Editing Hour record (section)

=== Unified rule change (2014) ===
[[File:Jens Voigt - Hour Record - bike.jpg|thumbnail|right|The bike used by [[Jens Voigt]] in the first attempt under the unified regulations in 2014]][[File:UCI Track World Championships 2020 123.jpg|thumb|right|Current hour record holder Filippo Ganna, pictured here at the [[2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships]]]]
In 2014, the UCI unified the two classifications into a single classification in line with regulations for current track pursuit bikes. Records previously removed for [[Chris Boardman]] and [[Graeme Obree]] were returned, however the benchmark record would remain at {{convert|49.7|km|mi|abbr=on}} set in 2005 by [[Ondrej Sosenka]], even though that was not the farthest distance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/hour-record-rule-change-athletes-hour-scrapped-123397|title=Hour Record rule change — Athlete's hour to be scrapped|date=15 May 2014|work=Cycling Weekly|access-date=18 September 2014|archive-date=25 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925011227/http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/hour-record-rule-change-athletes-hour-scrapped-123397|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/05/bikes-and-tech/uci-changes-hour-record-regulations-allows-modern-track-bikes_328018|title=UCI changes hour record regulations, allows modern track bikes|work=VeloNews.com|access-date=18 September 2014|date=2014-05-15|archive-date=2014-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140918082939/http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/05/bikes-and-tech/uci-changes-hour-record-regulations-allows-modern-track-bikes_328018|url-status=live}}</ref> Under the new regulations riders may use any bike allowed by the UCI standards for endurance track events in place at the time of the attempt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-gear/gear-shed/cycle-life/Why-Cyclings-Hour-Record-Matters.html|title=How the Hour Record Will Save Cycling|work=Outside Online|access-date=18 September 2014|date=2014-06-05|archive-date=2014-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924071853/http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-gear/gear-shed/cycle-life/Why-Cyclings-Hour-Record-Matters.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Riders are required to be part of the athlete [[biological passport]] program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cookson-reveals-that-people-have-come-forward-to-the-circ-reform-commission|title=Cookson reveals that people have come forward to the CIRC Reform Commission|work=Cyclingnews.com|date=23 May 2014|access-date=18 September 2014|archive-date=10 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910195847/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cookson-reveals-that-people-have-come-forward-to-the-circ-reform-commission|url-status=live}}</ref> However, of the men to attempt the record since the rule change, only five were on a [[UCI World Tour]] team at the time: [[Jens Voigt]] of [[Trek–Segafredo (men's team)|Trek Factory Racing]],<ref name="cn hour record">{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/voigt-breaks-world-hour-record/ |title=Voigt breaks world hour record |work=Cycling News |date=2014-09-18 |access-date=2019-09-18 |quote=The Trek Factory Racing rider called an end to his road career at the USA Pro Challenge in Colorado in August, 2014, but soon announced his attempt at the record. |archive-date=2019-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824013315/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/voigt-breaks-world-hour-record/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Rohan Dennis]] of the [[BMC Racing Team]], [[Alex Dowsett]] of the {{UCI team code|MOV|2015}}, [[Victor Campenaerts]] of [[Lotto Soudal]], [[Filippo Ganna]] of [[Ineos Grenadiers]]. [[Matthias Brändle]] was with [[IAM Cycling]], then a [[List of 2014 UCI Professional Continental and Continental teams|UCI Professional Continental]] team. [[Jack Bobridge]] was on [[Team Budget Forklifts]], an Australian [[UCI Continental]] team. [[Thomas Dekker (cyclist)|Thomas Dekker]] had been released from World Tour team [[Garmin–Sharp]] several months before. [[Gustav Larsson]] was riding for the Professional Continental team [[Cult Energy Pro Cycling]], whilst [[Bradley Wiggins]] had left the World Tour's {{UCI team code|SKY|2015}} shortly before his attempt, which was made in the colours of his own UCI Continental team {{UCI team code|WGN|2015}}.

As of October 2022, 26 attempts have been made for the men's record, eight successfully, while nine attempts have been made on the women's record, six of them successfully.