History: Tour of Britain

From Jim Hendry MBE comes a history lesson for the Tour of Britain commonly called the ‘Milk Race during its amateur days’. ©  Jim Hendry MBE (Archivist) 2011 | Anyone who can help Jim fill any gaps in the tables, can email him by clicking here

(All GB unless stated otherwise)

 

Year 1st 2nd 3rd KOM Team

 

1951Pro Ian Steel2254 km in 63.09.53 Alec Taylor@ 6.16 Ian Greenfield@ 12.06 Dave Bedwell Viking Cycles
1952
Pro		 Ken Russell2357 km in 61.26.49 Les Scales@ 3.00 Bob Maitland@ 5.10 Peter Proctor BSA Cycles
1953Pro Gordon Thomas2608 km in 70.03.34 Les Scales@ 4.39 John Pottier@ 6.21 Dave Bedwell Wearwell Cycles
1954Pro Eugene Tamburlini– Fra      2334 km in 60.12.15 Brian Robinson@ 4.24 Dave Bedwell@ 8.41 Henri Guldemont – Bel France
1954 Oats – 8 Day Amateur Viv Bailes1600 km in 44.55.50 Derek Evans@3.38 Brian Haskell@ 4.20 Dave Lee Lakeland
1955Pro Tony Hewson1584 km in 42.10.08 Ken Mitchell@ 1.13 Dick Bartrop@ 3.27 Jean Fourneau – Bel Viking Cycles
1955Oats Des Robinson1705 km in 49.16.31 Derek Evans@ 1.31 Ray Holliday@ 4.26 John Kennedy Yorkshire
1956Oats Dick McNeil1600 km in 51.42.14 Gil Taylor@ 6.40 Ron Killey@ 7.39 Jim Nicholson North East
1957 NOT HELD
19581st

Milk Race

 Richard Durlacher – Austria2129 km in 59.53.59 Bill Bradley –Merseyside  @ 45s Alfonse Sweek –Bel              @ 2.07 Richard Durlacher – Austria Belgium
1959 Bill Bradley – Eng2216 km in 61.30.36 John Geddes – Army CU  @ 11.57 Constant De Keyser – Bel          @ 14.08 Brian Haskell – Yorks Belgium
1960 Bill Bradley – Eng2396 km in 61.55.50 Bill Holmes – Eng@ 4.17 Owe Adamsson – Swe           @ 19.55 Bill Bradley – Eng England
1961 Bill Holmes – North2369 km in 64.48.47 Juan Uribezubia@ 2.34 Warwick Dalton – South          @ 4.01 George Bennett – Combined Serv. Northern
1962 Eugeniusz Pokorny – Pol2251 km in 59.36.53 Bill Holmes – Eng@ 1.41 Jim Hinds – South@ 3.39 Ged Coles England
1963 Peter Chisman – Eng2169 km in 58.22.52 Constant Dumitrescu – Rom                  @5.30 Jose Goyeneche – Esp            @10.22 Ryszard Zapala – Pol Poland
1964 Arthur Metcalfe – Eng2164 km in 56.27.19 Vincente Carrill –Esp              @6.37 Terry West – Eng@ 6.50 Vincente Carrill – Esp England
1965 Les West – Midland2256 km in 56.25.52 Janusz Janiak –Pol             @ 4.13 John Bettinson –GB              @ 8.55 Les West – Mid(Gomez Esp W/D) Poland
1966 Josef Gawliczek – Pol2352 km in 60.27.58 Stanislav Shepal – USSR          @ 12s Peter Abt – Swe@ 3.50 Josef Gawliczek – Pol USSR
1967 Les West – GB2352 km in 59.23.49 Dave Rollinson – Provinces @ 17.47 Stanislaw Demel – Pol            @ 18.12 Vladislav Neljubin – USSR USSR
1968 Gosta Pettersson – Swe2297 km in 57.41.09 Vladimir Sokolov – USSR         @ 7.39 Peter Doyle – Irl@ 10.41 Peter Doyle – Irl USSR
1969 Fedor Den Hertog – Hol2425 km In 61.46.11 Popke Oosterhof – Hol            @ 12.13 Peter Buckley – GB@ 14.39 Fedor Den Hertog – Hol Poland
1970 Jiri Mainus – Cze2099 km in 54.59.24 Josef Mikolajczyk – Pol              @ 2.03 Matt De Koning – Hol              @ 3.59 Eddie McGourley – Regions Poland
1971 Fedor Den Hertog – Hol1755 km in 43.45.07 Marcel Duchemin – Fra              @ 2.33 Joseph Fuchs – Sui@ 6.27 Marcel Duchemin – Fra Holland
1972 Hennie Kuiper – Hol1768 km in 43.39.16 Marcel Duchemin – Fra               @ 34s Jerzy Zwirko – Pol@ 1.52 Ben Kooken – Hol Holland
1973 Piet Van Katwjk – Hol1726 km in 42.31.59 Bernt Johansson – Swe            @ 1.45 Fedor Den Hertog – Hol              @ 6.03 Roine Gronlund – Swe =Peter Watson GB= Sweden
1974 Roy Schuiten – Hol1475 km in 39.35.01 Ryzsard Szurkowski – Pol               @ 7s Tord Filipson – Swe@ 18s Jan Raas – Hol Holland
1975 Bernt Johansson – Swe1702 km in 43.29.04 Vladimar Vondracek – Cze@ 52 s Tord Filipson – Swe@ 1.08 Joe Waugh – GB Czechoslovakia
1976 Bill Nickson – GB2086 km in 42.37.59 Joe Waugh – GB@5s Sven-Ake Nilsson – Swe                @ 8s Jan Brezny – Pol Great Britain
1977 Sergei Gusseinov1814 km in 48.22.13 Alf Segersall –Swe               @ 8s Paul Carbutt – GB@ 19s Sergei Morosov _ USSR USSR
1978 Jan Brezny – Pol1760 km in 45.38.34 Lennart Fagerlund– Swe          @ 36s Bob Downs – GB@ 2.41 Tadeusz Wotjas – Pol USSR
1978Pro

