 At the start of the 8th stage of the Peace Race in Leipzig (Ian with number 5, left centre) | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 December 1928 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died | 20 October 2015 (aged 86) |
| Professional teams | |
| 1951–1956 | Viking cycles |
| 1956 | Cilo-St-Raphaël |
| Major wins | |
| Peace Race (1952) Tour of Britain (1951) National Road Race Championships (1952) | |
John "Ian" Steel[1] (28 December 1928 – 20 October 2015) was a Scottish racing cyclist who in 1952 won the Peace Race, a central European race between Warsaw, Berlin and Prague. He was the only Briton,[2] and the only rider from the English-speaking world to win it,[3] as well as the first Briton to win any major race.[4] He also won the Tour of Britain as a semi-professional and was at one stage second in the 1952 Tour of Mexico before crashing.[5]
- ^ Steel's first name, The Bicycle confirmed in April 1953, is John, "but he tells us that he has answered to 'Ian' from childhood."
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- ^ "WATCH: Tour of Britain veteran reminisces over Cumbria and Borders stage". ITV News.