To the CR folks,
We should note that Brian Robinson of GB finished the Tour in 1938 and was still finishing in 1961. Wow, if it is the same gentleman he had a long run indeed in a very tough sport. Those Brit's sure are plucky.
Brian Robinson, I have heard of over the years but I did not realize he raced and completed so many TDF.
To long years in the saddle,
Gilbert Anderson
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In a message dated 9/3/01 10:31:17 AM, swampmtn@siscom.net writes:
<< There's a French website which lists every rider who ever participated in
the Tour de France. A search of for the name "Klump" or "Clump" produced no
results.
A search of participating teams likewise produced no British Armed Forced
team... perhaps he was referring not to THE TdF, but to some special armed
forces race, or an amature TdF.
Tour de France participants from Great Britain and Ireland:
1947 through 1954 - none
1955 - GRANDE-BRETAGNE
31 BEDWELL Dave (Gbr) ab.3°
32 HOAR Tony (Gbr)
33 JONES Stan (Gbr) ab.7°
34 KREBS Fred (Gbr) ab.11°
35 MAITLAND Bob (Gbr) ab.9°
36 MITCHELL Ken (Gbr) ab.11°
37 PUSEY Bernard (Gbr) ab.2°
38 ROBINSON Brian (Gbr)
39 STEEL Ian (Gbr) ab.8°
40 WOOD Bevis (Gbr) ab.3°
1956 - none
1957 - none
1958 - INTERNATIONS
125 ELLIOTT Seamus (Irl)
126 BRITTAIN Stan (Gbr)
127 COE Ron (Gbr) ab.6°
128 ROBINSON Brian (Gbr) ab.20°
1959 - INTERNATIONS
125 ANDREWS John (Gbr) ab.3°
126 HEWSON Tony (Gbr) ab.7°
127 ROBINSON Brian (Gbr)
128 ELLIOTT Seamus (Irl) hd.14°
129 SUTTON Vic (Gbr)
1960 - GRANDE-BRETAGNE
121 ANDREWS John (Gbr) ab.11°
122 BRITTAIN Stan (Gbr) ab.9°
123 KENNEDY John (Gbr) ab.12°
124 REYNOLDS Harry (Gbr) ab.12°
125 ROBINSON Brian (Gbr)
126 SHEIL Norman (Gbr) ab.11°
127 SIMPSON Tom (Gbr)
128 SUTTON Victor (Gbr) ab.18°
1961 - GRANDE BRETAGNE
85 BRITTAIN Stan (Gbr) ab.4°
86 COE Ron (Gbr) ab.5°
87 DENSON Vic (Gbr) ab.9°
88 ELLIOTT Seamus (Gbr)
89 HITCHEN Albert (Gbr) ab.4°
90 LAIDLAW Ken (Gbr)
91 MOORE Ian (Gbr) ab.3°
92 O'BRIEN George (Gbr) ab.3°
93 RYALL Peter (Gbr) ab.3°
94 RYAN Sean (Gbr) ab.2°
95 ROBINSON Brian (Gbr)
96 SIMPSON Tom (Gbr) ab.3°
1962 - PELFORTH-SAUVAGE-LEJEUNE
59 RAMSBOTTOM Alan (Gbr)
1963 - none
1964 - MERCIER-BP-HUTCHINSON
16 HOBAN Barry (Gbr)
1964 - PEUGEOT-BP-ENGLEBERT
32 SIMPSON Tom (Gbr)
1964 - WIEL'S-GROENE LEEUW
66 WRIGHT Michaël (Gbr)
1965 - PEUGEOT-BP-MICHELIN
47 SIMPSON Tom (Gbr) ab.20°
Just for fun - in 1962 the Tour de France returned to trade teams instead of
national teams. Here's a list of the participating teams:
ACCB-SAINT RAPHAEL-HELYETT-HUTCHINSON
MOSCHETTIERI
G.S-GHIGI
LIBERIA-GRAMMONT-CLEMENT
G.S GAZZOLA-FIORELLI-HUTCHINSON
PELFORTH-SAUVAGE-LEJEUNE
CARPANO
VC XII°-LEREUX-GITANE-DUNLOP
WIELS-GROENE LEEUW
MARGNAT-PALOMA-D'ALESSANDRO
PEUGEOT-BP-DUNLOP
LEGNANO-PIRELLI
G.S PHILCO
FAEMA-FLANDRIA-CLEMENT
MERCIER-B.P-HUTCHINSON
Aldo Ross
Monroe, Ohio
From: <M4Campy@aol.com>
<snip>
> His name is John Klump... He talked about the Big Wheel in Denver and how
he
> walked in one day only to find Jack giving him a look over like he was
> familiar. Turns out that they were racing about the same time and were
even
> in a few together!
>
> Anyway, anybody know about British Armed Forces teams in the TdF and if
there
> is any truth to it???
>
> Fun ride anyway. A 68 year old on a new TI and a guy 1/2 his age on a 26
year
> old bike!
>
> Mike "Wishing I can ride like that at 48" Wilkinson
> Parker, CO
>>