Johan Van Der Velde  – Hol

902 km in 22.34.42

 Reg Smith GB@ 6s Gottfried Schmutz –Sui                      s.t. Les West Willora Piz Brun
1979 Yuri Kashirin – USSR1758 km in 45.31.26 Janusy Pozak –Pol             @ 4.23 Henik Dvoracek – Cze             @ 4.57 Zbigniew Szczepkowski – Pol USSR
1980 Ivan Mitchtenko – USSR1846 km in 46.11.26 Ramazan Galaletdinov – USSR         @ 6.44 Sergei Soukhoroutchenkov USSR          @ 8 21 Ramazan Galaletdinov – USSR USSR
1981 Sergei Krivocheev – USSR1800 km in 44.28.37 Andrei Vedernikov – USSR       @ 11s Zbigniew Szczepkowski@ 1.13 Andrei Vedernikov – USSR Poland
1982 Yuri Kashirin – USSR1748 km in 44.13.52 Olaf Logvin –USSR           @14s Oleg Czougeda –USSR           @ 58s Yuri Kashirin – USSR USSR
1983 Matt Eaton – USA1689 km in 42.22.23 Stefan Brykt – Swe@ 16s Malcolm Elliott –GB              @ 1.03 Ludo Styks – Cze Czechoslovakia
1984 Oleg Czougeda – USSR1765 km in 46.41.21 Stefan Brykt – Swe@ 1.10 Kjell Nilsson – Swe@ 3.06 Stefan Brykt – Swe USSR
1985 Eric Van Lancker – Bel1835 km in 45.46.54 Roy Knickman – USA            @ 2.46 Paul Watson – GB@ 4.07 Vladimir Poulnikov – USSR Poland
1986 Joey McLoughlin – ANC1704 km in 40.38.20 Malcolm Elliott – ANC           @ 2.45 Shane Sutton – Falcon         @ 2.46 Ptr Ugriumov – USSR ANC Halfords
1987 Malcolm Elliott –ANC 1784 km in

44.25.51

 Alexandr ZinonievUSSR         @ 38s Miroslav Sykora –Cze             @ 2.29 Paul Watson – ANC USSR

1987

Pro

 Joey McLoughlin1095 km in 26.44.21 Steven Rooks – Hol                 @ 5s Sergio Finazzi – Ita@ 9s Denis Roux- Fra ANC Halfords
1988 Vasily Zhdanov – USSR1807 km in 47.37.18 Petr Prikryl – Cze@ 1.05 Steve Jones – PMS Dawes         @ 5.20 Chris Lillywhite – Raleigh – Banana PMS Dawes

1988

Pro

 Malcolm Elliott947 km in 30.35.37 Joey McLouhglin@18s Sean Kelly – Irl@ 34s Mauro Gianetti – Ita ANC Halfords
1989 Brian Walton – Can1770 km in 43.34.41 Keith Reynolds – Banana Falcon@ 25s Olaf Lurvik – Nor@ 48s Barrie Clarke – Britannia Z Peugeot

1989

Pro

 Robert Millar798 km in  20.45.10 Mauro Gianetti –Ita                  @ 8s Remig Stumpf – Ger              @ 4.22 Sean Kelly Helvetia La Suisse
1990 Shane Sutton – Aus19311 km 48.26.22 Rob Holden- Banana       @ 2.40 Miloslav Vasicek – Cze             @ 2.41 Gary Baker – Ever Ready Banana Falcon

