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Lincoln Grand Prix
The Rapha Lincoln Grand Prix (formerly the Witham-Valley Grand Prix) is a road bicycle race that starts and finishes in Lincoln, England, Lincoln. The 2021 version was 166 km long. The race is characterised by its ascent of Michaelgate, an iconic cobbled climb in the centre of Lincoln, England, Lincoln with a maximum gradient of 20%. The Lincoln GP has run since the summer of 1956, making it the oldest annual bike in the UK, that still runs today. History Witham-Valley Grand Prix (1956–1967) In 1955, a group of four youth cyclists from Lincoln, England came together to form a Road bicycle racing, road cycling club known as the River Witham, Witham-Valley Road Racing Club. At the time a student engineer, Mike Jones was introduced to the newly formed club. He was a road racer from the Midlands who was working in Lincoln. Mike persuaded the committee of River Witham, Witham-Valley RRC to promote a major road race and volunteered his services and time as an organiser, The fi ...
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Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north-west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders Northamptonshire in the south for just , England's shortest county boundary. The county town is Lincoln, where the county council is also based. The ceremonial county of Lincolnshire consists of the non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire and the area covered by the unitary authorities of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. Part of the ceremonial county is in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and most is in the East Midlands region. The county is the second-largest of the English ceremonial counties and one that is predominantly agricultural in land use. The county is fourth-larg ...
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Ron Coe
Ron Coe (born 29 January 1933 – 5 March 1988) was an English professional cyclist from Barnsley and a multiple British National Road Race Champion. Palmarès ;1957 :1st British National Road Race Championships (BLRC Independent Road Race) :1st Lincoln Grand Prix :1st Tour of the Lakes ::1st Stage 3, Tour of the Lakes ;1958 :1st British National Road Race Championships (BLRC Independent Road Race) :1st Lincoln Grand Prix :3rd Stage 2a, Tour du Var, Frejus (FRA) :1st Stage 3, Milk Race, Scarborough :1st Stage 7, Milk Race, Llandrindod :1st Stage 8, Milk Race, Weston :1st Stage 11, Milk Race, Bournemouth :2nd Stage 12, Milk Race, Thames Ditton ;1959 :1st British National Road Race Championships (Professional) :1st Lincoln Grand Prix :1st Archer International Grand Prix :1st Stage 2, Milk Race, Scarborough :1st Stage 5, Milk Race, Blackpool :2nd Stage 6, Milk Race, Rhyl Rhyl (; cy, Y Rhyl, ) is a seaside town and community (Wales), community in Denbighshire, Wales. ...
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Another Time Up The Hill - Lincoln GP
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Des Thomson
Desmond "Des" Ronald Thomson (born 22 August 1942) is a former racing cyclist from New Zealand. He won the silver medal in the men's road race at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. He went to two Olympics in 1964 and 1968 competing in the men's road race and team time trial. In the men's road race, he finished 61st in 1964 and 52nd in 1968. His brother Richie Thomson Richard Douglas Thomson (16 August 1940 – 3 May 2012) was a New Zealand cyclist. He competed in the individual road race and the team time trial events at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Veran ... was also a New Zealand representative cyclist competing at two Commonwealth Games and the 1968 Olympic Games. Des Thomson also won the Australian Road title. He rode for Queensland having moved to the Gold Coast and joining Nerang – Gold Coast cycling club. References 1942 births Living people New Zealand male cyclists Commonwealth Gam ...
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Brian Bourke
Brian Bourke (born 1936 in Dublin) is an Irish people, Irish artist. Life Bourke was born in Dublin in 1936. His parents were Thomas Bourke (Tómas de Búrca) and Eileen (Eibhlín) Bourke (née Somers). Bourke left school early and got a job in the art department of the Player Wills tobacco company on the condition he enrolled at the National College of Art and Design (NCAD). He later studied at Saint Martin's School of Art in London. After London, he spent time in Germany and was strongly influence by the New Objectivity, Neue Sachlichkeit art movement. He returned to Dublin in 1957 and held his first one-man show in Dublin in 1964 at the Dawson Gallery. He travelled across Europe in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1965 Bourke won an Arts Council (Ireland), Arts Council prize for portraiture, and represented Ireland at the Biennale de Paris. He won the Munster and Leinster Bank competition in 1966, and first prize in the Irish Exhibition of Living Art competition in 1967. He was includ ...
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Les West
Les West (born 11 November 1943) was one of the dominant figures of amateur and professional cycling in Britain during the 1960 and 1970s. He won the Milk Race twice, came second in the world amateur road race championship and fourth in the world professional championship. Early career Born in Hanley, Staffordshire, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, West's first ride was to Wincle, Danebridge, when he was 15. He went with his uncle.''Cycling Weekly'' 13 December 2007 The following year he joined the Tunstall, Staffordshire, Tunstall Wheelers, a club in the Stoke-on-Trent conglomeration of towns in Staffordshire. He won the North Staffordshire 25-mile time-trial championship when he was 16. He beat one hour for 25 miles in 1961 and won North Staffordshire championships at 10, 25, 30 and 50 miles, won the area track league and became five-mile and 4,000m pursuit racing, pursuit champion. His first international selection was for the Olympia's Tour, the amateur tour ...
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Hugh Porter
Hugh William Porter MBE (born Wolverhampton, England, 27 January 1940) is one of Britain's greatest former professional cyclists, winning four world titles in the individual pursuit - more than any other rider - as well as a Commonwealth Games gold medal in 1966. He is now a commentator on cycling events, working most notably for the BBC and ITV. Personal life Porter was born and raised in Wolverhampton and educated at the city's St Peter's Collegiate School. His father, Joe, was a cyclist and at 10, Hugh was taken to the Halesowen Velodrome to watch British sprint world champion Reg Harris. In his earlier working life outside professional cycling commitments he was employed as a draughtsman at Chubb Locks in Willenhall.Report by Mark Andrews, looking at his memories of the Tokyo Olympics and life since. He is married to British Olympic swimming gold medallist, Anita Lonsbrough; they met while travelling to Tokyo for the 1964 Summer Olympics and married in 1965. Cycling ...
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John Clarey
John Clarey (born 4 October 1940) is a British former racing cyclist. Cycling career He represented England in the 10 miles scratch race at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia, despite being hospitalised a few days earlier when training for the event at the velodrome. Four years later he was selected to represent England again at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica where he participated in the road race. He was the national 10 miles champion but finished in last place in the 1968 Tour de France. Major results ;1961 :1st Stage 12 Milk Race ;1962 :1st Stage 2 Milk Race :Commonwealth Games, Track, 10 Mile ;1963 :2nd British National Road Race Amateurs ;1964 :3rd British National Road Race Amateurs ;1966 :1st Lincoln Grand Prix ;1968 :63rd Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby coun ...
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Glossary Of Cycling
This is a glossary of terms and jargon used in cycling, mountain biking, and cycle sport. For ''parts of a bicycle'', see List of bicycle parts. 0–9 ; 27.5 Mountain bike: A mountain bike with wheels that are approximately in diameter and are based on ISO 584 mm (650B) rims. ; 29er (bicycle):A mountain bike with wheels that are approximately in diameter and are based on ISO 622 mm (700C) rims. ;3:1 rule : A UCI rule stating the depth and breadth (in cross-section) of the bicycle frame tubes cannot exceed the ratio of 3:1. A ; À bloc: Going ''À bloc'' means riding as hard as one possibly can, which can be risky as it leaves one in a state where recovery is needed, and therefore vulnerable to being attacked. ; Aero bars: Extension of the handlebars usually allowing the rider to rest their elbows and benefit from improved aerodynamics. Often found on Time trial bicycles. ; Aero racing bicycle: A type of racing bike that combines the aerodynamic features of a t ...
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UCI Road World Championships
The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and a mixed team relay. Events All the world championship events are ridden by national teams, not trade teams such as in most other major races. The winner of each category is entitled to wear the rainbow jersey in races of that category (either mass start or time trial) until the next championships. It currently includes the following championships: * Elite Men's road race * Elite Men's time trial * Under-23 Men's road race * Under-23 Men's time trial * Junior Men's road race * Junior Men's time trial * Elite Women's road race * Elite Women's time trial * Junior Women's road race * Junior Women's time trial * Mixed team relay Former events: * Men's amateur road race * Men's team time trial * Women's team time trial History The first world championships took place ...
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Derek Harrison (cyclist)
Derek Harrison (5 March 1944 – 15 May 2018) was a British cyclist. He competed in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho .... References External links * 1944 births 2018 deaths British male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Great Britain Cyclists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Birmingham, West Midlands {{UK-cycling-bio-stub ...
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Stan Brittain
Arthur Stanley "Stan" Brittain (born 4 October 1931) was an English racing cyclist who rode time-trials, road races and the track. He won a silver medal at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic games, came third in the 1955 Peace Race and finished the 1958 Tour de France. Biography Brittain was born in the Knotty Ash district of Liverpool. He joined the Woolton Wheelers and by the end of 1950 had ridden 1h 11m 45s in the East Liverpool Wheelers Novices' 25-mile time-trial. He won his first race at the distance in 1h 7m 45s wearing plimsolls and a flapping shirt. Brittain was called up to the army to start his national service in 1952. There he made up an Army team with Brian Robinson and Jim Grieves. Cycling competitions The army entered him for races and his showing led to his first national selection, in a "B" team for the An Tóstal stage race in Ireland in 1953. Bad weather meant that 58 riders quit the race and 16 finished. Brittain was among the non-finishers. He was picked to ride ...
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