Alby Saunders (born 1924) was an Australian

racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo ...

Career highlights

;1947 :Fastest Tour of Gippsland ;1949 :1st Australian national road race title :Blue Riband for fastest in the

Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic The Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic cycling race is a one-day road bicycle race. The race started in 1895 and is Australia's oldest one day race and the world's second oldest one day race, after the Liège–Bastogne–Liège Classic. Histor ...

: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,

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:2nd Stage 2 'Sun' Tour of Victoria,

Bendigo Bendigo ( ) is an Australian city in north-central Victoria. The city is located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital. As of 2022, Bendigo has a popula ...

:3rd Stage 3 'Sun' Tour of Victoria

Cobram Cobram is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is on the Murray River which forms the border between Victoria and New South Wales. Cobram along with the nearby towns of Numurkah and Yarrawonga is part of Shire of Moira and is the administrative cen ...

:1st Stage 4 'Sun' Tour of Victoria,

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:8th General Classification 'Sun' Tour of Victoria ;1953 :1st Australian national road race title :Blue Riband for fastest in the

Australian professional cycling career

He twice won the Australian national road race title in 1949, by winning a sprint point into the

and in 1953 by winning the championship race over at

Launceston, Tasmania Launceston () is a city in the north of Tasmania, Australia, at the confluence of the North Esk River, North Esk and South Esk River, South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River, Tasmania, Tamar River (kanamaluka). As of 2021, the Launc ...

. Saunders won the Blue Riband for the fastest time in the Melbourne to Warrnambool in 1949 and 1953. In 2010 the Footscray cycling club held an Alby Saunders Memorial

criterium A criterium, or crit, is a bike race consisting of several laps around a closed circuit, the length of each lap or circuit ranging from about 400 m to 10,000 m. Overview Race length can be determined by a number of laps or total time, ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saunders, Alby 1924 births Place of birth missing Year of death missing Place of death missing Australian male cyclists 20th-century Australian sportsmen