- Barry Hoban
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fullname = Barry Hoban
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majorwins = 8 stages Tour de France
updated =July 14 ,2008 Barry Hoban (born
5 February ,1940 inWakefield ,West Yorkshire ) was an English professionalcyclist during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He holds the records for the most stage wins in theTour de France by a British rider, winning eight between 1967 to 1975, and for the most Tours completed by a British rider – having finished 11 of the 12 he started between 1965 and 1978. He was also the only Briton to have won two consecutive stages of the Tour untilMark Cavendish won stages 12 and 13 of the 2008 edition.Early career
Hoban started cycle racing in 1955, and by the end of the year was competing against
Tom Simpson inindividual time trial s. Two years later, he was fourth in theBritish League of Racing Cyclists hill-climb (the senior title being won by Simpson). Despite his early prowess as a climber, Hoban later established himself as one of Europe's best sprinters.Inspired by the European successes of fellow Yorkshireman
Brian Robinson and of Simpson, Hoban went toFrance in 1962, turned professional two years later, and stayed abroad for another 16 years. In the1967 Tour de France , after the death ofTom Simpson , Hoban was allowed to win the next stage. Two year later, in 1969, Hoban married Simpson's widow.Tour de France stage wins
*1967 - stage 14 - Carpentras–Sète – allowed to win after the death of
Tom Simpson on the previous stage
*1968 - stage 19 - Grenoble–Sallanches – a rarity in that Hoban won a mountain stage, not a sprint
*1969 - stage 18 - Mourenx–Bordeaux
*1969 - stage 19 - Bordeaux-Brive-la-Gaillarde – the first Briton to win successive stages of the Tour. Mark Cavendish being the second to equal this achievement in 2008
*1973 – stage 11 - Montpellier-Argelès-sur-Mer
*1973 - stage 19 - Bourges–Versaille
*1974 - stage 13 - Avignon–Montpellier
*1975 - stage 8 - Angoulême-BordeauxOther career highlights
Hoban also won two stages of the 1964
Vuelta a España and the 1974Gent-Wevelgem . In the ’Monument’ Classics, his best performances were third places inLiège-Bastogne-Liège (1969) andParis-Roubaix (1972). Towards the end of a career spent largely in mainlandEurope , Hoban occasionally returned to the UK to race; he won theLondon -Bradford race and was second in the British professional road-race championship in 1979, and he won the Grand Prix of Manchester in 1980.At least one bicycle was made with his name on it, a common practice of retired racing cyclists.
External links
*cyclingwebsite|8822
* [http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/TDF/riders/us/3773.html Official Tour de France results for Barry Hoban]Persondata
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH=1940-2-5
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