Millie Robinson

Mildred Jessie "Millie" Robinson (3 December 1924 - 23 January 1994) was an Irish-born Manx road and track cyclist. A multiple-time British time trial and road racing champion in the 1950s, she also won the first Tour de France Féminin in 1955 and broke the women's world hour record in 1958.

Early life Robinson was one of nine children (six boys and three girls) born to Thomas and Sarah Robinson in Killala,County Mayo, Ireland. In 1935, the family relocated to Peel on the Isle of Man, where she attended Peel Clothworkers’ School. During World War II, Millie Robinson served as a Land Girl and met Ann King; the two became members of a cycling club Manx Viking Wheelers.

Cycle racing career From 1949, Robinson began riding seriously, competing in local grass track events, Robinson attacked alone to win the fourth stage to Gournay-en-Bray, finishing 13 seconds ahead of the peloton to take the overall lead. She then won the final stage, an individual time trial, to take overall victory from team-mate June Thackeray by half a minute. (While the Circuit Féminin Lyonnais-Auvergne was expanded, beating the old record by . She also won the 1958 British Best All-Rounder time trial competition,

Later life In 1960, Robinson returned to the Isle of Man. She worked in a sign-writing and poster-making business in Douglas until the 1970s, then later worked as a prison warden on the women's wing of Victoria Road Prison. Diagnosed with cancer in the 1990s, she died on 23 January 1994, aged 69.