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Thursday, October 27, 2022

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Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see. - Arthur Schopenhauer

Les Woodland's book Cycling's 50 Triumphs and Tragedies: The rise and fall of bicycle racing's champions is available in print, Kindle eBook & audiobook versions. To get your copy, just click on the Amazon link on the right.

Upcoming racing

• Oct 29: Superprestige Ruddervoorde Cyclocross
• Nov 1: Trofee Oudenaarde-Koppenbergcross
• Nov 5 & 6: European Cyclocross Championships
• Nov 20: Vlaamse Druivenveldrit Overijse Cross
• Dec 4: Scheldecross Antwerp
• Dec 10: Exact Cross Essen
• Dec 26: Gavere Cyclocross
• Dec 27: Heusden-Zolder Cyclocross
• Dec 29: Diegem Cyclocross
• Dec 30: Azencross-Loenhout
• Jan 1: GP Sven Nys Cyclocross
• Jan 14 - 22: Schwalbe Classic & Tour Down Under
• Jan 22 - 29: Vuelta a San Juan
• Jan 25 - 29: Challenge Illes Balears-Volta Ciclista a Mallorca
• Jan 28 & 29: Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race

Latest completed racing:

• Oct 11 - 18: Tour de Langkawi
• Oct 16: Japan Cup
• Oct 16: Veneto Classic
• Oct 16: Chrono des Nations
• Oct 12: Giro del Veneto

We interviewed Mr. Robinson in 2007. The transcript is posted here.

A Brian Robinson photo gallery is posted here.

The BBC posted this notice:

Cycling legend Brian Robinson, who was the first Briton to win a stage of the Tour de France, has died aged 91.

Robinson, from Mirfield, West Yorkshire, won stages in 1958 and 1959, and was also the first British cyclist to finish the Tour in 1955.

Robinson's death was announced on Twitter by his grandson and fellow cyclist Jake Womersley.

He tweeted: "It's with great sadness the family of Brian Robinson have to announce his passing yesterday."

Robinson, who was born in Mirfield, joined his local cycling club as a teenager and later took up racing in between working for the family building company.

He competed for Britain at the 1952 Olympics before turning professional, riding the Tour de France for the first time in 1955 when he finished 29th overall.

The cyclist raced seven times in the Tour, winning two stages.

The pioneering road racer also won the prestigious Criterium du Dauphine stage race in 1961 and was the first Briton to stand on the podium of one of cycling's Monuments, Milan-Sanremo, finishing third in 1957, before retiring at the age of 33.

Robinson is regarded as a trailblazer for the sport in Britain and his successes inspired the talents of Tom Simpson and Barry Hoban who followed him.

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