Barbara Buatois


Barbara Buatois is a French racing cyclist and one of the fastest female recumbent racers and ultra cyclists.
Buatois was born in Oullins. She rides recumbent bikes over the complete world HPV Championships as well as long distance events such as Raid Provence Extreme and Bordeaux–Paris. She won Race Across America 2010 on a Recumbent Bicycle.

Records

In 2009 she beat the women's world speed record for a 200-meter flying start speed trial, reaching 121.44 km/h at Battle Mountain, USA, in 2009, riding a streamlined recumbent bicycle. The previous record holder for this same category was Lisa Vetterlein who reached 107.16 km/h in 2005.
Her other records are:
  • One hour : 84.02 km with a fully faired recumbent bicycle, a Varna Tempest
  • One hour : 66.042 km with fully faired recumbent tricycle, the Varna 24
  • One hour : 46.376 km unfaired
  • 1000m standing start : 1.13,7 unfaired
  • 200m flying start : 12,71 unfaired
  • 12h road : 347 km unfaired 2600m + climbing

Achievements

2004
  • European Recumbent Championships : 1st Tandem
2005
  • Cyclevision European Championships: 1st
  • World Recumbent Championships: 3rd
2006
  • Cyclevision European Championships: 1st
  • World Recumbent Championships: 1st
  • Bordeaux Paris 625 km Race : 2nd in 26 hours 15 minutes.
2007
  • Cyclevision European Championships: 1st Unfaired
  • SaintéLyon 69 km Trail : 3rd in woman teams of 3 runners
  • FFC French Recumbent Championships : 6th overall
  • World Recumbent Championships: 1st
  • Paris–Brest–Paris 2007 : First Back to back tandem finisher in PBP history. 87 hours
2008
2009