But then in 2000, the International Cycling Union decreed that anyone who wanted to hold that record had to do so with essentially the same equipment that Eddy Merckx used in 1972.
Ali tada Međunarodna biciklistička unija  je 2000. godine objavila da svatko tko želi držati taj rekord to mora napraviti zapravo sa tipom opreme kakvu je Eddy Merckx koristio 1972. godine,