Mick Ives Explained

Mick Ives
Birth Date:10 August 1939
Birth Place:England
Discipline:Road & Cyclo-cross
Role:Rider, coach, team manager
Amateuryears1:1992–1994
Amateurteam1:Saracen Cycles
Proyears1:1966
Proteam1:Mottram Cycles
Proyears2:1967
Proteam2:Mercian - Bantel
Proyears3:1968
Proteam3:Bantel - Mercian
Proyears4:1969
Proteam4:Bantel
Proyears5:1970
Proteam5:Fred Baker Cycles

Mick Ives (10 August 1939 – 18 January 2024) was an English professional racing cyclist from Coventry. Ives was the UCI World Masters Cycling Champion five times, and the British national cycling champion 62 times (with five championships won in 2007). He was at one time the manager of the Great Britain cycling team, and the National Coach, and won over 1000 races.

Ives ran the Team Jewson MI Racing Team, which he formed in 1997. The team won more than 1,000 races all over the UK 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, Ives completed the 3,608 km distance under par, in just 20 days, having ridden two of the stages in one day.[1] He was the only rider in the world known to have completed the race route solo.[2]

Ives died on 18 January 2024, at the age of 84.[3]

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

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Pensioner's Tour de France challenge!. Annette Kinsella. Coventry Evening Telegraph. 25 May 2005.
    2. Web site: Mick Ives Racing. Fibrax. 8 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210812/http://www.fibrax.com/mickivesracing. 3 March 2016. dead.
    3. News: Mick Ives: Death of Coventry 'cycling legend' announced . 19 January 2024 . BBC News . 19 January 2024.