Dutch student breaks European bicycle speed record

Sebastian Bowier rode a hi-tech aerodynamic bike, coloured orange of course, to become the world's second fastest cyclist.

A group of students from Delft University in the Netherlands broke the European speed record for bicycles, when Mr Bowier rode to a speed of 80.54 miles per hour to become the second fastest cyclist on the planet behind Canadian cyclist Sam Whittingham's speed of 82.81 miles per hour.

The speed of the bicycle, which weighs only 20 kilograms, was officially measured over a stretch of 200 metres in the middle of the Nevada desert in the US.

The aerodynamic bicycle was entirely developed by the students utilising wind tunnels and computer simulations.

Still hoping to claim the world record, the students are staying in Nevada with two further attempts scheduled.


/The Telegprah/