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Fastest man in the world: How Matthew Richardson broke track cycling's purest world record
This feature originally appeared in Cycling Weekly magazine on 11 September 2025. Subscribe now and never miss an issue. Matthew Richardson was the last person in the velodrome to realise he had ...
Matthew Richardson, 26, has had his eyes set on an imposing goal of becoming the fastest track cyclist in the world. The young star has quite an impressive cycling resume, undoubtedly making him a ...
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'It’s just a really raw measure of who is the best' – Matthew Richardson on being the 'fastest cyclist of all time'
Matthew Richardson has described the flying 200m record, which he set last week, as the "raw measure of who is the best". The British rider became the first rider to set a time of under nine seconds ...
This week, 26-year-old Matthew Richardson aimed to break the flying 200m world record of 9.088 seconds, which was set at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics by Harrie Lavreysen of the Netherlands.
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