515.2524.54200 Mile Road14:20:37.2213.9422.44Timed EventMilesKilometersAvg Sp (Miles)Avg Sp (Km)6 Hour Road91.149146.69015.1924.4512 Hour Road178.845287.82314.9023.9924 Hour Road295.766475.98912.3219.83 Rider's Summary in English and Spanish below: Narrative Report by Runner Jose Pelegrin Romeo on his WUCA Record Attempt on April 12, 2025 Start Date and Time: April 12, 2025 at 10:00 am local time Introduction: Larry asks me to write up the [...]

Congratulation to John Bennett who set a new mark for the 100 Km distance in the following categories: Male 60-69, standard bike, non-fixed gear, outdoor velodrome. Riders Narrative John Bennett  100km Outdoor Velodrome, Road Bike. Gears 4th April 2025  06.30am Chiang Mai Velodrome Thailand I started at 06.30 am as the sun rose, this is Thailand and the temperature was already 27 degrees, rising to 32 degrees by the end, humidity at 95% with almost no wind. Pollution levels were dangerously high due to the farmers burning crops at this time of year, but I decided to go ahead. I [...]