Bill Bradley (30 March 1933 – 30 June 1997) was a twice English National Road Race Champion, represented Great Britain in the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, won twice the Tour of Britain Road Race Milk Race and until recently held the record for climbing the Grossglockner in the Tour of Austria. He remains the only rider to have won the Tour of Britain in two consecutive years. He rode for the Southport RCC throughout his career. He died on 30 June 1997. Palmarès 1956 April: 1st Otley CC Mountain Trial July: 1st Lancaster CC 50 course record for Brock 1-58-22 1957 May: Mountain Time Trail in 2-24-51. 2nd Stan Brittain @ 4.26, 3rd Alan Ramsbottom. July: 2nd Tour of Austria. Climbs Glossglockner in record time of 56min 53sec on stage 5 and is second at finish. August: World youth games Moscow – BLRC team. Team Time Trial Gil Taylor, Bob Thorpe & Bill Bradley (Team of 3 – Mike England DNS) 3rd in 2-29-38 to the Russians with 2-23-16 and Bulgaria in 2-26-23; 10th Road race September: Sherwood 50 in 1-59-55. Wins Western 100 in 4-9-13 for SRCC club record (beaten in 1994) 1958 Suspended till 30 June by N.C.U. for competing abroad without permission. Reprieved and picked by N.C.U. for the first time for team to ride Berlin Walsaw Prague. Wins Stage 11 Tabor-Brno (177km; 5:02:46) June: Milk Race – Merseyside team. Shares yellow jersey after stages 2 and 3. Took yellow jersey after stage 9, but lost it the next day and eventually finished second at 45 seconds to Austrian Durlacher, 3rd K.O.M., 4th points, 2nd on stage 2 and 6th on stage 4. 2nd in Manx International to Henri de Wolf (Belgium). Wins 104 mile Solihull C.C. Empire Games selection Race. July: 10th representing England in the road race at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales. August: World Road Race at Gueux, nr Reims, 18’’ at 2–30 behind Schur of East Germany. 2nd in World Championships Revenge Road Race, East Germany. 1959 May: Rides Berlin Walsaw Prague Peace Race, finished 37th overall, 3rd Team on G.C May /June: Wins first stage of Milk Race by 8 seconds and holds Yellow Jersey throughout, also winning 4th stage to Morecambe, King of the Mountains and Team Prize. June: 2nd in Manx International to Jim Hinds. 2nd in National Road Race to Bill Baty September: