Jocelyn Roden of Drops has unofficially broken the UCI World Hour Record. The 33-year-old British rider was reported to have set a new benchmark by her personal coach and Eolo Cometa director sportif Sean Yates.

According to a tweet from Dan Bingham of Ribble Well Dite, Roden clocked 48.160 km in a training simulation at the Manchester Velodrome.

The current women's world time record is 48.007 km, set by Italy's Vittoria Bussi in 2018 in the Mexican highlands. However, this benchmark will still stand, as Roden's effort did not meet the UCI criteria for an official world time record attempt.

The criteria required for an official record (open in new tab) include an electronic timekeeper and two approved manual timekeepers, approval from the UCI and relevant national federations, on-site verification by a UCI commissaire, and approval of materials by the UCI technical department.

Roden was part of the mixed relay TTT team that won a bronze medal at the 2019 Yorkshire World Championships and also finished seventh at the British Time Trial Championships that year. She raced for Sarah Storey's Storey Racing team and will race her third year with the Drops in 2021.

The only major road race that Roden ran with the Drops last season was the Setmana Ciclista Valenciana, where she finished 12th overall, but at the British 25-mile championships held last September near Loughborough (open in new tab), the 40.23 km course in 52:14 to win the race.

Unlike the men's record, which has been attempted five times in the past two years, including Victor Kampenaerts' 55.098 km record in 2019, the women's world time record has not been challenged since Busi's ride in September 2018. The record was previously held by Evelyn Stevens and Bridie O'Donnell.

Cyclingnews has reached out to Drops for comment.