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1963 Tour of Britain Milk Race

Credit: Cycling 2-May-1963 and History of the Tour of Britain by Peter A Clifford (1967)

Here is a brief summary of the 1963 race If anyone can lend, sell or scan me some info then that would be a big help

Start List - Italy withdrew and were replaced at short notice by The Regions team but their race numbers were not shown in Cycling.

Poland

 

Czechoslovakia

 

The Regions

 

Switzerland

1 E Pokorny

 

31 B Doubek

 

?

 

71 H Frei

2 S Gazda

 

32 A Kleibl

 

?

 

72 H Hasler

3 A Palka

 

33 P Konecny

 

?

 

73 A Herger

4 W Slowinski

 

34 E Lesticky

 

?

 

74 H Lothi

5 F Surminske

 

35 J Malten

 

?

 

75 R Rutschmann

6 T Zadrozny

 

36 V Pycha

 

?

 

76 L Scurio

7 R Zapala

 

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?

 

77

Britannia

 

Denmark

 

 

 

Rumania

11 R Addy

 

41 V Bangsborg

 

 

 

81 I Cosma

12 N Baty

 

42 A Christensen

 

 

 

82 C Dumitrescu

13 T West

 

43 O Kroler

 

 

 

83 G Moiceanu

14 R Hopkins

 

44 E Olsen

 

 

 

84 G Radulescu

15 W Painter

 

45 W Skibby

 

 

 

85 A Selaru

16 A Metcalfe

 

46 F Toxvaerd

 

 

 

86 I Stoica

17 W Perkins

 

47 I Varbaek

 

 

 

87 W Zigler

Commonwealth

 

England

 

 

 

Spain

21 K Baensch

 

51 J Aslin

 

 

 

91 G Eronozago

22 R Dewar

 

52 K Butler

 

 

 

92 J Florencio

23 J Hendry

 

53 P Chisman

 

 

 

93 A Gandarias

24 C Lewis

 

54 J Clarey

 

 

 

94 J Isasi

25 S Sutherland

 

55 G Halls

 

 

 

95 V Lopez

26 H Thomson

 

56 K Hill

 

 

 

96 R Sarduy

27 R Young

 

57 J Hinds

 

 

 

97 L Zarate

Race Route

 

Monday, June 3-Stage 1: Blackpool to Nottingham-107 miles
Tuesday, June 4-Stage 2: Nottingham to Cheltenham-114 miles
Wednesday, June 5-Stage 3: Cheltenham to Hove-114 miles
Thursday, June 6-Stage 4: Hove to Bournemouth-103 miles
Friday June 7-Stage 5: Bournemouth to Paignton-109 miles
Saturday, June 8-Stage 6: Paignton to Weston-super-Mare-851 miles
Sunday June 9-Stage 7: Weston-super-Mare to Northampton-138 miles
Monday, June 10-Stage 8: Northampton to Cleethorpes-120 miles
Tuesday June 11-Stage 9: Cleethorpes to Scarborough-109 miles
Wednesday June 12-Stage 10 : Mountain time trial-Scarborough-2,5 miles
Wednesday, June 12-Stage 11 : 26 miles Kermesse-Scarborough
Thursday, June 13-Stage 12 : Scarborough to Newcastle-108 miles
Friday, June 14-Stage 13 : Newcastle to Morecambe-116 miles
Saturday June 15-Stage 14: Morecambe to Blackpool-62 miles

 

Stage Results

Final General Classification

Stage

1st

Time

2nd

3rd

1

Peter Chisman

 

 

 

2

Peter Chisman

 

 

 

3

Keith Butler

 

 

 

4

Keith Butler

 

 

 

5

John Aslin

 

 

 

6

A Palka

 

 

 

7

Constantin Dumitrescu

 

 

 

8

W Slowinski

 

 

 

9

Eugen Pokorny

 

 

 

10

Constantin Dumitrescu
Jose Ramon Goyeneche

 

 

 

11

Constantin Dumitrescu

 

 

 

12

Norman Baty

 

 

 

13

R Zapala

 

 

 

14

Norman Baty

 

 

 

Pos

Rider

Time

1

Peter Chisman

58:22:52

2

Constantin Dumitrescu

 

3

Jose Ramon Goyeneche

 

4

W Zigler

 

5

A Herger

 

6

Keith Butler

 

7

Arthur Metcalfe

 

8

Spuhler

 

9

Colin Lewis

 

10

R Zapala

 

11

W Perkins

 

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