sentences:  Henri Desgrange set the first ratified hour record on 11 May 1893 covering 35.325 km.In May 1893 a rider called Cassignard set the world kilometre standing start record at 1 minute and 28 seconds.On 27 September 1893 French cycling star Charles Terront left Saint Petersburg in Russia to cycle the across Poland and Germany before arriving at the Vélodrome Buffalo after 14 days and 7 hours.