second race Barlow finished in 1947. He defeated Keith Thurgood, Les Dunne and Max Rowley in a new course record. In late 1947 Barlow broke a series of unpaced road records, starting with the record for out and home in 1hr 1' 17" breaking the time of Frankie Thomas from 1933. He followed that up with records for out and home in 2hr 11' 10", riding the first in 56' 25". He then set his sights on the record which he set with a time of 4hr 39' 12" on December 15. In May 1948 Barlow traveled to England and then to France where he competed in the Grand Prix des Nations, an individual time trial over , the Esperazza Grand Prix and the Nantes Grand Prix. In Barlow's words, "I got the pants towelled off me in the Grand Prix Des Nations, but went much better in the other two races." Barlow travelled to Valkenburg, the Netherlands for the UCI Road World Championships however he was hit by another rider whilst training over the course and was forced to withdraw. Barlow was reported to have entered the 1949 Paris–Roubaix, however it is unclear if he started the race. In any event he did not finish. In 1949 he was riding the United States, with his first objective a trans America record attempt, but was delayed by snowfall in Arizona. He rode in a six-day event in New York at the end of February 1950 but walked off the track after 3 days following a dispute with race official Reggie McNamara, the former Australian champion. Palmares 1936 1st Melbourne to Sale 1939 1st Melbourne - Bendigo 1947 1st Australian 100 miles road championship Australian records for 25, 50 and 100 miles (40, 80 and 160 km) 1948 unplaced Grand Prix des Nations unplaced Esperazza Grand Prix unplaced Nantes Grand Prix DNS UCI Road World Championships References External links 1916 births Year of death missing Australian male cyclists Place of birth missing Cyclists from Victoria (Australia) People from Gisborne, Victoria