1950 Tour of Britain

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1950 Brighton to Glasgow

Credit: pages of a programme for sale on eBay and press cuttings

BrightonGlasgow1950P01w Here is some new-to-the-web information about the 1950 precursor to the Tour of Britain - the Brighton to Glasgow stage race. With so many gaps any contributions of original material will be most welcome.

Race Summary

Stage	Date	Route	1st	Time	2nd	3rd
1	6-Aug-1950	Brighton - London	David Bedwell	2:46:10	Clive Parker	Marcel Mouchette
2	7-Aug-1950	London - Weston-Super-Mare	George Lander	6:47:09	Ian Greenfield	Alec Hendry
3	8-Aug-1950	Weston-Super-Mare - Wolverhampton	George Lander	5:11:39
4	9-Aug-1950	Wolverhampton - Nottingham TT (83 miles)	George Lander	3:17:06	Les Scales at 3:41	Eric Davis
5	10-Aug-1950	Nottingham - Bradford	Ronald Loveday	4:59:33
6	11-Aug-1950	Bradford - Newcastle upon Tyne	Ken Russell	5:16:58
7	12-Aug-1950	Newcastle upon Tyne - Glasgow	John Kennedy	6:49:56	G Simpson

Final General Classification

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Rider

Time

1

George Lander

1268 km in 35:21:06

2

Ken Russell

at 11:55

3

Edmund Pierre

at 15:38

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1950 Brighton to Glasgow

Final General Classification Pos. Rider Time 1 George Lander 1268 km in 35:21:06 2 Ken Russell at 11:55 3 Edmund Pierre at 15:38 4 5 6 Dave Bedwell 7 David Maxwell 8 9 Leslie A Wade 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33

Final General Classification

Pos.

Rider

Time

1

George Lander

1268 km in 35:21:06

2

Ken Russell

at 11:55

3

Edmund Pierre

at 15:38

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Dave Bedwell

7

David Maxwell

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Leslie A Wade

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