Porsche 935 Turbo cycling record car - photo

[Christophe Mineau]

See here :
https://franceracing.fr/automobile/q...record-a-velo/

But more impressive, in 1962, the previous record by José Meiffret, who reached 204km/h at age of 48 !

He had made numerous attempts since the 50's, this man was persevering !

In this last video, we see him falling and being severely injured at Montlery in a record attempt. He suffered 4 skull fractures and he said he did not completely recovered, but he says in the video, "I have an objective, it's to reach 200km/h, and then I could get the surgery I need, because I still have a hole in the head ..."