1951 Tour of Britain

Credit: Daily Express 1951 Race Reports and 1954 Race Programme

Here is the new-to-the-web information about the 1951 race.  Any contributions of original material will be most welcome.

Start List

Race Route -  19-August to 1-September 1951 Stages 1 to 6 | Stages 7 to 12 | Extras Copies of this publication are sometimes available for sale contact info at tour-racing.co.uk     Stage Results Final General Classification Stage 1st Time 2nd 3rd 1 Gabriel Audemard 3.57.52 Edmond Pierre Alec Taylor 2 David Bedwell 4.08.17 Don Wilson Johnny Hibell 3 Ian Steel 5.40.06 Gabriel Audemard David Bedwell 4 David Bedwell 4.19.19 Don Wilson Derek Buttle 5 Ken Russell 5.22.17 Geoff Clark Alec Taylor 6 Ian Steel 5.07.40 Ken Jowett Alec Taylor 7 Ian Steel 6.22.32 Alec Taylor Stan Blair 8 David Bedwell 6.46.02 Clive Parker Ian Greenfield 9 David Bedwell 4.16.05 Derek Buttle Karl McCarthy 10 Len West 5.28.25 Ken Jowett Bevis Wood 11 Andre Laurent 5.43.55 Karl McCarthy Edmond Pierre 12 Eugene Garnier 5.29.41 Joseph Lennon David Addie   Ian Steel - overall winner Pos. Rider Time 1 Ian Steel 63.09.53 2 Alec Taylor 63.16.09 3 Ian Greenfield 63.21.59 4 Bevis Wood 63.32.31 5 Johnny Welch 63.35.00 6 Ken Jowett 63.36.34 7 Edmond Pierre 63.38.09 8 Gabriel Audemard 63.44.07 9 Karl McCarthy 63.56.44 10 Eugene Garnier 63.57.32 11 Edward Jones 63.59.05 12 Frank Seel 64.07.01 13 Stan Blair 64.10.52 14 Ken Russell 64.11.55 15 Mick Howarth 64.13.12 16 Chris Hooper 64.14.50 17 Don Wilson 64.16.00 18 Andre Laurent 64.17.00 19 Ron Loveday 64.29.09 20 Dave Robinson 64.32.21 21 David Addie 64.37.52 22 Fred J Nicholls 64.48.13 23 Tony Phillips 65.20.14 24 Sidney Aldridge 65.29.20 25 Karl Bloomfield 65.48.05 26 Michael Eastwood 66.09.00 27 Doug Petty 66.47.20 28 Derick Wellman 66.49.00 29 J F Wilson 67.13.42 30 Joseph Lennon 67.22.12 31 Trevor Fenwick 67.34.46 32 Conliffe Carr 68.51 42 33 Edward Hawkins 69.23.32   Note: The Dayton team withdrew on the final day due to an earlier disputed timing decision.