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.

Mick Ives

Personal information
Born	(1939-08-10)10 August 1939 England
Died	18 January 2024(2024-01-18) (aged 84)
Team information
Discipline	Road & Cyclo-cross
Role	Rider, coach, team manager
Amateur team
1992–1994	Saracen Cycles
Professional teams
1966	Mottram Cycles
1967	Mercian - Bantel
1968	Bantel - Mercian
1969	Bantel
1970	Fred Baker Cycles

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.^[1] He was the only rider in the world known to have completed the race route solo.^[2]

Ives died on 18 January 2024, at the age of 84.^[3]

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