Mick Ives
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England
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 August 1939 England |
| Died | 18 January 2024 (aged 84) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road & Cyclo-cross |
| Role | Rider, coach, team manager |
| Amateur team | |
| 1992–1994 | Saracen Cycles |
| Professional teams | |
| 1966 | Mottram Cycles |
| 1967 | Mercian - Bantel |
| 1968 | Bantel - Mercian |
| 1969 | Bantel |
| 1970 | Fred Baker Cycles |
Mick Ives (10 August 1939 – 18 January 2024) was an English professional racing cyclist from Coventry. Ives was the UCI World Masters Cycling Champion five times, and the British national cycling champion 62 times (with five championships won in 2007). He was at one time the manager of the Great Britain cycling team, and the National Coach, and won over 1000 races.
Ives ran the Team Jewson MI Racing Team, which he formed in 1997. The team won more than 1,000 races all over the UK and mainland Europe.
Ives became the first pensioner to complete the Tour de France route in 2005. Riding alone two days ahead of the big race itself, Ives completed the 3,608 km distance under par, in just 20 days, having ridden two of the stages in one day.[1] He was the only rider in the world known to have completed the race route solo.[2]
Ives died on 18 January 2024, at the age of 84.[3]