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CHAMPION ON TWO WHEELS by Hugh Porter ©1975
Item# BookContemp-C449f [BookContemp-C449f]
Categories: Books-Contemporary,
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A 187-page hard cover book with dust cover. This is an autobiography by Hugh Porter (born 1940), one of the top British amateur & professional bike racers of the 1960s & 1970s. There are an abundance of photos including some of other well known bike racers of the period. The dimensions are 5 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches. See the picture gallery.

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A photo of the hard cover with printing on the spine in silver


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The Contents (cropped for ease reading)


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A partial list of the Illustrations (pictures)


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The author & his wife Anita after a stage finish of the 1966 Tour of Britain.


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TOP (L-R) D.Hill, G.Blake, K.Butler & Hugh Porter, after a stage finish at the Tour of Czechoslovakial
CENTER (L-R) Wolverhampton Wheelers Pursuit Team, Pierce, Painter, Porter & Langshaw at Aldersly Stadium, Wolverhampton, after winning the 1964 National Pursuit Championship.
BOTTOM (L-R) Hugh Porter & Dave Bonner after the 1963 25-mile TT Championship.


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TOP: Hugh Porter with his mother & father after winning his first national Pursuit Championship at Fellowfield in 1963.
BOTTOM: Hugh Porter receiving his 2nd place award from Jacque Anquetil for the 1964 10-mile race.


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TOP: Roy Cromack and the 1964 British Olympic Track Team (Porter is 2nd from left).
CENTER: Hugh Porter waving triumphantly as he wins the 1966 Harp Larger G.P.
BOTTOM: Porter willing the 1965 Brighton to London road race. Goz Goodman is coming in 2nd.


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TOP: The 1965 wedding reception for Hugh Porter and his bride (Olympic swimmer, Anita Lonsbrough) at Huddersfield.
BOTTOM: Hugh Porter between two great champions, Merckx & Sercu, during the 1968 Charleroi Six.


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TOP: Porter leading the breakaway group in a pro race on the circuit of Northaw in 1967.
BOTTOM: Porter wins the 1969 Tom Simpson Memorial Race edging out 2nd place finisher Graham Gilmore of Australia.

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