WORLD RECORD FOR DENMARK WITH THE SPEEDMAX CFR TRACK BIKE AT THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN TÜRKİYE

Team Denmark use Canyon's Speedmax CFR Track bike to break the 3m 40s barrier in the men's team pursuit.

Tuesday 3 February 2026: At last weekend's 2026 UEC European Track Championships in Konya, Türkiye, Team Denmark set a new men's team pursuit world record.

With their Canyon Speedmax CFR Track bike, Lasse Norman Leth, Frederik Rodenberg Madsen, Rasmus Lund Pedersen and Tobias Aagaard Hansen completed 16 laps of the 250 m circuit in a new world's best time of 3.39.977.

With the Speedmax CFR Track bike being a masterpiece of engineering and aerodynamic excellence, sculpted for supreme aero efficiency at the exceptionally high speeds, the Danish men became the first quartet in history to break the 3:40 barrier. They smashed the previous men's record by 0.75 seconds, bettering the record held by Australia, who clocked 3:40.730 at the Paris Olympics in 2024.

Speaking about the achievement, Team Denmark's Rasmus Lund:

"The biggest feeling is trust: trust in the process, in the equipment, and in the three riders next to you. When it clicks, you’re not chasing the clock anymore – you’re just executing something you’ve rehearsed thousands of times. And when you finally see the time on the board, that’s when it hits.

"We prepare by obsessing over details long before race day, so we don’t have to think about them under pressure. As a team we focus on roles, trust and clarity – everyone knows exactly what they’re responsible for. When the start gun goes, the goal isn’t perfection, it’s committing fully to the plan.

"When progress is measured in milliseconds, resilience becomes a competitive advantage. You invest months into details the audience never sees, trusting that small improvements will eventually create a breakthrough. That long-term belief in the process is what allows us to keep pushing boundaries and redefining what’s possible."

Canyon's Speedmax CFR Track bike was introduced for the Glasgow World Championships in 2023 and already has 2025 World Championship gold in the Team Pursuit and Men's Omnium, and four gold medals at the 2024 World Champs to its name.