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Charles William "Chas" Messenger (January–March 1914 – 26 July 2008)〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=England & Wales Birth Register Index; January–March quarter 1914; Charles W Messenger; Mother's Maiden Name: Mac Laren; district: Pancras; volume: 1b; page: 67 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Obituary: Chas Messenger )〕 was a British cyclist, a former Milk Race organiser and British road team manager. Messenger was born in London. He began cycling in the King's Cross area, and despite being a "mediocre" rider in his own words, he beat the hour for a 25-mile time trial at a time when this was rarely achieved.〔 ==Tour of Britain== Messenger was an official of the British League of Racing Cyclists,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Chas Messenger )〕 which started during the Second World War to promote massed cycle racing on public roads. The BLRC organised several Tours of Britain under different names and sponsors and then in 1958 secured sponsorship from the Milk Marketing Board. Messenger was the BLRC's event organiser and he and other officials visited the board at a hotel in central London. He said: :Our first meeting with the sponsor's PRO, Reg Pugh, was a near-fiasco, for the three of us, Eddie Lawton, Les Keith and myself, were working and groping in the dark, having to rely on figures conjured out of thin air by treasurer Ruben Smith. So poor, too, were we at this time that we arrived at the posh West End hotel with only enough money between the three of us to get back home. We came away elated, with more or less the 'Tour' in our pockets. We also came away with a budget well below what was needed for we had promised foreign teams (but no one said how we were going to get them.)〔Messenger, Chas (1998), Ride and Be Damned, Pedal Publishing, UK, p142〕 Messenger ran the Tour of Britain, known as the Milk Race, from 1958 to 1965, when he was followed by Maurice Cumberworth. His stewardship of the Tour saw an emphasis on long, hilly stages. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chas Messenger」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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