If we voluntarily place road-racing under police control, we sign its death warrant.... If we are to race on the road, for heaven's sake let us do it as free citizens, and not by permission of the police. The cycling importer and wholesaler, Ron Kitching, said of him: "He was a very proper gentleman; he never said a wrong word or got overheated." Stancer was awarded the Bidlake Memorial Prize, one of British cycling's top honours, in 1943. Memorials After his death, a trust fund was established to promote and encourage young cyclists. A national schools 10-mile time trial championship was instituted, adopted in 1970 by the Road Time Trials Council (today Cycling Time Trials). GHS leisure rides are promoted annually by Yorkshire Cycling Federation on a Sunday near his birthday. There is a seat commemorating Stancer in the F.T. Bidlake memorial garden at Girtford Bridge on the Great North Road near Sandy, Bedfordshire. Bidlake was at one time Stancer's tandem partner. References Cyclists from Yorkshire 1878 births 1962 deaths Officers of the Order of the British Empire People from Pocklington Cycling journalists