Ernest James "Tubby" Capell (July 1912 – April 1995) was an English amateur cyclist who in 1934 won the

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competition, by dominating all of the qualifying events - 50 mile, 100 mile and 12 hours. His achievements were further celebrated in 1935 when

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awarded him his own page in the

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Personal life

Capell was born in July 1912 in London, England. He married Dora Fenwick in March 1940 and died in Australia in April 1995 at the age of 82.

Career

Competition

In 1934 Capell won the

competition, by dominating all of the qualifying distances - 50 mile, 100 mile and 12 hours. In the 'Shaftesbury' 50 mile

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he won with a time of 2 hours, 9 minutes, 59 seconds. He won the 'Bath Road' "100 mile time-trial in 4 hours, 32 minutes, 1 second." Finally he won the

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12-hour race by covering 236¾ miles. He later described his simplistic feeding regime for the Anerley as "... half to three-quarter-pint drink of a milk food at about every 30 miles for the first 150 miles, and at every 20 miles from there to the finish, with a small sandwich of brown bread and a meat extract at every alternate drink."

The Golden Book

Capell's achievements were celebrated in 1935 when

awarded him his own page in the

Cycle touring

Capell was also a photographer. Many of his photographs appeared in English cycling magazines during the 1930s and 1940s.Pbase, Article and Gallery of Capell's photographs
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Capell, Ernest J. 1912 births 1995 deaths English male cyclists Cyclists from London