Tommy Talbot

Talbot was a member of the East Tyrone Cycling Club of Cookstown^[1] and rode for Ireland for the first time in 1955.^[2] Talbot's brother Bobby was also a successful rider during the 1950s.^[3]

He represented the 1958 Northern Irish Team^[4] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales,^[5] participating in two cycling program events; the individual pursuit^[6][7] and the scratch race^[8][9]

Talbot won the Cyprus CC hill-climb for five consecutive years from 1954 to 1958 before retiring shortly after the 1958 games.^[10] However he returned to racing in 1963 and continued to win races and was still riding as a veteran racer for Old Bleach aged 70.^[11]

Talbot died in March 2022.^[12]