Mick Ives

Mick Ives (10 August 1939 – 18 January 2024) was an English professional racing cyclist from Coventry. Ives was the UCI World Masters Cycling Champion five times, and the British national cycling champion 62 times (with five championships won in 2007). He was at one time the manager of the Great Britain cycling team, and the National Coach, and won over 1000 races.

Ives ran the Team Jewson MI Racing Team, which he formed in 1997. The team won more than 1,000 races all over the UK and mainland Europe.

Ives became the first pensioner to complete the Tour de France route in 2005. Riding alone two days ahead of the big race itself, Ives completed the 3,608 km distance under par, in just 20 days, having ridden two of the stages in one day. He was the only rider in the world known to have completed the race route solo.

Ives died on 18 January 2024, at the age of 84.

Palmarès

1960 2nd Overall, Dun Laoghaire 1st Stage 1, Dun Laoghaire 2nd Stage 2, Dun Laoghaire 2nd Stage 3, Dun Laoghaire

1964 3rd Grand Prix of Essex

1966 1st Bagshot, Cyclo-cross

1975 1st Archer Spring Road Race

2000 1st UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Masters, 60-64

2001 1st UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Masters, 60-64

2002 2nd UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Masters, 60-64

2003 3rd UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Masters, 60-64

2004 1st UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Masters, 65-69

2005 1st UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Masters, 65-69

2006 1st UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Masters, 65-69

2007 2nd UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Masters, 65-69

2012 2nd UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Masters, 70-74