Barry Waddell

Barry Waddell

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Date of birth	January 1, 1937
nation	Australia
discipline	Street ; Train ,
Last updated: January 31, 2013

Barry Waddell (born January 1, 1937 ) is a retired Australian cyclist .

Barry Waddell was a professional cyclist from 1963 to 1970 and at that time one of the most successful cyclists in his country, although he rarely competed internationally. 17 times he was national champion, including 1964 and 1968 in the road race and 1967 in the individual pursuit on the track . Between 1964 and 1968, Waddell won the Herald Sun Tour five times in a row , which in those years went over 1200 kilometers in nine stages.

In 1965, Waddell achieved great sporting achievements in just a few weeks: first he won the Melbourne-to-Lakes Entrance race on the weekend, on Tuesday he broke Hubert Opperman's record for the route from Adelaide to Melbourne (22 hours), and on the following Saturday he drove to Melbourne Warrnambool Cycling Classic , started at a three-day fun fair race in Port Pirie , and started the Herald Sun Tour on Saturday afterwards .

Waddell started in 27 six-day races, most of them on home turf, of which he won five.

Barry Waddell was named Australia's Cyclist of the Year twice - in 1964 and 1966 - with the Sir Hubert Opperman Trophy . In 1975 he won the Masters World Championship in road racing in Austria .

After the end of his active cycling career, Waddell took over a bike shop in his home town of Burwood , which he gave up in 2011 for reasons of age.

Web links

• Barry Waddell in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Barry Waddell, the cyclist who thrilled a generation, finally shuts up shop on heraldsun.com.au v. February 11, 2011