Albert Hitchen

Albert Hitchen
	Hitchen after his victory at London – York in 1964
To person
Date of birth	4th July 1938
date of death	May 13, 2015
nation	United Kingdom
discipline	Street
End of career	1976
	Last updated: May 3, 2019

Albert Hitchen (born July 4, 1938 in Mirfield ( West Yorkshire ), † May 13, 2015 there ) was a British cyclist .

Athletic career

Hitchen began his cycling career in his home town as a member of the Ravens Cycling Club . At the age of 16, he won the Yorkshire regional championship in his age group. As an amateur , he took part in the International Peace Tour in 1961 and finished in 31st place. In 1959, he became independent and was active as a professional driver from 1967 to 1976. He drove for several British teams, with the exception of 1964 (as well as 1966) when he started alongside Patrick Sercu and Karl-Heinz Kunde in France and each had an annual contract with the French Bertin-Porter 39 team. In his professional career he recorded around 30 victories. The most important of these were the British road cycling championships in 1963 and 1965. Hitchen also competed several times in the Tour de France , but in 1961, 1963 and 1967 he retired after a few stages. The two victories at the longest British one-day race London-York over 275 miles in 1963 and 1964 also stand out from his Palmares .

Professional

Immediately after the end of his career, Hitchen was initially team manager for the Falcon racing team for a short time.

Hitchen completed his training as a locomotive fitter at British Railways . There he also worked as a locksmith until his transfer to the camp of professional athletes. After the episode as a team manager, he went back to the railway and worked as an engineer a. a. on the further development of locomotives. In his spare time he restored old traditional locomotives, some of which were also used in TV productions.

Web links

Commons : Albert Hitchen - collection of images, videos and audio files

Albert Hitchen in the database of Radsportseiten.net
Longest One Day Race (1963) on YouTube , April 13, 2014

Individual evidence

↑ Maik Märtin: 50 years of Course de la Paix . Agency Construct, Leipzig 1998, p. 240 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Tributes paid after sudden death of former cycling champion Albert Hitchen. Retrieved May 2, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Hitchen, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	4th July 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mirfield ( West Yorkshire )
DATE OF DEATH	May 13, 2015
Place of death	Mirfield ( West Yorkshire )

[1] Maik Märtin: 50 years of Course de la Paix . Agency Construct, Leipzig 1998, p. 240 .

[:0-2] Tributes paid after sudden death of former cycling champion Albert Hitchen. Retrieved May 2, 2019 .