105-year-old Frenchman Sets Cycling World Record

Cycling world records can be broken, even if you’re 105 years old. For Frenchman Robert Marchand, it turned out to be the perfect age to set a new world record for bicycling. On Wednesday, Marchand, who wore a tight yellow and purple jersey, set the world record in the 105-plus category by riding nearly 22.547 kilometers in one hour at the Velodrome National in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France. He told BFMTV that he "could have done better." "My legs...

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