Re: [CR]Beryl Burton

(Example: Events:Cirque du Cyclisme:2004)

From: "jerrymoos" <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
To: "P.C. Kohler" <kohl57@starpower.net>, "Mick Butler" <pariscyclesuk@hotmail.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Beryl Burton
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2004 21:33:25 -0500


Except I think I've seen photos of her on a Jacque Anquetil frame.

Regards,

Jerry Moos
Houston, TX


----- Original Message -----
From: "P.C. Kohler"
To: Mick Butler


<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 8:53 PM Subject: [CR]Beryl Burton


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mick Butler" <pariscyclesuk@hotmail.com>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 4:43 PM
> Subject: [CR] Re: British Cycling and World Success
>
>
> > How about Beryl Burton probably the greatest all round racing cyclists
> ever.
> > More World Championships they you can wave a stick at. Lance eat your
> heart
> > out
>
>
> Thanks, Mick... we never talk about female cyclists like Beryl Burton. She
> was pure class. And associated, I believe, with Hercules which in the 1950s
> was a major player in UK cycle sport.
>
> Here's an excellent write-on her life and career:
>
> http://www.thebikezone.org.uk/thebikezone/riders/berylburton.html
>
> This website also has great write ups on two other British champions: Vic
> Sutton and Albert White.
>
> Beryl begs the question: Britain fielded quite a few top female cyclists....
> did France or Italy during the CR period?
>
> Peter Kohler
> Washington DC USA