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1945 Britain’s Victory Cycling Marathon :  Brighton to Glasgow

Race Summary Credit: Race Programme

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At the Start of Stage 2; Ron Smith (no. 32), Alex Hendry (no. 4), Ernie Clements (no. 2) and Alan Colebrook (no. 70) leaving Buckingham Palace after presenting the BLRC’s illuminated address to King George VI. The event made a splash in the national newspapers - several versions of this same photo exist. It also resulted in royal recognition for the both the race and the BLRC.

The 1945 race ran from 6 to 10-August and was organised by the BLRC (British League of Racing Cyclists). The race programme lists 99 riders and reserves but not arranged, or numbered, strictly by team. Instead the “big names” are in a seeded order, with Percy Stallard getting No.1, and the rest getting numbers in order of entry?

So far no copies of the results have turned up so there are plenty of gaps.

 

Stage

Date

Route (mainly guess work!)

1st

Time

2nd

3rd

1

6-Aug-1945

Brighton - London (52 miles)

E A Clements

Robert Batot

2

7-Aug-1945

London - Wolverhampton (119 miles)

G Clark

3

8-Aug-1945

Wolverhampton - Bradford (98 miles)

4

9-Aug-1945

Bradford - Newcastle upon Tyne (103 miles)

5

10-Aug-1945

Newcastle upon Tyne - Glasgow (146 miles)

Start List

Start List

Final General Classification

No.

Rider

Team

1

P T Stallard

Wolverhampton RCC

2

E A Clements

Wrekin RCC

3

E Jones

 

4

A Hendry

Glasgow Wheelers

5

G Edwards

 

6

G Clark

Bradford RCC

7

L Plume

Manchester RCC

8

R Baker

West London RC

9

H D Binfield

Wolverhampton RCC

10

T Briggs

Bradford RCC

11

L G Bailey

L Vegetarian RCC

12

S Montgomery

Glasgow Wheelers

13

A Campbell

 

14

J G C Taylor

Tees-Side RCC

15

N Taylor

 

16

K Taylor

 

17

A Verbruggen

Belgian Army
BLA Ealing CC

18

D L Jaggard

Ealing CC

19

K Koehler

 

20

P Burston

 

21

K Hudziak

Polish Air Force
Ealing CC

22

L Kitchen

Bradford RCC

23

N Haselock

Wolverhampton W’s

24

W Summers

Southern Coureurs

25

S A Thompson

Wolverhampton RCC

26

L Cocker

 

27

G C Haggitt

 

28

M A Gough

 

29

W C Ordidge

 

30

T L Butcher

Liverpool RCC

31

J Bowles

Medway RC

32

R G Smith

 

33

G Hill

Wolverhampton RCC

34

V Williams

 

35

C E H Morris

 

36

R Iardela

London Italian RC

37

L Sicondolfi

 

38

G Bottali

 

39

R Givonetti

 

40

G Beretta

 

41

W W Greaves

Vegetarian RCC

42

S B Hemmings

West London RC

43

V G Humphrey

 

44

A Taylor

Belgian Army
BLA West London RC

45

J William

West London RC

46

L A Hook

 

47

R Filsell

Achilles Velo Club

48

K H Bloomfield

Southern Coureurs

49

J Macken

Wrekin RCC

50

A McQueen

Hebburn Victoria RC

No.

Rider

Team

51

M Osten

Northern Coureurs

52

R Sowerby

 

53

W McCarthy

Northumbrian RRCC

54

A S Pearson

Ridley CC

55

D J Carey

East London RC

56

S T Aldridge

 

57

C L Owen

 

58

W Tilley

 

59

A H Clarke

Vegetarian RCC

88

Marcel Watershoot

France

89

Charles Van Lerberghe

 

90

Robert Pouessel

 

91

Robert Thiriot

 

92

Albert Lotts

 

93

Henri Nelc

 

94

Joseph Samson

 

95

Raymond Pasty

 

96

Jean Lauck

 

97

Jean Louis Lapergue

 

98

Leon Duau

 

99

Robert Batot

 

 

Reserves

 

60

Rene Menzies

Union Velocipedique
d’France

61

A H Chick

Ealing CC

62

R Ferrari

 

63

D Kaspar

West London RC

64

D Dear

 

65

G R J Piper

 

66

W T Saunders

 

67

G Sadler

Ealing CC

68

J Barron

 

69

L Davies

 

70

A Colebrook

 

71

R D Morbey

East London RC

72

J V Fletcher

West London RC

73

S A Rowles

 

74

D Yates

Medway Velo RC

75

S Honour

Southern Coureurs

76

D Wells

 

77

J Moss

 

78

J Simpson

 

79

K Geddes

 

80

R Gibbs

West London RC

81

D Clark

 

82

G Piper

 

83

A Borsberry

 

84

S Garrard

East London RC

85

E Battrick

Southern Coureurs

86

J W Collins

Vegetarian RCC

87

H Butcher

Liverpool RCC

Pos.

Rider

Time

1

Robert Batot

25:27:34

2

G Clark

25:28:18

3

D L Jaggard

25:29:18

4

 

 

5

 

 

6

 

 

7

G Edwards

25:41:23

8

 

 

9

 

 

10

J G C Taylor

25:54:00

11

 

 

12

 

 

13

N Taylor

26:04:52

14

 

 

15

 

 

16

R R Baker

26:14:43

17

 

 

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