Brian Robinson first participated in the Tour in 1955.
His TdF record is as follows:
ROBINSON Brian 1955 (29.) 1956 (14.) 1957 (not ranked) 1958 (not ranked) 1959 (19.) 1960 (26.) 1961 (53.)
There were only 3 Britons participating in the Tour prior to 1955.
BURL Bill 1937 (not ranked) GACHON Pierre 1937 (not ranked) HOLLAND Charles 1937 (not ranked)
Source:
http://www.letour.fr/
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> From: CYCLESTORE@aol.com
> Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 08:15:24 EDT
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Cc: swampmtn@siscom.net
> Subject: Re: [CR]OT: Fun ride...
>
> To the CR folks,
>
> We should note that Brian Robinson of GB finished the Tour in 1938 and was
> still finishing in 1961. Wow, if it is the same gentleman he had a long run
> indeed in a very tough sport. Those Brit's sure are plucky.
>
> Brian Robinson, I have heard of over the years but I did not realize he raced
> and completed so many TDF.
>
> To long years in the saddle,
>
> Gilbert Anderson
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> In a message dated 9/3/01 10:31:17 AM, swampmtn@siscom.net writes:
>
> << There's a French website which lists every rider who ever participated in
>
> the Tour de France. A search of for the name "Klump" or "Clump" produced no
>
> results.
>
>
> A search of participating teams likewise produced no British Armed Forced
>
> team... perhaps he was referring not to THE TdF, but to some special armed
>
> forces race, or an amature TdF.
>
>
> Tour de France participants from Great Britain and Ireland:
>
> 1947 through 1954 - none
>
>
> 1955 - GRANDE-BRETAGNE
>
> 31 BEDWELL Dave (Gbr) ab.3°
>
> 32 HOAR Tony (Gbr)
>
> 33 JONES Stan (Gbr) ab.7°
>
> 34 KREBS Fred (Gbr) ab.11°
>
> 35 MAITLAND Bob (Gbr) ab.9°
>
> 36 MITCHELL Ken (Gbr) ab.11°
>
> 37 PUSEY Bernard (Gbr) ab.2°
>
> 38 ROBINSON Brian (Gbr)
>
> 39 STEEL Ian (Gbr) ab.8°
>
> 40 WOOD Bevis (Gbr) ab.3°
>
>
> 1956 - none
>
> 1957 - none
>
>
> 1958 - INTERNATIONS
>
> 125 ELLIOTT Seamus (Irl)
>
> 126 BRITTAIN Stan (Gbr)
>
> 127 COE Ron (Gbr) ab.6°
>
> 128 ROBINSON Brian (Gbr) ab.20°
>
>
> 1959 - INTERNATIONS
>
> 125 ANDREWS John (Gbr) ab.3°
>
> 126 HEWSON Tony (Gbr) ab.7°
>
> 127 ROBINSON Brian (Gbr)
>
> 128 ELLIOTT Seamus (Irl) hd.14°
>
> 129 SUTTON Vic (Gbr)
>
>
> 1960 - GRANDE-BRETAGNE
>
> 121 ANDREWS John (Gbr) ab.11°
>
> 122 BRITTAIN Stan (Gbr) ab.9°
>
> 123 KENNEDY John (Gbr) ab.12°
>
> 124 REYNOLDS Harry (Gbr) ab.12°
>
> 125 ROBINSON Brian (Gbr)
>
> 126 SHEIL Norman (Gbr) ab.11°
>
> 127 SIMPSON Tom (Gbr)
>
> 128 SUTTON Victor (Gbr) ab.18°
>
>
> 1961 - GRANDE BRETAGNE
>
> 85 BRITTAIN Stan (Gbr) ab.4°
>
> 86 COE Ron (Gbr) ab.5°
>
> 87 DENSON Vic (Gbr) ab.9°
>
> 88 ELLIOTT Seamus (Gbr)
>
> 89 HITCHEN Albert (Gbr) ab.4°
>
> 90 LAIDLAW Ken (Gbr)
>
> 91 MOORE Ian (Gbr) ab.3°
>
> 92 O'BRIEN George (Gbr) ab.3°
>
> 93 RYALL Peter (Gbr) ab.3°
>
> 94 RYAN Sean (Gbr) ab.2°
>
> 95 ROBINSON Brian (Gbr)
>
> 96 SIMPSON Tom (Gbr) ab.3°
>
>
> 1962 - PELFORTH-SAUVAGE-LEJEUNE
>
> 59 RAMSBOTTOM Alan (Gbr)
>
>
> 1963 - none
>
>
> 1964 - MERCIER-BP-HUTCHINSON
>
> 16 HOBAN Barry (Gbr)
>
>
> 1964 - PEUGEOT-BP-ENGLEBERT
>
> 32 SIMPSON Tom (Gbr)
>
>
> 1964 - WIEL'S-GROENE LEEUW
>
> 66 WRIGHT Michaël (Gbr)
>
>
> 1965 - PEUGEOT-BP-MICHELIN
>
> 47 SIMPSON Tom (Gbr) ab.20°
>
>
> Just for fun - in 1962 the Tour de France returned to trade teams instead of
>
> national teams. Here's a list of the participating teams:
>
>
> ACCB-SAINT RAPHAEL-HELYETT-HUTCHINSON
>
> MOSCHETTIERI
>
> G.S-GHIGI
>
> LIBERIA-GRAMMONT-CLEMENT
>
> G.S GAZZOLA-FIORELLI-HUTCHINSON
>
> PELFORTH-SAUVAGE-LEJEUNE
>
> CARPANO
>
> VC XII°-LEREUX-GITANE-DUNLOP
>
> WIELS-GROENE LEEUW
>
> MARGNAT-PALOMA-D'ALESSANDRO
>
> PEUGEOT-BP-DUNLOP
>
> LEGNANO-PIRELLI
>
> G.S PHILCO
>
> FAEMA-FLANDRIA-CLEMENT
>
> MERCIER-B.P-HUTCHINSON
>
>
>
> Aldo Ross
>
> Monroe, Ohio
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: <M4Campy@aol.com>
>
>
> <snip>
>
>
>> His name is John Klump... He talked about the Big Wheel in Denver and how
>
> he
>
>> walked in one day only to find Jack giving him a look over like he was
>
>> familiar. Turns out that they were racing about the same time and were
>
> even
>
>> in a few together!
>
>>
>
>> Anyway, anybody know about British Armed Forces teams in the TdF and if
>
> there
>
>> is any truth to it???
>
>>
>
>> Fun ride anyway. A 68 year old on a new TI and a guy 1/2 his age on a 26
>
> year
>
>> old bike!
>
>>
>
>> Mike "Wishing I can ride like that at 48" Wilkinson
>
>> Parker, CO