Tony Doyle (cyclist)

Tony Doyle
MBE

Personal information
Full name	Anthony Doyle
Born	19 May 1958(1958-05-19)  England  United Kingdom
Height	6'1"
Team information
Discipline	Track & Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Six-day
Professional team(s)
1980–1982 1984 1985 1986 1989 1990 1991 1993 1994	KP Crisps - Viscount (GBR) RMC - Security Grille Protections (GBR) RMC - Ammaco (Great-Britain Ever Ready - Ammaco (Great-Britain) Ever Ready (Great-Britain) Ever Ready - Halfords [1] European Newspaper (Great-Britain) Neilson Tivoli (Great Britain) Futurama (Great Britain)
Major wins
World Champion, Pursuit (1980 & 1986), European Madison Champion (1984, 1985, 1988, 1989 & 1990) & European Omnium Champion (1988/89)
Infobox last updated on 10 June 2008

Anthony Doyle MBE (born Ashford, Middlesex, England, 19 May 1958)^[2] is an English former professional cyclist.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Palmarès 2.1 Track 2.2 Road 3 References 4 External links

Biography

Doyle was world pursuit champion in 1980 and 1986. He was a professional between 1980 and 1995, riding for British teams.

Doyle won bronze in the individual and team pursuits at the 1978 Commonwealth Games. He finished fifth in the team pursuit at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow as part of the British team. He was not selected for the individual pursuit even though he was the national champion. The place went to Sean Yates. As a result Doyle turned professional and won the world professional pursuit championship, beating Bert Oosterbosch and Herman Ponsteen. He then raced six-day track races with a variety of partners before achieving great results partnering the Australian Danny Clark.

Doyle became a regular in six-day track races during the 1980s, winning 23 six days. As a result he was and still is Britain's most successful six day rider. He was noted for fluid and rapid pedalling, which brought him an unofficial UK time-trial record for 25 miles on a 72-inch fixed gear in 56m 30s.

In 1988 Tony Doyle suffered from a serious head injury and multiple fractures at the Munich Six day. He was given the last rites and was in a coma for ten days. He spent six weeks in ITU, followed by two months in a rehabilitation centre. Due to the extent of his injuries it was predicted that he would be unable to return to professional racing.

Doyle received the Bidlake Memorial Prize in 1980 following his first world championship.^[3] He received an MBE for services to cycling in 1989.

He took silver in the team pursuit at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada. Unfortunately, a broken back as a result of a crash at the Six Day in Zurich ended his professional career. After, he remained in sport and in particular cycling. Tony became President of the British Cycling Federation in 1996. He was the founder director of the Tour of Britain which restarted in 1994.^[4] In 2009, he was inducted into the British Cycling Hall of Fame.^[5] Tony Doyle is currently Chairman of the Olympic Delivery Board for the London Borough of Southwark.

His son George, was born in 1992. Daughter Gemma, was born in 1995 and his youngest son James was born in 1999.

Palmarès

Track

Road

1993

1st Stage 3, Ras Stage Race

1994

1st Victor Belmont Road Race

References

External links

• Interview with Tony Doyle, Cycling News, 8 September 2004
• BBC Interview with Tony Doyle, 2 September 2006 (Video)

Persondata
Name	Doyle, Tony
Alternative names	Doyle, Anthony
Short description	Racing cyclist
Date of birth	May 18, 1958
Place of birth	Hampton Court, Surrey, England
Date of death
Place of death