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105-year-old Frenchman cycles into history with hour-long ride (Reuters)
 SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (Reuters) - Robert Marchand, a 105-year-old Frenchman, made cycling history on Wednesday by covering 22.528 km (14.08 miles) in one hour on a track near Paris. Marchand has a huge following in France and was cheered on by hundreds of fans as he rode round the velodrome at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. However, he fell short of his own previous record of 26.927 km in the over-100s category, which he set in 2014 at the age of 102 years old. ... More...
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