Tamara Novikova (born June 6, 1932 at Irkutsk, USSR) is a former female cyclist from the Soviet Union.The Cycling Website - Results for Tamara Navikova
Biography
Career Novikova broke the women's World Record for 1 hour on July 7, 1955 when she covered 38.473 km,Bicycles USA - World 1 hour record breaking the mark of Italian Alfonsina Strada that had stood for 26 years.Torrelli Cycles - Article about Alfonsina Strada at the 1924 Giro d'Italia
Novikova took the silver medal in the first UCI Road World Championships - Women's Road Race at Reims, France in 1958. She finished behind Elsy Jacobs of Luxembourg.
On the 'Cycling Rankings 1958 - 2006' she was ranked 45th.Women's Cycle Rankings
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