Jeffrey Hoogland obliterates 1km time trial world record in Mexico – ‘It’s a legacy, something you can look back on’

Jeffrey Hoogland successfully set a new 1km time trial world record in Mexico, obliterating a benchmark that lasted 10 years.

The Dutchman set a time of 55.433 seconds at the Aguascalientes Velodrome, where previous record holder Francois Pervis clocked 56.303 seconds in 2013.

“I can’t really enjoy it yet,” Hoogland told Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad.

“It hurts everywhere but I’m very happy with the world record – that’s why I came here.

“I almost expected miracles here at [this] height, but it was still a blast to cycle. It wasn’t until I heard the cheering at the finish that I knew it was a world record.”

Hoogland is part of a fine team of Dutch sprinters that includes Harrie Lavreysen, who has two Olympic titles and is 13-time world champion.

Speaking to De Volkskrant before making his record attempt, he said: “I want my name to be at the top of the starting list for the kilometre for a number of years. It’s a legacy, something you can look back on, that Hoogland rode a really hard ‘kilo’.

“That’s nice if you are no longer involved in the sport and it still lives on.””

Arnaud Tournant was the first man to go under a minute in the men’s 1km on the open-air track at the Alto Irpavi Velodrome in La Paz, Bolivia in 2001.

Since then, the record has only been lowered three times, most recently with Pervis’ time ten years ago.

The event has not featured at the Olympics since Sir Chris Hoy claimed the gold medal for Team GB back in 2004.

It has been a memorable year for 30-year-old Hoogland, who won a ninth time trial gold medal at the UCI Cycling World Championships in Glasgow three months ago.

He posted an incredible time of 58.222 to power past Australia’s Matthew Glaetzer, who set a national record time of 58.526.