Alby Saunders

Alby Saunders
Personal information
Full name	Alby Saunders
Born	1924
Team information
Role	Rider

Alby Saunders (born 1924) was an Australian racing cyclist.

Career highlights

1947: Fastest Tour of Gippsland ^[1]
1949: 1st Australian national road race title^[2]; Blue Riband for fastest in the Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic ^[2]; 4th General Classification Tour of the West
1950: 8th General Classification Tour of the West
1951: 9th General Classification Tour of the West
1952: 3rd Stage 1 'Sun' Tour of Victoria, Geelong; 2nd Stage 2 'Sun' Tour of Victoria, Bendigo, Victoria|]]; 3rd Stage 3 'Sun' Tour of Victoria Cobram; 1st Stage 4 'Sun' Tour of Victoria, Melbourne; 8th General Classification 'Sun' Tour of Victoria
1953: 1st Australian national road race title ^[3]; Blue Riband for fastest in the Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic ^[4]

Australian professional cycling career

He twice won the Australian national road race title in 1949, by winning a sprint point 150 miles (240 km) into the Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic^[2] and in 1953 by winning the championship race over 125 miles (201 km) at Launceston, Tasmania.^[3]

Saunders won the Blue Riband for the fastest time in the Melbourne to Warrnambool in 1949^[2] and 1953.^[4]

In 2010 the Footscray cycling club held an Alby Saunders Memorial criterium.^[5]

References

↑ "Branchflower Wins Bike Tour.". The Sporting Globe. Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 27 September 1947. p. 3.
1 2 3 4 "Bonney rewarded with win in classic". The Age. Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 10 October 1949. p. 12.
1 2 "Sick Victorian Rider Wins 125-Mile Title.". The Examiner. Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 14 September 1953. p. 13.
1 2 "Records topple in fast Warrnambool.". The Sporting Globe. Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 3 October 1953. p. 12.
↑ "FCC Criterium Fixture 2010" (PDF). footscraycc.com.au.

External links

Alby Saunders profile at Cycling Archives

Australian National Road Race Champions (men)

1900–1919	A Ralston (1901) HG O'Callaghan (1902) Jack Arnst, NZ (1903) Tom Larcombe (1904) William Hawley (1905) H Mehrtens, NZ (1906) Tom Larcombe (1907) M Chappell (1908) Iddo Munro (1909) Joe Pianta (1910) Phil O'Shea, NZ (1911)

1920–1939	Phil O'Shea (1922-1923) Hubert Opperman (1924) Harold Smith (1925) Hubert Opperman (1926–1927) Hubert Opperman (1929) Richard Lamb (1930) Matt Lynch (1931) Richard Lamb (1932) Hefty Stuart (1933) Clinton Beasley (1935) Alan Angus (1936-1937) Dean Toseland (1938-1939)

1940–1959	Keith Rowley (1947) Keith McFarlane (1948) Alby Saunders (1949) Keith Rowley (1950) John Beasley (1951) Neil Peadon (1952) Alby Saunders (1953) Eddie Smith (1954–1955) Russell Mockridge (1956–1958) Fred Roche (1959)

1960–1979	Fred Roche (1960) Neville Veale (1961) John O'Sullivan (1962) Warwick Dalton (1963) Barry Waddell (1964) Matt Martino (1965) Kerry Hoole (1966) Graeme Gilmore (1967) Barry Waddell (1968) Robert Whetters (1969) Graham McVilly (1970–1971) Kevin Spencer (1972) Kerry Hoole (1973) Graham Rowley (1974) Donald Wilson (1975) Peter Besanko (1976) Donald Wilson (1977) John Trevorrow (1978–1979)

1980–1999	John Trevorrow (1980) Clyde Sefton (1981) Wayne Hildred (1982) Terry Hammond (1983) Peter Besanko (1984) Laurie Venn (1985) Wayne Hildred (1986) Allan Dipple (1987) Paul Miller (1988) Gary Clively (1989) Damian McDonald (1990) Neil Stephens (1991) David McFarlane (1992) Edward Salas (1993) Neil Stephens (1994) Robbie McEwen (1995) Nick Gates (1996) Jonathan Hall (1997) David McKenzie (1998) Henk Vogels (1999)

2000–2019	Jamie Drew (2000) Steve Williams (2001) Robbie McEwen (2002) Stuart O'Grady (2003) Matthew Wilson (2004) Robbie McEwen (2005) Russell Van Hout (2006) Darren Lapthorne (2007) Matthew Lloyd (2008) Peter McDonald (2009) Travis Meyer (2010) Jack Bobridge (2011) Simon Gerrans (2012) Luke Durbridge (2013) Simon Gerrans (2014) Heinrich Haussler (2015) Jack Bobridge (2016)

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