 Scotland's Olympic and world champion Chris Hoy |
Olympic and world kilometre champion Chris Hoy aims to make up for the removal of the event from the Olympic programme by breaking the world record. The Scot is finalising plans for a bid, "probably in mid-May", to beat Arnaud Tournant's record of 58.875 secs, set in 2001 at altitude in Bolivia.
"Arnaud was doing 1.01sec at sea level beforehand, which I can do as well," Hoy told Cyclingnews website.
"At this stage we're just trying to get the funding in place."
Hoy's Olympic record of 1.00.711, set in Athens, is the fastest time ever at sea level.
Tournant's first ever sub-minute record was set at La Paz, where Hoy may also head for his own attempt.
"All I know is that if I'm going to break it anywhere then that's the place to do it," he added.
"So all I can do really is try and get myself in the same shape or better than I was in Athens and step up there and just give it everything.
"I'm just trying to let my management team sort it out and I'll focus on the training part."
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