Tony Doyle (cyclist)

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Anthony "Tony" Doyle (born May 5, 1958 in Ashford ) is a former British cyclist .

Athletic career

1978 Tony Doyle won bronze in the single and team pursuit at the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton . With the British team, he finished fifth in the team pursuit at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow . Although he was British Champion in the Singles Pursuit , he was not nominated for this discipline. He then became a professional (until 1991).

After moving to the pros, Doyle became world champion in the single pursuit in 1980 and again in 1986 . Several times in the following years he took second and third places in this discipline at track world championships. In 1987 he was also runner-up in the points race . Mainly, however, he moved to six-day races, of which he contested 136. He was able to win 23, 19 of them together with Danny Clark . During his career, he had two serious falls which he miraculously survived. It was also a serious fall that forced him to give up cycling.

Professional

In December 1995 he was elected President of the British Cycling Federation . He works as a travel organizer and organizes cycling races. For 2010 he planned a six-day race for London , which had to be canceled due to a lack of sponsors.

Honors

1980 Tony Doyle was awarded the "Bidlake Memorial Prize"; Appointed MBE in 1989 . In 2009 he was inducted into the British Cycling Hall of Fame .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Roger de Maertelaere, Mannen van de nacht , Eeklo 200, p. 206
  2. ^ A b Les Woodland: This Island Race . Mousehold Press, Norwich 2005, pp. 81, 83 (English).
  3. ↑ Britishcycling.org.uk of June 26, 2008: "Gordon Brown Announces 6-Day for London" ( Memento of June 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
  4. ↑ The prize was named after the British cyclist Frederick Thomas Bidlake (1867–1933) and is awarded for special services to cycling. en: Frederick Thomas Bidlake

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SURNAME Doyle, Tony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Doyle, Anthony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH May 5th 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Ashford