Mick Ives

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

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
1992–1994	Saracen Cycles
Professional teams
1966	Mottram Cycles
1967	Mercian - Bantel
1968	Bantel - Mercian
1969	Bantel
1970	Fred Baker Cycles

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]