The first HPT rider we present for  Battle Mountain 2024 is Ellen van Vugt!

Ellen is someone with a long track record in recumbent cycling with over 25 years of racing experience. And with experience comes result.

Already in 2004 she broke the world hour record of 68.97km with a second place among the men at the recumbent World Championship.
A little over 10 years later, in 2015, she improved the dutch hour record to 80.55km/h, and in the same period took the 6 hour record with 404 km (67 km/h average).
Then in april 2022 on the Dekrabaan in Klettwitz, Germany, she set a new sprint record at lowland level, where she rode her VeloX S2 at a speed of 90.714 km/h over 200 meters after a flying start, beating the previous record of 79.03 km/h by Andrea Blaseckie in 1999. 


Her fastest speed in Battle Mountain so far is 115.94km/h (72.04 mile/h). We are curious to see what she can do in the new and improved bike!