ANC-Halfords: Who was Tony Capper?

Tony Capper and Joey McLoughlin, 1985 Milk Race

(Image credit: Watson)

A larger than life character who wore his heart on his sleeve and his lunch on his shirt, Tony Capper was a man who aimed high and made a success of almost everything he attempted.

He was like a magpie, attracted by sparkling colours and dancing lights. He saw something, he wanted it. Capper was a gambler. Just as he couldn't walk past a fruit machine without slipping a few coins into the slot, so he couldn't pass up an opportunity to take on the establishment, beat the odds. He had an appetite for life that didn't just show itself on his waistline but in his vision of the future. He took his ANC-Halfords team manager Phil Griffiths to see the Tour at Alpe d'Huez in 1985 and decided he'd be a part of it. All those calories he consumed sure gave him energy and drive.

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