Well, that would still leave Beryl the first British world road champion, as she had previously won in 1960. And Simpson would be first male British world road champion and only British Pro world road champion. Somewhere there must be a list of amateur world champions.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Big Spring, Texas, USA
> From: kevin sayles <kevinsayles@tiscali.co.uk>
\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] happy birthday tom simpson - Now amateur world champions
\r?\n> To: "Jerome & Elizabeth Moos" <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>, "Dale Brown" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, "Burl Simon" <burl.simon@gmail.com>
\r?\n> Date: Monday, November 30, 2009, 3:23 PM
\r?\n> Hi Jerry,
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Graham Webb [Great Britain] won the 1967 world amateur road
\r?\n> champs [same day as Beryl Burton won the ladies]
\r?\n>
\r?\n> I have the actual Brooks pro saddle Graham used that day to
\r?\n> win his title!
\r?\n>
\r?\n> cheers
\r?\n> Kevin Sayles
\r?\n> Bridgwater Somerset UK
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerome & Elizabeth
\r?\n> Moos" <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
\r?\n> To: "Dale Brown" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>;
\r?\n> "Burl Simon" <burl.simon@gmail.com>
\r?\n> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 8:46 PM
\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] happy birthday tom simpson - Now amateur
\r?\n> world champions
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> My only uncertainty is if some other Brit may have won the
\r?\n> mens amateur road race. Most net searches will turn up
\r?\n> a history of world professional champions, but for a number
\r?\n> of years there was an amateur road championship as
\r?\n> well. Merckx won it before turning pro, and it was
\r?\n> still being held in 1974 when I attend the Worlds in
\r?\n> Montreal, with a Pole named Kowalski winning as I
\r?\n> recall. At some point, I think the amateur event was
\r?\n> eliminated and the Pro race redesignated "Elite". Then
\r?\n> in I think 1996, the under 23 road race was established,
\r?\n> perhaps intended to include some of the riders who in the
\r?\n> past would have contested the amateur title.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Anyone have a link to the history of the amateur road
\r?\n> championships and a list of its champions?
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Regards,
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Jerry Moos
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> --- On Mon, 11/30/09, Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
\r?\n> wrote:
\r?\n>
\r?\n> > From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
\r?\n> > Subject: Re: [CR] happy birthday tom simpson
\r?\n> > To: "Dale Brown" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>,
\r?\n> "Burl Simon" <burl.simon@gmail.com>
\r?\n> > Date: Monday, November 30, 2009, 2:05 PM
\r?\n> > Well, Simpson was the first MALE Brit
\r?\n> > to win the world road race championship, in 1965.
\r?\n> > Beryl won the world championship road race in 1960 and
\r?\n> 1967
\r?\n> > as well as five world titles in pursuit on the track.
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Unless I'm forgetting someone, Simpson was not only
\r?\n> the
\r?\n> > first, but the only male Brit to win the world road
\r?\n> race
\r?\n> > championship. Irishmen don't count. (Well they
\r?\n> > count, but not as Brits.)
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Regards,
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Jerry Moos
\r?\n> > Big Spring, Texas, USA
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > --- On Mon, 11/30/09, Burl Simon <burl.simon@gmail.com>
\r?\n> > wrote:
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > > From: Burl Simon <burl.simon@gmail.com>
\r?\n> > > Subject: [CR] happy birthday tom simpson
\r?\n> > > To: "Dale Brown" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
\r?\n> > > Date: Monday, November 30, 2009, 12:46 PM
\r?\n> > > happy birthday to tom simpson who
\r?\n> > > would be 72 today if he had not passed
\r?\n> > > away on mt. ventoux during the 1967 tour. simpson
\r?\n> was
\r?\n> > the
\r?\n> > > first brit to wear
\r?\n> > > the yellow jersey in the tdf and the first brit
\r?\n> to win
\r?\n> > the
\r?\n> > > world
\r?\n> > > championship road race. he may be one the two
\r?\n> best
\r?\n> > cyclists
\r?\n> > > ever from great
\r?\n> > > britain with the other being arguably beryl
\r?\n> burton.
\r?\n> > > burl simon
\r?\n> > > in a chilly detroit, michigan u.s.a. on
\r?\n> 11.30.2009