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that's what alex dowsett is planning to do when tries to break a world record in mexico next month.which he's had since childhood. james burridge has been to see him in training. this is the giant windtunnel which gb cyclist alex dowsett hopes will help him become a world recordholder. he is training for the one hour record, cycling as fast and as far as possible in 60 minutes. so every technical scientific advantage gained in here is critical. basically air is pulled through here, my bike and me are on a large—scale and that measures how much wind resistance i'm creating. we are optimising helmets, shoes and, most importantly, the skin suit to make me as aerodynamic as possible so i am as slippery as possible through the wind, which means, come the end of the attempt, the last 20 or 30 minutes, i can accelerate a bit and try not to just break the record but try to break it by a bit more. alex is racing to raise awareness of haemophilia, a disorder where blood doesn't clot properly. he was diagnosed as a child and is the only known elite sportsperson with the condition. there are so
that's what alex dowsett is planning to do when tries to break a world record in mexico next month.which he's had since childhood. james burridge has been to see him in training. this is the giant windtunnel which gb cyclist alex dowsett hopes will help him become a world recordholder. he is training for the one hour record, cycling as fast and as far as possible in 60 minutes. so every technical scientific advantage gained in here is critical. basically air is pulled through here, my bike and...
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that's what alex dowsett is planning to do when tries to break a world record in mexico next month. is the giant windtunnel which gb cyclist alex dowsett hopes will help him become a world recordholder. he is training for the one hour record, cycling as fast and as far as possible in 60 minutes. so every technical scientific advantage gained in here is critical. basically air is pulled through here, my bike and me are on a large scale and that measures how much wind resistance i'm creating. we are optimising helmets, shoes and, most importantly, the skin suit to make me as aerodynamic as possible so i am as slippery as possible through the wind, which means, come the end of the attempt, the last 20 or 30 minutes, i can accelerate a litle bit and try not to just break the record but try to break it by a bit more. alex is racing to raise awareness for haemophilia, a disorder where blood doesn't clot properly. he was diagnosed as a child and is the only known elite sportsperson with the condition. there are some aspects to it that are really quite unpleasant. it is something we are try
that's what alex dowsett is planning to do when tries to break a world record in mexico next month. is the giant windtunnel which gb cyclist alex dowsett hopes will help him become a world recordholder. he is training for the one hour record, cycling as fast and as far as possible in 60 minutes. so every technical scientific advantage gained in here is critical. basically air is pulled through here, my bike and me are on a large scale and that measures how much wind resistance i'm creating. we...
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he's got a point to prove after sir bradley wiggins broke his record, alex dowsett trying to get the when we say it. i full hour! sounds easy when we say it. . ., , full hour! sounds easy when we say it. : : , leave! good morning. the weather is pretty goodin good morning. the weather is pretty good in some parts of the country this morning. not everywhere. raining quite heavily in some western parts in the last few hours, especially south—west scotland. its broad by this weather front, which will be sliding across the uk today and as it does it will break up into and as it does it will break up into a scattering of showers, so not everyone will have heavy rain this morning. here's the weather front as it goes across the country through the day. the forecast shows the front in the west through the mid—morning and as it moves into central parts of england it fizzles away. towards the west we have a scattering of sunshine and showers. the showers will be heaviest in the north—west and also the strongest winds around coastal areas of northern and western scotland. elsewhere the showers w
he's got a point to prove after sir bradley wiggins broke his record, alex dowsett trying to get the when we say it. i full hour! sounds easy when we say it. . ., , full hour! sounds easy when we say it. : : , leave! good morning. the weather is pretty goodin good morning. the weather is pretty good in some parts of the country this morning. not everywhere. raining quite heavily in some western parts in the last few hours, especially south—west scotland. its broad by this weather front, which...
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