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Vin Denson
Vincent Denson (born 24 November 1935)〔(Memoire du Cyclisme, Palmares for Vic Denson )〕 is a former professional racing cyclist who rode the Tour de France, won a stage of the Giro d'Italia and won the Tour of Luxembourg in the 1960s.〔 He was a team-mate of Rik van Looy and of Jacques Anquetil and, in the Tour de France, of Tom Simpson. He was the first British rider to win a stage of the Giro, before finishing 40th overall.〔
==Origins==
Denson was born in Chester, England. He had his first bike at 12, a black Hercules Falcon borrowed from his brother and with wooden blocks fitted to the pedals to make it smaller.〔Cycling, UK, 1 March 1969, p18〕 He began riding to Helsby Hill, Rhyl and Prestatyn and went youth-hostelling. At 17 he joined Chester Road Club, initially for touring but then to race. He was inspired by his French teacher at school, who had lived in France, whose hero was Jean Robic and who gave his class ''Miroir du Cyclisme'' to study.〔Cycling, UK, 8 March 1969, p14〕 Denson's first race was an evening 25-mile time-trial, which he finished in 1h 4m 30s. He said:
Denson finished four times in the top 12 of the British Best All-rounder competition, which aggregates rides over 50 and 100 miles and 12 hours.〔 He came seventh in the Milk Race in 1959 and fifth in 1960. He finished the Peace Race of 1960 and 1961 in 17th and 27th. The Peace Race, which linked Berlin, Warsaw and Prague was run over roads often still wrecked from the Second World War. It was always keenly contested by riders from the communist bloc. Denson said:
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