- Cyclist won stages of Tour in both 1958 and 1959
- Robinson was ambassador for Grand Depart in Yorkshire
Brian Robinson, the first Briton to win a stage of the Tour de France, has died at the age of 91. Robinson won stages of the Tour in both 1958 and 1959, and was also the first British rider to complete cycling’s most famous race in 1955.
A pioneer for Britons racing on the continent, he also won the prestigious Criterium du Dauphine stage race in 1961 and was the first Briton to stand on the podium of one of cycling’s Monuments, Milan-Sanremo, finishing third in 1957.