1990

Pro

 Michel Dernies –Bel        1090 km in

29.11.20

 Robert Millar@ 4s Maurizio Fondriest– Ita             @ 1.38 Robert Millar Toshiba
1991 Chris Walker – Banana Falcon1882 km in 45.33.21 Simeon Hempsall – England    @ 22s Keith Reynolds – Banana        @ 25s Tom Bamford – Nzl Banana Falcon

1991

Pro

 Phil Anderson – Aus995 km in 24.59.57 Rudy Verdonck – Bel                 @ 1s Heinz Imboden –Sui                     s.t. Phil Anderson – Aus Panasonic
1992 Connor Henry – Irl1760 km in 42.19.40 Willy Wilems – Bel@19s Peter Verbecken – Bel                @ 24s Alexandre Nadobenko USSR Collstrop – Histor

1992

Pro

 Max Sciandri838 km in 22.23.03 Adri Van Der Poel –Hol     @ 6s Hendrik Redant – Bel                  @ 8s Cezary Zamana – Pol PDM Concorde
1993Last

Milk

 Chris Lillywhite – Banana Falcon1860 km in 43.19.38 Ole Simensen – Nor@ 20s Danil Covar – Cze@ 25s Mark McKay Norway
1993Pro

Phil Anderson – Aus

908 km in 23.45.34

 Wladimir Belli – Ita@ 4s Bo-Andre Namtvedt – Nor              @ 8s Eugeni Berzin – Rus Motorola
1994Pro

Maurizio Fondriest – Ita

903 km in 20.54.53

 Vjatceslav Ekimov – Rus           @ 21s Olaf Ludwig – Ger@ 27s
1995 NOT HELD
1996 NOT HELD
1997 NOT HELD
1998 Stuart O’Grady –Aus1326 km in 27.17.53 Chris Boardman@ 46s Dariusz Baranowski – Pol              @57s Jonathon Vaughters – USA US Postal
1999 Marc Wauters – Bel1179 km in 29.32.36 Benoit Joachim – Lux                @ 2s Bjornar Vestol – Nor@ 1.22 Juis Silovs – Lat Bigmat
2000 NOT HELD
2001 NOT HELD
2002 NOTHELD
2003 NOTHELD
2004 Mauricio Ardila – Col801 km in 18.58.36 Julian Dean – Nzl@ 12s Nick Nuyens – Bel@ 17s Ben Day – Aus Mr Bookmaker
2005 Nick Nuyens – Bel766 km in 19.04.32 Michael Blaudzun– Den             @ 8s Javier Cherro – Esp@ 23s

Julian Winn

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2006 Martin Pedersen Den857 km in 21.51.24 Luis PasamontesEsp             @ 51 s Filippo Pozzato –Ita                @ 2.11 Andy Schleck – Lux CSC
2007 Romain Feillu – Fra911 km in 21.21.33 Adrian Palomares– Esp                 s.t. Luke Roberts – Aus@ 6s Ben Swift Fuerteventura
2008 Geoffroy Lequatre – Fra1162km in 27.21.49 Steve Cummings@ 5s Ian Stannard@ 14s Danilo Di Luca – Ita Agritubel
2009 Edvald Hagen – Nor1198km in 28.06.24 Chris Sutton – Aus@ 23s Martin Reimer –Ger               @ 25s Thomas De Gendt – Rabobank
2010 Michael Albasini Sui1231km in 29.23.47 Borut Bozic – Slo@ 1.05 Greg Henderson –Nzl              @ 1.10 Johnny Hoogerland – Hol Vacansoleil Pro Cycling
2011  Lars Boom (NED) Rabobank 26h 57′ 35″  Steve Cummings (GBR) Team Sky + 36″  Jan Bárta (CZE) Team NetApp  Jonathan Tiernan-Locke  Geraint Thomas
2012 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Endura Racing 9h 11′ 22” Nathan Haas Garmin – Sharp at 0′ 18” Damiano Caruso Liquigas – Cannondale at 0′ 23”  Kristian House  Boy Van Poppel, UnitedHealthcare

Organisers of the Tour of Britain’s over the years

1951 – 1954            Daily Express

1954                        Amateur Oats in England

1955                        Butlins

1955                        Amateur Oats in England

1956 – 1957            Not Held

1956                        Amateur Oats in England

1958 – 1993            Milk Marketing Board

1987 – 1994            Kellogg’s Pro Tour of Britain

1995 – 1997            Not Held

1998 – 1999            Pru Tour

2004 -                      Sweet Spot

 

 

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