Stanley Arthur Brittain
Stanley Arthur "Stan" Brittain (born October 7, 1931 in Liverpool ) is a former British cyclist .
In the International Peace Tour in 1955 he came third, wearing the jersey of the leader in the individual classification on four stages. In 1956 he made the peace ride up to the sixth stage and in 1957 he won two stages. In 1958 he was ninth overall. In 1956 Brittain took part in the road races at the Summer Olympics and was able to win the silver medal with the team and take 6th place in the individual. In 1957 he was British amateur champion . He rode the Tour de France three times , in 1958 he was 69th, in 1960 and 1961 he retired.
In 1958 he started his professional career with the Helyett - Potin - Hutchison (France) team, changing frequently to other teams, but later returned to the Viking Cycles (Great Britain and Northern Ireland) team. He completed his career with the Alan Quinn team (Great Britain and Northern Ireland).
Palmarès
year | success | run | |
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1955 | winner | Overall rating | Irish Sea Tour of the North (Ireland) |
2. | 1st stage | Peace ride | |
3. | Overall rating | ||
1956 | winner | Overall rating | Irish Sea Tour of the North (Ireland) |
6th | Olympic Games, street | ||
1957 | winner | Overall rating | Irish Sea Tour of the North (Ireland) |
winner | Overall rating | Six days (Sweden) | |
winner | 2nd stage | Peace ride | |
winner | 9th stage | ||
2. | Overall rating | ||
1958 | 2. | 6th stage | Peace ride |
3. | 8th stage part a | ||
3. | 5th stage part b | Tour of Britain | |
2. | 5th stage part a | ||
2. | 8th stage | ||
3. | 10th stage | ||
1959 | 2. | 5th stage | Tour of Britain |
3. | 6th stage |
Web links
- Stanley Arthur Brittain in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Stanley Arthur Brittain in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ New Germany (ed.): Täves Friedensfahrt-Lexikon . Berlin 1965, p. 6 .
- ↑ Bürte Hoppe: Encyclopedia Tour de France . Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-89533-577-8 , p. 402 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Brittain, Stanley Arthur |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stan |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 7, 1931 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Liverpool |