Great Britain’s Will Bjergfelt broke the UCI Hour Record in the C5 classification on Thursday, and became the first para-cyclist in history to pass the 50km barrier.

The 46-year-old rode a distance of 51.471km on the velodrome in Konya, Turkey. In doing so, he beat the previous record – 47.569km, set in 2014 by Italian Andrea Tarlao – by almost four kilometres.

Speaking before his attempt, Bjergfelt said he was “pretty confident” in his ability to set a new record. You may like

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“I definitely want to see if I can crack 50km, and if I do,

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