Francis Faure
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Francis Faure (1910, Ambert – 1948) was a French bicycle racer who captured the world hour record in July 1933 on a Vélocar.[1][2][3] This prompted the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to restrict bicycle designs for all future competitions.[1][2]
Francis was brother of Benoît Faure and Eugène Faure.[4]
1933
On July 7, 1933, Faure rode a Vélocar developed by Charles Mochet in the Vélodrome d'Hiver in Paris, and he beat the hour record of 44.247 km set by Oscar Egg on August 18, 1914, by 0.808 km.[1] At the time, Faure was considered a "second-rate" cyclist[2] and was not Mochet's first choice.[4] The unfaired, or "stock" recumbent record stood until it was broken in 2007 by an "unclassified" racer Sean Costin, who covered 48.80 km (28.46 mi) on the 382m outdoor concrete velodrome in Northbrook, Illinois[5][circular reference]. He rode a recumbent made by the Polish manufacturer Velokraft (model name NoCom), which he converted to a fixed-gear for the indoor event.
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