11 Facts About Colin Lewis

Colin Lewis started racing at 19 and rode the Milk Race in 1960, finishing 7th.

Colin Lewis came 25th, the best British rider, in the individual road race at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Colin Lewis moved to another team, Holdsworth-Campagnolo, in 1969 and stayed there until he retired from professional racing in 1975.

The biggest lesson he learned on the Tour was that the ability to suffer for prolonged periods, Colin Lewis said that this was the difference between British and Continental professionals at the time.

Colin Lewis was the last Welshman to ride the Tour de France in 1968 until Geraint Thomas in 2007.

Colin Lewis said British professional racing scene was good but there were too few hard races and too much "chasing round straw bales all the time", a reference to races held up and down straight roads, often on seafronts.

Colin Lewis had 250 victories, 38 professional, including the Golden Wheel Trophy and the Linz am Rhine.

Colin Lewis was born in Abertysswg, Wales on 27 July 1942.

Colin Lewis was manager of Eastway Cycle Circuit in Hackney, London, and spent seven years as training director at the South East Centre of Excellence.

Colin Lewis lived in Devon, and served as president of Mid-Devon Cycling Club.

Colin Lewis died from cancer in Bovey Tracey, on 4 March 2022, at the age of 79.