Tamara Novikova is a former female cyclist from the Soviet Union.

Novikova broke the women's World Record for 1 hour on July 7, 1955 when she covered 38.473 km, breaking the mark of Italian Alfonsina Strada

Alfonsina Strada

Alfonsina Strada was an Italian cyclist, the only woman to have ridden one of cycling's three major stage races. She started in the Giro d'Italia in 1924 when the organisers mistook her for a man. Newspapers called her The Devil in a dressHer racing career included an Italian record which lasted...

 that had stood for 26 years.

Novikova took the silver medal in the first UCI Road World Championships - Women's Road Race at Reims

Reims

Reims , a city in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France, lies east-northeast of Paris. Founded by the Gauls, it became a major city during the period of the Roman Empire....

, France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 in 1958. She finished behind Elsy Jacobs of Luxembourg

Luxembourg

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On the 'Cycling Rankings 1958 - 2006' she was ranked 45th.