The British League of Racing Cyclists was an association formed to promote road bicycle racing in Great Britain. Road bicycle racing is a popular bicycle racing sport held on the road (following the geography of the area), using racing bicycles. ...

It was established in 1942 and was in direct competition with the National Cyclists' Union (which had banned all cycle racing on public roads in 1890). 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

The impetus for the BLRC came from West Midlands cyclist Percy Stallard who organised a 59-mile massed-start road race from Llangollen to Wolverhampton on Sunday 2 June 1942. Stallard and all those who rode in the event were immediately banned from the NCU and responded by establishing the League (formed at a meeting of 24 people at the Sherebrook Lodge Hotel, Buxton, Derbyshire on Sunday 14 November 1942). In 1943, the League promoted the first British National Road Race Championship, in Harrogate and later the Brighton-Glasgow stage race - a forerunner to the Daily Express Tour of Britain first run in 1951. The West Midlands refers to western area of The Midlands (central England). ... Llangollen is a small town in Denbighshire, north Wales, famous for the Llangollen International Eisteddfod, the Llangollen Canal (whose Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is nearby), and the Llangollen Railway. ... Wolverhampton is an industrial, commercial and university city and metropolitan borough in the English West Midlands, traditionally part of the county of Staffordshire. ... 2 June is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ... 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... No-one in Buxton buys Buxton Water in the shops - they bring their bottles to St Anns Well and get it for free. ... Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, which boasts some of Englands most attractive hill and mountain scenery. ... November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Map sources for Harrogate at grid reference SE3055 Harrogate is a town in North Yorkshire, England, with a population of 70,000. ... Brighton in East Sussex is one of the largest and most famous seaside resorts in England. ... Glasgows location in Scotland Glasgow or Glaschù is Scotlands largest city, on the River Clyde in west central Scotland. ... The Daily Express is a British newspaper, currently tabloid, and it is owned by Richard Desmond. ... The Tour of Britain is the name given to a cycle race, conducted over several stages, in which participants race from place to place across parts of Great Britain. ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...

The BLRC also organised representative teams to attend races in other countries; for example, from 1948 it sent a team each year to the Peace Race, and it backed the British team - including Brian Robinson - sent to the Tour de France in 1955. 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Peace Race (German: Friedensfahrt, Czech: Závod Míru, Polish: Wyścig Pokoju, French: Course de la Paix) is a cycling event held in hmay. ... Brian Robinson (born 3 November 1930 in Mirfield, Yorkshire) was an English road racing cyclist of the 1950s and early 1960s. ... The (Le) Tour de France (French for Tour of France), also simply known as Le Tour, is an epic long distance road bicycle racing competition for professionals held over three weeks in July in and around France. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Many other road racing cyclists joined the BLRC. British cycle racing became quite polarised; clubs could not affiliate to both the NCE and the BLRC, and cyclists who raced in League races were subsequently banned from NCU events and from time trials run by the Road Time Trials Council. An Individual Time Trial (ITT) is a road-based bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: contre la montre - literally against the watch). There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes. ...

The rivalry with the NCU only ended in 1959 when the two organisations merged to form the UCI-recognised British Cycling Federation. 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is a professional cycling union that oversees cycling events in the international community. ... The British Cycling Federation controls the competitive side of cycling in Britain. ...