Mick Ives
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Mick Ives |
| Born | 10 August 1939 England United Kingdom |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road & Cyclo-cross |
| Role | Rider, coach, team manager |
| Amateur team | |
| 1992–1994 | Saracen Cycles |
| Professional teams | |
| 1966 | Mottram Cycles |
| 1967 | Mercian - Bantel |
| 1968 | Bantel - Mercian |
| 1969 | Bantel |
| 1970 | Fred Baker Cycles |
Mick Ives (born 10 August 1939) is an English former professional racing cyclist from Coventry. Ives has been the UCI World Masters Cycling Champion five times, and the British national cycling champion 62 times (with five championships won in 2007). He was at one time the manager of the Great Britain cycling team, and the National Coach, and is the winner of over 1000 races.
Mick Ives now runs the Team Jewson MI Racing Team, which he formed in 1997. The team has won more than 1,000 races all over the UK and mainland Europe.
Ives became the first pensioner to complete the Tour de France route in 2005. Riding alone two days ahead of the big race itself, Ives completed the 3,608 km distance under par, in just 20 days, having ridden two of the stages in one day.[1] He is the only rider in the world known to complete the race route solo.[2]
Palmarès[]
- 1960
- 2nd Overall, Dun Laoghaire
- 1st Stage 1, Dun Laoghaire
- 2nd Stage 2, Dun Laoghaire
- 2nd Stage 3, Dun Laoghaire
- 1964
- 3rd
- 1966
- 1st Bagshot, Cyclo-cross
- 1975
- 1st Archer Spring Road Race
- 2000
- 1st UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Masters, 60-64
- 2001
- 1st UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Masters, 60-64
- 2002
- 2nd UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Masters, 60-64
- 2003
- 3rd UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Masters, 60-64
- 2004
- 1st UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Masters, 65-69
- 2005
- 1st UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Masters, 65-69
- 2006
- 1st UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Masters, 65-69
- 2007
- 2nd UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Masters, 65-69
- 2012
- 2nd UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Masters, 70-74
References[]
- ^ Annette Kinsella (25 May 2005). "Pensioner's Tour de France challenge!". Coventry Evening Telegraph.
- ^ "Mick Ives Racing". Fibrax. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
External links[]
- miracing.co.uk
- Mick Ives at Cycling Archives
- 1939 births
- English male cyclists
- Sportspeople from Coventry
- Living people