Alby Saunders

Alby Saunders (born 1924) was an Australian racing cyclist.

Career highlights edit

1947: Fastest Tour of Gippsland ^[1]
1949: 1st Australian national road race title^[2]; Blue Riband for fastest in the Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic ^[2]; 4th General Classification Tour of the West
1950: 8th General Classification Tour of the West
1951: 9th General Classification Tour of the West
1952: 3rd Stage 1 'Sun' Tour of Victoria, Geelong; 2nd Stage 2 'Sun' Tour of Victoria, Bendigo; 3rd Stage 3 'Sun' Tour of Victoria Cobram; 1st Stage 4 'Sun' Tour of Victoria, Melbourne; 8th General Classification 'Sun' Tour of Victoria
1953: 1st Australian national road race title ^[3]; Blue Riband for fastest in the Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic ^[4]

He twice won the Australian national road race title in 1949, by winning a sprint point 150 miles (240 km) into the Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic^[2] and in 1953 by winning the championship race over 125 miles (201 km) at Launceston, Tasmania.^[3]

Saunders won the Blue Riband for the fastest time in the Melbourne to Warrnambool in 1949^[2] and 1953.^[4]

In 2010 the Footscray cycling club held an Alby Saunders Memorial criterium.^[5]

^ "Branchflower Wins Bike Tour". The Sporting Globe. Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 27 September 1947. p. 3.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Bonney rewarded with win in classic". The Age. Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 10 October 1949. p. 12.
^ ^a ^b "Sick Victorian Rider Wins 125-Mile Title". The Examiner. Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 14 September 1953. p. 13.
^ ^a ^b "Records topple in fast Warrnambool". The Sporting Globe. Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 3 October 1953. p. 12.
^ "FCC Criterium Fixture 2010" (PDF). footscraycc.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2015.