Bill Bradley (cyclist)

Bill Bradley
Personal information
Bill Bradley in 1960
Born	(1933-03-30)30 March 1933 Wigan, England
Died	30 June 1997(1997-06-30) (aged 64) Southport, England
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Sport	Cycling

Bill Bradley (30 March 1933 – 30 June 1997) was a twice English National Road Race Champion, represented Great Britain in the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome,^[1] won twice the Tour of Britain Road Race Milk Race^[2] and until recently held the record for climbing the Grossglockner in the Tour of Austria. He remains the only rider to have won the Tour of Britain in two consecutive years. He rode for the Southport RCC throughout his career.

He died on 30 June 1997 and was survived by wife Joan Bradley.

Palmarès

1956

April: 1st Otley CC Mountain Trial^[2]
July: 1st Lancaster CC 50 course record for Brock 1-58-22^[2]

1957

May: Mountain Time Trail in 2-24-51. 2nd Stan Brittain @ 4.26, 3rd Alan Ramsbottom.
July: 2nd Tour of Austria. Climbs Glossglockner in record time of 56min 53sec on stage 5 and is second at finish.
August: World youth games Moscow – BLRC team.

Team Time Trial Gil Taylor, Bob Thorpe & Bill Bradley (Team of 3 – Mike England DNS) 3rd in 2-29-38 to the Russians with 2-23-16 and Bulgaria in 2-26-23; 10th Road race

September: Sherwood 50 in 1-59-55. Wins Western 100 in 4-9-13 for SRCC club record (beaten in 1994)

1958

Suspended till 30 June by N.C.U. for competing abroad without permission.
Reprieved and picked by N.C.U. for the first time for team to ride Berlin Walsaw Prague.
June: Milk Race – Merseyside team. Shares yellow jersey after stages 2 and 3. Took yellow jersey after stage 9, but lost it the next day and eventually finished second at 45 seconds to Austrian Durlacher, 3rd K.O.M., 4th points, 2nd on stage 2 and 6th on stage 4. 2nd in Manx International to Henri de Wolf (Belgium). Wins 104 mile Solihull C.C. Empire Games selection Race.^[2]
July: 10th in Empire Games Road Race Cadiff
August: World Road Race at Gueux, nr Reims, 18’’ at 2–30 behind Schur of East Germany. 2nd in World Championships Revenge Road Race, East Germany.

1959

May: Rides Berlin Walsaw Prague Peace Race, finished 37th overall, 3rd Team on G.C
May /June: Wins first stage of Milk Race by 8 seconds and holds Yellow Jersey throughout, also winning 4th stage to Morecambe, King of the Mountains and Team Prize.
June: 2nd in Manx International to Jim Hinds. 2nd in National Road Race to Bill Baty
September: Wins 3rd stage in Tour of Sweden and holds Yellow jersey.Finished 12th overall.1st Tour of peaks Pro-Am.
October: 6th in National Hill climb
Awarded B.C.F. Val Waterhouse Gold Medal.

1960

Bradley in 1960

April: 2nd in Irwell Valley Road Race to Alan Ramsbottom. Only nine finishers in Olympic Training Race.
May: Best English finisher at Peace Race finished in 10th place, 4th in K.O.M.
June: Wins stages 2, 3 and 11 of Milk Race, King of Mountains 2nd Points classn. and Overall winner. 2nd in Manx International.^[2]
July: 1st National Road Race Title at Tyneside.
August: 17th at World Road Race Championships at Sachenring, Germany.

14th in Olympic Team Time Trial, 36th at Olympic Road Race,^[1] 2nd in Hull International Awarded Val Waterhouse Gold Medal

1961

May: 40th in Peace Race and 4th K.O.M.
June: 11th in Milk Race 16th in Manx International.
July: 20th overall in Tour de L’Avenir. 1st Vaux Tankard Road Race.
August: 1st National Amateur Road Race Championships from George Bennet on Manx course.
September: 43rd in World Road Race Championships at Berne, Switzerland.

Awarded B.C.F. Val Waterhouse Gold Medal

1962

June: 2nd in West Country 2 Day. 17th overall in Milk Race.
July: 21st overall in Tour de L’ Avenir, 6th on stage 12. 1st Vaux Gold Tankard .

1963

Turns Independent for Harry Quinn/Everyman Oil
March: Premier 2 Day, stage win and 31st in Time Trial.
April: 2nd Buxton Red Rose Pro-Am 2 day + 1 stage win. Won Circuit of Fylde.
June: 2nd Northern Goldsmith Tankard

13th Manx International Road Race

August: 2nd circuit of Firis. 3rd London – York, Rode Tour de St Laurent in Canada.

