Barry Hoban

Barry Hoban (5 February 1940 to 19 April 2025) was an English professional cyclist who rode in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He started racing in 1955 with Calder Clarion, went to France in 1962, turned professional two years later and stayed abroad for another sixteen years, riding for Mercier-Hutchinson-BP under team leader Raymond Poulidor. Although a good climber as a youth, he became one of Europe's best sprinters. He won eight Tour de France stages between 1967 and 1975, long the most by a British rider, including the stage allowed to him after the death of Tom Simpson in 1967, and he was the first Briton to win two consecutive Tour stages. He also won two stages of the 1964 Vuelta a Espana and the 1974 Gent-Wevelgem, finished third in Liege-Bastogne-Liege and Paris-Roubaix, rode the team pursuit at the 1960 Summer Olympics, and was inducted into the British Cycling Hall of Fame in 2009.