'I will hopefully not be forgotten': How Jeffrey Hoogland broke track sprinting's oldest record

Last October, Jeffrey Hoogland roared to a new kilometre time trial world record. Tom Davidson spoke to the Dutchman and his team to find out what it took

Jeffrey Hoogland doing a kilometre time trial
(Image credit: Carolien Visser)

Today, 31 October, marks one year since Jeffrey Hoogland broke the kilometre time trial world record in Aguascalientes, Mexico. The following feature was published in Cycling Weekly magazine in November 2023. Subscribe now and never miss an issue.

It might come as a surprise, but Jeffrey Hoogland needed to be persuaded to have a punt at the kilometre time trial world record. “He took a lot more convincing than I thought,” his coach, Mehdi Kordi, tells Cycling Weekly. “I said, ‘Do you fancy a trip to Mexico where it can be all about you, and the upshot is that you become the world record holder?

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Tom Davidson
Senior News Writer

Tom joined Cycling Weekly as a news and features writer in the summer of 2022, having previously contributed as a freelancer. He is the host of The TT Podcast, which covers both the men's and women's pelotons and has featured a number of prominent British riders.

An enthusiastic cyclist himself, Tom likes it most when the road goes uphill and actively seeks out double-figure gradients on his rides.