British Best All-Rounder
British Best Allrounder (BBAR) is an annual competition in Great Britain hosted by the Cycling Time Trials (CTT) association. The average speed of the drivers is determined and evaluated for several individual time trials.
Character of the competition
The British Best All-Rounder competition creates a ranking table for cyclists based on the average speeds they achieve in individual time trials. For men, the races go over 50 and 100 miles and twelve hours, for women (since 1948) over 25, 50 and miles. There are similar competitions for under 18s as well as for teams of three. The races are held between April and September.
Men who travel faster than 22 miles (35 kilometers) will receive an award, women if they have traveled faster than 20 miles (32.25 kilometers) per hour. For juniors, speeds faster than 23 miles (37 kilometers) or 21 miles (33.9 kilometers) are awarded. Competitions similar to the BBAR are also held at the local level or in the Masters class .
history
The BBAR was first advertised on April 4, 1930 by Cycling magazine . The award was endowed with £ 26 and a walking award for the winning team.
Time trials have been the cornerstone of British cycling since the then British National Cyclists' Union (NCU) banned road races in 1888 . The reason was the reservations of the police, which the NCU feared they would prevent cyclists from racing on public roads in the future. The NCU sponsored track races , but the cycle tracks were often too far away. So local clubs began to organize time trials. This development made the road time trial a discipline that is still very popular in Great Britain to this day.
For British cyclists, time trials were considered the most genuine form of competition without the tactics of mass start races. But there was no reliable way to find out who was the best all-rounder over all tracks throughout the season because the drivers couldn't take part in all the races. The BBAR solved this problem as this competition allowed drivers to race against the clock where they wanted and then register their journeys. The cycling historian Bernard Thompson: “It was probably the best thing that has ever happened to British time-trial sport, even to this day.” (German: “It was probably the best thing that could happen to British time-trial sport, even to this day . " )
The competition was not held from 1939 to 1943. From 1944 it was no longer carried out by Cycling , but by a time trial association, the Road Time Trials Council (RTTC), now Cycling Time Trials . Back then, British cycling was characterized by conflict. The NCU, which had banned road racing, was harassed by a new association, the British League of Racing Cyclists (BLRC). Cycling and the RTTC initially raised the mood against this new association, as they were convinced that mass start races would damage cycling as a whole. The editor-in-chief of Cycling , Harry England, was so angry that the RTTC had taken over the competition that he switched sides and henceforth supported the BLRC journalistically.
In the 1960s, the competition was so important that the annual award ceremony was held as part of a concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London .
The first winner
The first BBAR winner was Frank Southall from South London , who started for the Norwood Paragon Club . He achieved an average of 21.141 miles per hour (= 34.023 kilometers) e and won in the following three years. After his fourth win in a row in 1933, 7,000 people watched as he was honored at the Royal Albert Hall and inscribed on the Golden Book of Cycling .
Winners list
The men's competition was won eleven times by Kevin Dawson and nine times by Ian Cammish . For many years the women's competition was dominated by Beryl Burton , who was the female British Best All-Rounder 25 times between 1959 and 1983 and also achieved better results than the men in a few years. Julia Shaw won the award four times and June Pitchford three times.
| Year | Winners (men) | Miles per hour |
Winner (women) | Miles per hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Adam Duggleby | 29,356 | Alice Lethbridge | 28,220 |
| 2016 | Richard Bideau | 28.867 | Hayley Simmonds | 28,705 |
| 2015 | Adam Topham | 28.7774 | Hayley Simmonds | 27.145 |
| 2014 | Adam Topham | 27,322 | Lynsey Curran | 25,571 |
| 2013 | Adam Topham | 27,322 | Paula Moseley | 25.969 |
| 2012 | Adam Topham | 27,860 | Paula Moseley | 25.668 |
| 2011 | Jeff Jones | 28.023 | Jane Kilmartin | 26.214 |
| 2010 | Julian Jenkinson | 27.202 | Julia Shaw | 27.415 |
