Alby Saunders

Alby Saunders
Personal information
Full nameAlbert William Saunders
Born(1922-01-02)2 January 1922
Footscray, Victoria
Died17 April 1998(1998-04-17) (aged 76)
Yea, Victoria
Cycling career
SportCycling
RoleRider

Alby Saunders (1922–1998) was an Australian racing cyclist.

Career highlights

1947
Fastest Tour of Gippsland
1949
1st Australian national road race title
Blue Riband for fastest in the Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic
4th General Classification Tour of the West
1950
8th General Classification Tour of the West
1951
9th General Classification Tour of the West
1952
3rd Stage 1 'Sun' Tour of Victoria, Geelong
2nd Stage 2 'Sun' Tour of Victoria, Bendigo
3rd Stage 3 'Sun' Tour of Victoria Cobram
1st Stage 4 'Sun' Tour of Victoria, Melbourne
8th General Classification 'Sun' Tour of Victoria
1953
1st Australian national road race title
Blue Riband for fastest in the Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic

Australian professional cycling career

He twice won the Australian national road race title in 1949, by winning a sprint point 150 miles (240 km) into the Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic and in 1953 by winning the championship race over 125 miles (201 km) at Launceston, Tasmania.

Saunders won the Blue Riband for the fastest time in the Melbourne to Warrnambool in 1949 and 1953.

In 2010 the Footscray cycling club held an Alby Saunders Memorial criterium.

References

  1. ↑ "Alby Saunders' Palmares at CyclingRanking". CyclingRanking.com.
  2. ↑ "Branchflower Wins Bike Tour". The Sporting Globe. Melbourne, Vic. 27 September 1947. p. 3 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Bonney rewarded with win in classic". The Age. Melbourne, Vic. 10 October 1949. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. 1 2 "Sick Victorian Rider Wins 125-Mile Title". The Examiner. Launceston, Tas. 14 September 1953. p. 13 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. 1 2 "Records topple in fast Warrnambool". The Sporting Globe. Melbourne, Vic. 3 October 1953. p. 12 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "FCC Criterium Fixture 2010" (PDF). footscraycc.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2015.