Mick Ives
Personal information
Full nameMick Ives
Born (1939-08-10) 10 August 1939
 England
 United Kingdom
Team information
DisciplineRoad & Cyclo-cross
RoleRider, coach, team manager
Amateur team
1992–1994Saracen Cycles
Professional teams
1966Mottram Cycles
1967Mercian - Bantel
1968Bantel - Mercian
1969Bantel
1970Fred Baker Cycles

Mick Ives (born 10 August 1939) is an English former professional racing cyclist from Coventry. Ives has been the UCI World Masters Cycling Champion five times, and the British national cycling champion 62 times (with five championships won in 2007). He was at one time the manager of the Great Britain cycling team, and the National Coach, and is the winner of over 1000 races.

Mick Ives now runs the Team Jewson MI Racing Team, which he formed in 1997. The team has won more than 1,000 races all over the UK and mainland Europe.

Ives became the first pensioner to complete the Tour de France route in 2005. Riding alone two days ahead of the big race itself, Ives completed the 3,608 km distance under par, in just 20 days, having ridden two of the stages in one day.[1] He is the only rider in the world known to complete the race route solo.[2]

Palmarès

1960
2nd Overall, Dun Laoghaire
1st Stage 1, Dun Laoghaire
2nd Stage 2, Dun Laoghaire
2nd Stage 3, Dun Laoghaire
1964
3rd Grand Prix of Essex
1966
1st Bagshot, Cyclo-cross
1975
1st Archer Spring Road Race
2000
1st UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Masters, 60-64
2001
1st UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Masters, 60-64
2002
2nd UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Masters, 60-64
2003
3rd UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Masters, 60-64
2004
1st UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Masters, 65-69
2005
1st UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Masters, 65-69
2006
1st UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Masters, 65-69
2007
2nd UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Masters, 65-69
2012
2nd UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Masters, 70-74

References

  1. ↑ Annette Kinsella (25 May 2005). "Pensioner's Tour de France challenge!". Coventry Evening Telegraph.
  2. ↑ "Mick Ives Racing". Fibrax. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
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