This Sunday, Bradley Wiggins broke the UCI Hour Record at the London Olympic velodrome. The former Tour de France winner was covering 54,526 kilometers. He added he was handicapped by atypically high pressure of 1030mb. According to his claims, he lost around 700 meters.

"That was the best ride I could hope to do. When you pick a date out of the air, you can’t account for the conditions. For every 20mb, it’s a tenth per lap more, and that was probably the difference between doing Rominger’s record [of 55.291km]", Wiggins told.

"I won’t go for it again. Timing wise, this is my end of season; I’ll build up from the end of July for the track", added the 35-year-old. "We’re a year out from the Olympics, so the training will be quite different. It was a case of now or never in many ways, and I’m glad I got my name on the list."

Indeed, he would like to see another rider trying to break his record. "It's raised the bar now. Personally I'd like to see Tony and Fabian have a go at it. They don't have the track pedigree to perhaps be confident but I wouldn't discount Alex from having a look at it. I know he's like me and he'll do his homework and if he thinks it's possible he'll have a go at it. He's got another eight years to have a go at it, he's in his 20s. Fabian and Tony are running out of time. It would be nice for the record if someone attacks it in the next 12 months. Even if they fail it would give kudos to this record."