Mick Ives

Mick Ives
Personal information
Full name Mick Ives
Born (1939-08-10) 10 August 1939
 England
 United Kingdom
Team information
Discipline Road & Cyclo-cross
Role Rider, coach, team manager
Amateur team(s)
1992–1994 Saracen Cycles
Professional team(s)
1966 Mottram Cycles
1967 Mercian - Bantel
1968 Bantel - Mercian
1969 Bantel
1970 Fred 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, British national cycling champion 62 times (with 5 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; M.I.Racing was formed in 1997 by Mick Ives, and has been one of the U.K.'s most successful Cycling racing Teams ever since. During that period, the Team has won over 1,000 races, all over the U.K. 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, Mick 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.
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