Fundamentally you’ve got to have a great aerobic capacity – but that’s just one ingredient because you’ve also got to blend that with several different things, including aerodynamics, and that can almost be more important than the size of the engine.

The power you need to sustain to be in the ballpark of breaking the hour record depends on the individual, but you need to be well over 400 watts. For someone like Bradley that could be a lot more, but it’s not just about power, but also efficiency. There’s much more to the hour record than physiology alone.

Being a good time trialist is almost like your ticket to be in the game. If you’re good at time trials then it says you’ve got a good knowledge of what’s required to ride at an even pace against the clock, and you’ve the power to back it up, but it’s not a certainty. You can see that with the likes of Jack Bobridge, who’s a good time trialist and a good track rider, but he didn’t pace his ride properly.

Track experience does count for something – it’s something I took for granted – but the right rider can learn and Jens Voigt is a good example. He rode really well, a really good race, and he was very cautious at the start – possibly over cautious – but he clearly knew what he was trying to do and he delivered it really well.