SUPER senior citizen Robert Marchand has set a new world record in cycling at 105 YEARS OLD.

The Frenchman broke the record set by himself five years ago for a person aged over 100 pedalling the furthest distance in an hour.

2 Robert Marchand has set a world record for a man of 105-years-old cycling for an hour Credit: AP:Associated Press

As the world applauds his outstanding feat, SunSport takes a look at who exactly the senior cyclist is.



How old is Robert Marchand, and where is he from?

Robert Marchand is a 105-year-old cyclist from France.

He grew up during the World War I in his native country and was a firefighter in Paris during the 1930s.

Marchand has cycled all his life and at age 35 finished seventh in the Grand Prix des Nations in 1946.

After World War II, Marchand moved to Venezuela and then Canada, where he worked as a lumberjack.

He took up cycling once more in 1978 and has continued into his old age.

What record did Robert Marchand set?

Marchand is famed for being the first 105-year-old man to cycle a landmark distance during the Hour Record.

2 Robert Marchand cycled 22.547 kilometres (just over 14 miles) in an hour at 105-years-old Credit: EPA

Marchand set the record for a man of that age to ride 22.547 kilometres (just over 14 miles) in one hour, in January 2017.

Just three years earlier, Marchand cycled 26.927 kilometres (nearly 17 miles) in an hour at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines velodrome outside Paris to set a world record for a man over 100 years old.

Speaking before his attempt, he said: "I’m not here to break any record.

"I’m doing it to prove that at 105 years old you can still ride a bike.”