Webb Graham, Cycling world road championships, men and women in 1967.

This is a very rare video clip featuring Beryl Burton and Graham Webb winning their respective world road cycling championship titles, both on the same day in September 1967. This double for Britain was the first ever in cycling history and will most likely never be repeated again.

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• Cycling
• road
• racing

[misspollyanna]

Thank you for uploading this! A fantastic clip and amazing bit of cycling history.

[MAHARGBBEW]

@misspollyanna You're welcome Pollyanna and thanks for looking. We're very lucky to have this bit of film.

[brigader4heart]

when graham won world title was he a member of solihull cc,or birmingham rcc?.

he rode for both clubs before moving to holland.

[MAHARGBBEW]

In 1966 I left the Solihull C C because I was penniless and this very rich club did little or nothing to help me yet they were very quick to gloat about my success in racing. I then joined the new Tommy Godwin club, Birmingham RCC, because Tommy had helped me with travelling and equipment. But when I won my world title I was riding for a Dutch club in Hilversum, 'De Adelaar', (The Eagle).

[brigader4heart]

irishgremlin,you are completely missing it aren't you?.

they are both top of their respective trees albeit 40+ years apart!,and multi world champions!,any clearer yet?.

[MAHARGBBEW]

There is no comparason, Beryl was a world road champion and one world road title is worth a dozen track titles. Beryl was the greatest racing cyclist ever, male or female.

[Ystadcop]

I seem to remember watching the telly on the day. There was a brief shot of GW in a break then absolutely no more info about the race at all. I only found out he had won when I went on the clubrun the next day. How times change.

[brigader4heart]

i joined bham rcc 1967 when my brother joined and won natinal scholboy circuit race champs that year.

did charley ruyss help you get fixed up in holland?.

did you hear trevor bull had pased away a few months ago?,used to see him on odd occasions at haleowen traxk league when he popped in on friday to watch.

[ianwhitehead9464]

Still Britains reigning mens world road race champion! 42 years on!

[brigader4heart]

beryl was world road race champ in 1960 & 1967,she won 5 world pursuit titles and was on podium every year from 1959-1973,the time trial was not introduced till 1990s or she would have added many,many world titles to her palmares.

no olympics then for women either!.

[brigader4heart]

beryl was worlld pursuit champion too dont forget!,she had many good battles with yvonne reynders on track.

if time trial had been introduced earlier she would have had a bagfull of those too!,but butrton & hoy are undisputed top of the tree,the ones to beat,multi discipline world champs!.