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Ian Steel
John "Ian" Steel〔Steel's first name, ''The Bicycle'' confirmed in April 1953, is John, "but he tells us that he has answered to 'Ian' from childhood."〕 (28 December 1928 – 20 October 2015) was a Scottish racing cyclist who in 1952 won the Peace Race, a central European race between Warsaw, Berlin and Prague. He was the only Briton to win it,〔 as well as the first Briton to win any major race.〔Golden Book of Cycling, UK〕 He also won the Tour of Britain as a semi-professional and was at one stage second in the 1952 Tour of Mexico before crashing.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WATCH: Tour of Britain veteran reminisces over Cumbria and Borders stage )〕
==Biography==
Born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1928, to John and Jane (née White) who ran a dairy shop,〔 Ian Steel joined the Glasgow United club at 18, in 1946,〔The Bicycle, UK, 8 April 1953, p22〕 having been introduced by a friend, John Brierley. His first race was a 25-mile (40 km) time-trial, in 1946. He finished third in 1h 13m 55s, two minutes behind the winner. He improved and won time trials at 25, 50 and 100 miles and over 12 hours. He came into cycling at a time when racing was engaged in a civil war between the National Cyclists Union and a new body, the British League of Racing Cyclists. The BLRC began organising massed-start races on the public road, a form of the sport the NCU had banned in the 19th century because it feared it would bring problems for all cyclists. Steel moved in 1951 from Glasgow United to the Glasgow Wheelers, which supported the BLRC. Scotland's governing body, the Scottish Cyclists' Union, was not involved in the dispute, although the civil war between the NCU and BLRC affected Scottish riders racing abrod.
The BLRC sent national teams abroad and in 1951 Steel rode for Scotland in Paris-Lens and came second. His ride impressed a semi-professional team in England sponsored by Viking Cycles. The BLRC supported the idea of semi-professionals〔The semi-professional category, common on the Continent but not recognised in Britain by the NCU or the time-trial body, the Road Time Trials Council, was formally called the independent class. Riders could be paid to ride and they could accept prizes in cash. They could wear advertising on their clothing. They could ride against professionals and against amateurs, although not both at the same time. The idea was to give riders a chance to test their talent and decide whether to turn professional or revert to amateur status.〕 and it allowed them in the Tour of Britain which it promoted.
Steel won the 1951 Tour of Britain and three of its stages. It was the first time he had been to England.〔 He won another stage the following year and became national champion. Steel died on 20 October 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Former Tour of Britain winner Ian Steel dies, aged 86 )〕〔 〕
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