| 2009 | Nik Bowdler | 27.206 | Julia Shaw | 27,451 |
| 2008 | Nik Bowdler | 27,329 | Lynn Hamel | 26.193 |
| 2007 | Kevin Dawson | 27.283 | Julia Shaw | 25,562 |
| 2006 | Kevin Dawson | 27,454 | Julia Shaw | 26.005 |
| 2005 | Michael Hutchinson | 27.203 | Ruth Eyles | 25.228 |
| 2004 | Kevin Dawson | 27,541 | Carol Gandy | 24.806 |
| 2003 | Kevin Dawson | 28.26 | Ruth Dorrington | 25,421 |
| 2002 | Kevin Dawson | 27.793 | Karen Steele | 25,364 |
| 2001 | Kevin Dawson | 27.631 | Karen Steele | 25.29 |
| 2000 | Michael Hutchinson | 27.558 | L Milne | 25,946 |
| 1999 | Kevin Dawson | 27.15 | Jill Reames | 26,072 |
| 1998 | Kevin Dawson | 27.33 | Maxine Johnson | 25,417 |
| 1997 | Kevin Dawson | 27.92 | Jill Reames | 27.025 |
| 1996 | Andy Wilkinson | 28.236 | J Derham | 26.697 |
| 1995 | Gethin Butler | 27,148 | A Plant | 25.169 |
| 1994 | Gethin Butler | 26,874 | Yvonne McGregor | 26.094 |
| 1993 | Kevin Dawson | 27,062 | L Lamont | 25.684 |
| 1992 | Kevin Dawson | 26.777 | S Wright | 25.612 |
| 1991 | Glen Longland | 26.94 | A Jones | 25.766 |
| 1990 | Gary Dighton | 26.216 | E Ward | 25.268 |
| 1989 | Ian Cammish | 26,412 | S Wright | 25.259 |
| 1988 | Ian Cammish | 26,369 | M Allen | 25.298 |
| 1987 | Ian Cammish | 26.094 | M Allen | 25.687 |
| 1986 | Glen Longland | 26.771 | June Pitchford | 24,962 |
| 1985 | Ian Cammish | 26.234 | June Pitchford | 25,321 |
| 1984 | Ian Cammish | 26.013 | June Pitchford | 25,463 |
| 1983 | Ian Cammish | 27.355 | Beryl Burton | 25.118 |
| 1982 | Ian Cammish | 26,000 | Beryl Burton | 25.206 |
| 1981 | Ian Cammish | 26,341 | Beryl Burton | 25.219 |
| 1980 | Ian Cammish | 26,174 | Beryl Burton | 25.733 |
| 1979 | Phil Griffiths | 26,149 | Beryl Burton | 25.228 |
| 1978 | John Woodburn | 26,067 | Beryl Burton | 25,565 |
| 1977 | Paul Carbutt | 25,566 | Beryl Burton | 25.069 |
| 1976 | Phil Griffiths | 25.97 | Beryl Burton | 26.665 |
| 1975 | Phil Griffiths | 25,418 | Beryl Burton | 26,047 |
| 1974 | Phil Griffiths | 25.093 | Beryl Burton | 25.302 |
| 1973 | Ray Lewis | 25.022 | Beryl Burton | 26.267 |
| 1972 | Bob Porter | 24.914 | Beryl Burton | 26,112 |
| 1971 | Phil Griffiths | 25.109 | Beryl Burton | 25,463 |
| 1970 | John Watson | 25,958 | Beryl Burton | 25.729 |
| 1969 | Antony Taylor | 25.67 | Beryl Burton | 25,849 |
| 1968 | Martyn Roach | 25,428 | Beryl Burton | 25,942 |
| 1967 | Mike McNamara | 24,593 | Beryl Burton | 25.696 |
| 1966 | Arthur Metcalfe | 24,797 | Beryl Burton | 24,812 |
| 1965 | Keith Stacey | 24.309 | Beryl Burton | 25,439 |
| 1964 | Peter Hill | 24.645 | Beryl Burton | 24.716 |
| 1963 | Peter Hill | 24,041 | Beryl Burton | 24.138 |
| 1962 | Frank Colden | 24.652 | Beryl Burton | 24,036 |
| 1961 | Brian Kirby | 24.04 | Beryl Burton | 23.656 |
| 1960 | Brian Wiltcher | 24,526 | Beryl Burton | 23.714 |
| 1959 | Brian Wiltcher | 24.045 | Beryl Burton | 23.724 |
| 1958 | Owen Blower | 24,363 | M Robinson | 23.193 |
| 1957 | Ray Booty | 24.126 | I Miles | 22.849 |
| 1956 | Ray Booty | 24.126 | I Miles | 22.761 |
| 1955 | Ray Booty | 23,956 | F Dawson | 22.632 |
| 1954 | Vic Gibbons | 23.811 | F Dawson | 22,399 |
| 1953 | Vic Gibbons | 23,578 | J Harris | 22,436 |
| 1952 | Ken Joy | 23.83 | C Brown | 22.289 |
| 1951 | Ken Joy | 23,414 | E Horton | 22.38 |
| 1950 | Ken Joy | 23.33 | Eileen Sheridan | 22,134 |
| 1949 | Ken Joy | 22.808 | Eileen Sheridan | 21,827 |
| 1948 | Pete Beardsmore | 22,584 | Susie Rimmington | 21.756 |
| 1947 | Albert Derbyshire | 22.744 | ||
| 1946 | Albert Derbyshire | 22.843 | ||
| 1945 | Jock Allison | 22,479 | ||
| 1944 | Albert Derbyshire | 23, 549 | ||
| 1938 | Harry Earnshaw | 22.627 | ||
| 1937 | Cyril Heppleston | 22,348 | ||
| 1936 | Charles Holland | |||
| 1935 | Stanley W. Miles | 21.809 | ||
| 1934 | Ernest J. Capell | 21.622 | ||
| 1933 | Frank Southall | |||
| 1932 | Frank Southall | |||
| 1931 | Frank Southall | |||
| 1930 | Frank Southall | 21,141 |
Web links
- Cycling time trials. In: cyclingtimetrials.org.uk. Retrieved September 13, 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Chas Messenger: Ride and be Damned . Pedal Publishing Harpenden 1998, p. 151
- ↑ Bernard Thomspon: Alpaca to skinsuit . Geerings of Ashford
- ^ Ed Hood: Peter Hill - the Two Times BBAR Winner who Turned Pro for Peugeot. In: - VeloVeritas. April 10, 2017, accessed April 10, 2017 .
- ↑ Les Woodland: This Island Race . Mousehold Press, Norwich 2005, pp. 39 (English).
- ↑ Frank Southall on thepedalclub.org ( Memento of the original from April 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