1964

Harry Quinn/ Everyman Oil.
April: 2nd overall in Red Rose Grand Prix
May: Wins G.P. de Gezira. Wins 2nd Stage in Tour of East Anglia and 3rd overall.
June; 3rd London – Holyhead. 3rd Vaux International
September: 2nd London York. 1st Tour of the Peak by 2min 48sec.
Rode Tour of St Laurent in Canada

1965

Independent for Falcon Cycles
May: 1st Corona Tour of the South West 8 day. 7th in London Holyhead.
June: 16th Manx professional Road Race. 10th I.O.M. Pro Race.
September: 1st Leicestershire R.C. Milk Race.^[2] 4th in Criterium des Vainquers.

RETIRED

1973

March: 1st VTTA 50 North Lancs in 2-4-24

3rd in Deeside 4 Day, 2nd on stage 1

May: 2nd Birkenhead Park,
June: Won Macclesfield Anniversary Road Race, 7th Merseyside Division Championships
July: R.M.C. Vets Races, Plymouth Tour Visit. 2nd Criterium wins on the Hoe.

Wins club B.A.R. and improves 25 mile time to 58 mins. 3rd in Veterans National Road Race

1985

2nd Veterans National Hill Climb Championship

1986

3rd Snowdon Spring Road Race DLB Series

1994

2nd World Veterans Road Race in Derbyshire

2010

Inception of Bill Bradley Memorial ride co-organised by his wife Joan Bradley

References

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British National Road Race Champions (men)

NCU (1938–1958)	Jack Holmes (1938) Jack Fancourt (1939) Reg Braddick (1944) J. A. O'Driscoll (1945) Ernie Clements (1946) Alex Taylor (1947) Bob Maitland (1948) A D Newman (1949) Gordon Thomas (1950) Peter Procter (1951) Graham Vines (1952) Ted Gerrard (1953) B J Sandy (1954) Bernard King (1955) Alan Jackson (1956) Ron Coe (1957 Independent) Stan Brittain (1957 Amateur) Bill Seggar (1958)

BLRC (1943–1958)	Ernie Clements (1943) Percy Stallard (1944) Ernie Clements (1945) George Edwards (1946) E I Upton (1947) R C Ashwin (1948) Dave Bedwell (1949) Ralph Parkin (1950) Charlie Bland (1951) Mike Howarth (1952) Derek Evans (1953) Reg Browne (1954) Des Robinson (1955) Mike England (1956) Charlie Mather (1957) Bill Baty (1958)

BLRC Independent (1946–1958)	A H Clarke (1946) Dennis Jaggard (1947) Harold Johnson (1948) Bob Thom (1949) Leonard West (1950) Dave Bedwell (1951) Ian Steel (1952) Bob Maitland (1953) Arthur Ilsley (1954) Graham Vines (1955) not held in 1956 Ron Coe (1958–1957)

Amateur (1959–1995)	Bill Baty (1959) Bill Bradley (1960–(1961) Keith Butler (1962) Bob Addy (1963) Pete Gordon (1964) Les West (1965) Arthur Metcalfe (1966) Les West (1967) Pete Matthews (1968) Brian Jolly (1969) Dave Rollinson (1970–1971) Doug Dailey (1972) Grant Thomas (1973) Bill Nickson (1974) Kevin Apter (1975) Doug Dailey (1976) Steve Lawrence (1977) Robert Millar (1978–1979) Steve Lawrence (1980) Mark Bell (1981) Jeff Williams (1982) John Cavanagh (1983) Neil Martin (1984) Paul Watson (1985) Deno Davie (1986) Paul Curran (1987) Neil Hoban (1988) David Cook (1989) Simeon Hempsall (1990) John Hughes (1991) Simon Bray (1992) Rob Harris (1993–1994) Simon Bray (1995)

Professional (1959–1995)	Ron Coe (1959) race was not held in 1960 Dave Bedwell (1961) John Harvey (1962) Bert Hitchen (1963) Keith Butler (1964) Albert Hitchen (1965) Dick Goodman (1966) Colin Lewis (1967–1968) Bill Lawrie (1969) Les West (1970) Danny Horton (1971) Gary Crewe (1972) Brian Jolly (1973) Keith Lambert (1974) Les West (1975) Geoff Wiles (1976) Phil Edwards (1977) Phil Corley (1978) Sid Barras (1979) Keith Lambert (1980) Bill Nickson (1981) John Herety (1982) Phil Thomas (1983) Steve Joughin (1984) Ian Banbury (1985) Mark Bell (1986) Paul Sherwen (1987) Steve Joughin (1988) Tim Harris (1989) Colin Sturgess (1990) Brian Smith (1991) Sean Yates (1992) Malcolm Elliott (1993) Brian Smith (1994) Robert Millar (1995)

1996–	Dave Rand (1996) Jeremy Hunt (1997) Matt Stephens (1998) John Tanner (1999–2000) Jeremy Hunt (2001) Julian Winn (2002) Roger Hammond (2003–2004) Russell Downing (2005) Hamish Haynes (2006) David Millar (2007) Rob Hayles (2008) Kristian House (2009) Geraint Thomas (2010) Bradley Wiggins (2011) Ian Stannard (2012) Mark Cavendish (2013) Peter Kennaugh (2014–2015) Adam Blythe (2016)

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