Someone posted this on another forum and I thought it would be of interest here:
"Ian Steel, who has died aged 86, was one of the pioneers of British cycle racing and the first Briton to win a major international stage race – the 1952 Peace Race from Warsaw to Prague via Berlin..."
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/oct/26/ian-steel
"Ian Steel, who has died aged 86, was one of the pioneers of British cycle racing and the first Briton to win a major international stage race – the 1952 Peace Race from Warsaw to Prague via Berlin..."
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/oct/26/ian-steel