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Cycling at 300 km/h? Thanks to the car you can. With a surprise to discover.
Chasing speed records on two wheels—cyclists draft cars at insane speeds, reaching up to 296 km/h. Danger, dreams, and one incredible woman.
Records you know, many times seem crazy, but why not try to become the fastest cyclist in the world? The challenge is to exploit the wake of a car, a car that has been specially modified to ‘encase’ the cyclist in its shape and take the impact out of the car. A simple thing to say but one that requires, both in terms of technique and driver skill, the utmost precision: the rider is on two slender tubes and only minimally protected. In this way, unthinkable speeds are reached.
*In 1962 José Meiffret was the first cyclist to exceed 200 km/h behind a
specially modified Mercedes 300 SL.*
