Vittoria Bussi (BJ Bike Club ASD) again broke the UCI Hour Record presented by Tissot by covering a distance of 50.455 kilometres on the Velodromo Bicentenario in Aguascalientes, Mexico. The 10th of May she set the new mark after abandoning an attempt just over the half-way mark the previous day.
The Italian thus betters her own record that she established when she became the first woman to break the 50km barrier by covering 50.267 kilometres on the same velodrome in Aguascalientes on 13 October 2023. She had previously held the record for three years – from September 2018 to September 2021 – with a distance of 48.007 kilometres.
The 38-year-old mathematician is a former middle-distance track runner, who took up cycling at the age of 27. She has podiumed several times in the individual time trial at the Italian National Championships, and was part of the Italian team that took the bronze medal in the team time trial mixed relay at the 2020 UEC European Championships. The following year, she won the opening time trial of the Czech stage race Tour de Feminin – O cenu Českého Švýcarska.
Vittoria Bussi attempt and reached today another world record in Aguascalientes: that of the women’s 4km individual. Her time, 4’23″642, improved the 4’24″060 registered from Anna Morris in Manchester on the 22 of February.
Congrats to Vittoria, her team and sponsor for this double special achievement!
foto credit: Vittoria Bussi
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