Charlie gears up for record effort

CHARLIE Tanfield is under no illusions over the scale of the task he has taken on as he aims to break the revered UCI Hour Record today.

- By IAN PARKER

Tanfield, an Olympic silver medallist in the team pursuit, has spent years thinking about this moment - from watching Sir Bradley Wiggins break Alex Dowsett’s record in 2015 to dreaming up ideas with his then housemate and future record holder Dan Bigham a few years later.

Now Tanfield will get his own opportunity in Konya, Turkey, aiming to break the mark of 56.972 kilometres set by Filippo Ganna in 2022.