Not road cycling, but the track forum is dead so who cares. Crazy stuff has been happening in Anadia during the European Championships. The track where miracles come to life. Yesterday morning Italy broke German the world record on the Team Pursuit that had been standing for 4 years. A few hundreds, nothing spectacular, they're meant to be broken. Well, turns out they were holding back, because in the evening session they broke their own world record again. BY 5 SECONDS!!! 3:53:09, ridiculous.
Then, on to the individual pursuit which was today. Matthew Brennan broke the world record set by Finn Fisher-Black in 2019. Huge performance, right? Well, Brennan wasn't done celebrating or Luca Giaimi (who was part of that very Italian team and also is the world champion) broke his world record by more than a second. As if that wasn't enough, he then broke his own world record in the evening. Insane. Almost identical to what happened a few years ago, when Ethan Vernon set the world record, only to be beaten by Lev Gonov one heat later. It's also good to note that the actual world record holder is Magnus Sheffield, but his wasn't done in an official race and therefore is not recognised.
Also, Josh Tarling was here for the pursuits. Here's hoping he'll join the elite track team in Glasgow and more importantly Paris.