Page 35 - Bidlake Booklet
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year,
neat,
1967.
racing.
record,
already,
Milk Race,
San Remo,
Championship.
1965.Tom Simpson was,
true or not is still debatable,
won the Milk Race in 1964,
biggest name in British cycling,
hour time-trial record of 277.5 miles,
winning it with three straight rides.
this was a slightly surprising award.
first time such a thing had ever happened.
National Amateur Road Race Championship,
men’s World Amateur Road Race Championship,
like Ray Booty in 1956,
He had already won Bordeaux-Paris,
In 1967,
roadman could beat the time-triallists at their own game;
and either of them had a strong claim on the Bidlake.
but in 1966 he did something unique,
and had held the yellow jersey in the Tour de France.
runaway victory in the women’s World Road Race Championship,
He did it to prove a point,
1966.Arthur Metcalfe was one of the best amateur roadmen in the country,
a certainty for the Bidlake,
Beryl Burton was awarded an unprecedented third Bidlake trophy,
since no one has ever repeated Metcalfe’s double victory.
having
the first to break into the elite world of European pro
having
while Les West had won his second
safety bike replaced the penny-farthing in the late 1880s.The Moulton was smart,
the Tour of Flanders and Milan-
for her
first winning the
but whether that is really
which also exceeded the men’s record – the
that a good
He was easily the
and for her 12-
Graham Webb had won the
Given that she had won two Bidlakes
then adding the BBAR title to his
it is clear that in certain years some outstanding performances will go unrecognised.
become the first-ever British rider to win the World Professional Road Race
compact,
ideal for the mood of the sixties and it provided a huge surge of renewed interest in cycling.
Tom Simpson
Since there can only be one award per
The Unfinished Story
new and
35
neat,
1967.
racing.
record,
already,
Milk Race,
San Remo,
Championship.
1965.Tom Simpson was,
true or not is still debatable,
won the Milk Race in 1964,
biggest name in British cycling,
hour time-trial record of 277.5 miles,
winning it with three straight rides.
this was a slightly surprising award.
first time such a thing had ever happened.
National Amateur Road Race Championship,
men’s World Amateur Road Race Championship,
like Ray Booty in 1956,
He had already won Bordeaux-Paris,
In 1967,
roadman could beat the time-triallists at their own game;
and either of them had a strong claim on the Bidlake.
but in 1966 he did something unique,
and had held the yellow jersey in the Tour de France.
runaway victory in the women’s World Road Race Championship,
He did it to prove a point,
1966.Arthur Metcalfe was one of the best amateur roadmen in the country,
a certainty for the Bidlake,
Beryl Burton was awarded an unprecedented third Bidlake trophy,
since no one has ever repeated Metcalfe’s double victory.
having
the first to break into the elite world of European pro
having
while Les West had won his second
safety bike replaced the penny-farthing in the late 1880s.The Moulton was smart,
the Tour of Flanders and Milan-
for her
first winning the
but whether that is really
which also exceeded the men’s record – the
that a good
He was easily the
and for her 12-
Graham Webb had won the
Given that she had won two Bidlakes
then adding the BBAR title to his
it is clear that in certain years some outstanding performances will go unrecognised.
become the first-ever British rider to win the World Professional Road Race
compact,
ideal for the mood of the sixties and it provided a huge surge of renewed interest in cycling.
Tom Simpson
Since there can only be one award per
The Unfinished Story
new and
35
